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I am a hiker who enjoys long distance hikes but who is searching for the right camera(s) for hiking.  Hiking 12- 14 miles a day with gear makes it hard to carry alot of camera gear especially my DSLR camera with lens. Recently I saw two cameras that caught my eye. The Nikon Coolpix A900...Read more

Nikon has come out with a number of new cameras this spring. The latest is the  Nikon Coolpix S9900 . It is a great camera for hikers. It is lightweight and can fit in your pocket or small camera bag that can be attached to your hiking pants or daypack. The camera features a 30 […]Read more

  Hikers who like taking pictures find it hard to use poles and be able to access their camera quickly. Recently, I found two interesting gadgets for hikers – the strapshot and  stickpic. Could make for some great Christmas gifts.     The strapshot by cottoncarrier.com hooks...Read more

Nikon has recently announced two new point and shoot cameras with lots of zoom for hikers and many great features.   They are  1)  Nikon S9700 with 30X optical zoom,  built in GPS, WiFi for photo sharing with a tablet or smart phone.  The camera records HD 1080p videos with stereo sound....Read more

Nikon recently announced in late January its new point and shoot cameras – two cameras that caught my eye were S9500 (see above photo) and P520 (see below). Both cameras have made improvements to each from its predecessors  S9300 ) and P510.  And they were popular with hikers. As with any...Read more

One of my favorite trails for snowshoeing in the winter is the Red Island Trail at Indian Brook, along the Cabot Trail in Victoria County. Why ?  Because it is nearby, 4km long, but provides you with 3 bodies of water – Barachois River, Atlantic Ocean and MacDonald’s pond and lots of...Read more

Like so many photographers starting out, I fell for and got hooked on optical zoom in my point and shoot cameras and DSLR. The more zoom, the better. My biggest zoom was 18X with point and shoot cameras and 15x with my  18-270 mm Tamron lens for my DSLR camera.  Today you can purchase point...Read more

I thought I would begin this post with a short video of the Nikon P7700 to introduce you to the camera and some of its features. This camera replaces the Nikon P7100, 7000, 6000 and 5000 models. I owned the Nikon P6000 model and used it extensively when hiking as it was easily & quickly...Read more

  As the year comes to an end, it is time to look back at the wish list- the new year’s resolutions and see how I fared out. I believe like most, many if not all were achievable. Now it is time to take the list out and see what was actually accomplished… 1) 1000 […]Read more

Wow some amazing photographs were submitted at this year’s Hike the Highlands Festival 2012 Photo contest. The quality of the photos keeps getting better each year. There were two ties and several close votes. This year’s contest involved five categories – fauna, flora, humour,...Read more