Pro advice needed

I am trying to decide between Canon 7D/5DmkII and Nikon D300s/D700. One thing i am wondering, how weatherproof are these cameras as i want to take shots in the rain and in boats where it will get wet from spray. Or should i also buy a waterproof camera like Pentax optio w80/Olympus u tough 8000. Any advice on these would be greatly appreciated.

thanx in advance.

ps. apologies if this post comes up twice but i think the first one got lost.

Camera for my travels Fuji S1500 or Lumix FS15

Heading off to Ethiopia for a few months, am looking for a good camera to take with me. I've narrowed it down to the above two and was wondering if anyone has any comments on either or could suggest a better option.

My budget is around £130 so i'm not expecting miracles but just want something easy to use that will take good panaromic and portrait photos.

Also the Fuji takes 4xAA batteries, whereas the Lumix has a Li-ion battery - is there any advantage/disadvantage of either apart from the cost of buying rechargable batteries and a charger?

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Cheers
Ian

Storing money + wallets.

Hi everyone,

I'm due to start a tour of Asia in a couple of months (India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia) and I was wondering whether anyone had any advice about keeping money. In particular I wanted to know how much actual cash I should take, of course I'll be taking debit card with me too.

Also I was wondering what people used to store their cash and cards? I have a wallet that I use at the moment but it just seems a little too big to be taking with me considering i'll only br carrying a couple of cards and some cash and coz its so big I'm sure it'll be obvious when its in my pocket! (I'll be wearing cargo type bottoms most of the time) Am I just being overly paranoid in considerng buying a really slim wallet or will any normal new wallet do the trick?? Any suggestions about what people use would be great.

Thanks in advance for ur help guys! :-)

p.s. Sorry if I'v... more »

"West coast Canadians don't have accents"

Would you agree with the statement above?

When speaking English, is it possible that anyone have no accents at all, in this case, the West coast Canadians, as claimed by a TTer? I find it laughable, but the person who thought it seriously stood behind the statement.

Hong Kong Christmas

Any tips for Hong Kong with a 4 year old over Christmas? Disneyland wouldn't normally be top of my list but we currently live in China (nr Shanghai) and although I don't want to travel too far over the Christmas break I reckon we'll be China crazy by December and looking for some light relief. Has anyone stayed at one of the Disney hotels or can recommend somewhere else? We'll probably have 2 (adult) family members travelling with us. Is there a particular area of the city that is more convenient with kids?? Thanks!

Couchsurfing mismanaged by bad people.

I had a really bad experience with Couchsurfing. It started with a guest who turned out very unreliable and a huge liar, causing a lot of problems and pain and misery for me. I complained to him and left him a negative reference.
He responded by leaving me a negative reference which was full of lies.

He also complained to Couchsurfing, which resulted in removal of my profile. They told me any new profile would also be deleted! I could not believe that this happened to me. I had hosted about fifteen people, who had a great time staying with me and left very positive references. I also received very good references from those who hosted me during my trips. I invested a LOT of time and effort to build up a profile with so many good references. And then my profile gets removed? Why? It doesn’t make any sense!

When I complained, Couchsurfing refused to give a clear motivation, a... more »

Australian iPhone - how can I get prepaid SIM and data pack for it in US?

***Cross-posted from USA Branch***

I took my iPhone with me on our trip to Hawaii in June this year, Although AT&T has a monopoly on iPhones in the states, this is not the case in Australia where all wireless providers offer them. Anyway, mine is unlocked from any network, and it was my understanding prior to the trip that T-Mobile could sell me a 'prepaid' SIM and also a data pack called 'Sidekick' for my iPhone while in Hawaii. Turns out not so simple...

I went to a T-Mobile store on Maui and the guy there explained that my phone probably would not work with one of their SIMs as it would need to have been unlocked in a particular way to work with T-Mobile. He put one of their SIMs in it anyway as a test and sure enough it did not work. We're coming to Alaska via Hawaii for 3.5 weeks in June 2010 and it would be handy to solve this problem for that trip, if in fact it can be ... more »