So you have checked the snow conditions, waxed your board or skis and packed your winter gear, now you just need a camera to capture all of those wonderful memories, but which one!!
These days there are a lot of digital cameras to choose from and most of them also film in HD as well now. But before you think about which camera to buy, it's probably worth thinking about the different types of conditions and light that you will subject your camera to, to help you make your decision. After all you need the best possible photos to make your friends and family back home jealous, when you upload them to Facebook.
To start with you will probably be taking many photos on the mountain, so you may want a camera that has panoramic sweep functionality to capture the epic scenery. It's good to remember that snow can be quite tricky to photograph as it reflects so much light. Pictures tend to come out underexposed as the camera overcompensates for the light, and that beautiful white snowy mountain suddenly appears grey. The easiest way to fix this is by changing the light exposure compensation to plus 1 or 2, although most good digital cameras nowadays have a snow setting already, which will automatically adjust the exposure for you.
The best photos as we all know are those taken during Après-ski, the after party! But that brings with it the new challenge of a dark environment for your camera, I know a lot of people will use their phone, but I still don't think phone cameras are up to much indoors a lot them have useless flashes and as a result you get very dark photos. I think indoor photos are still best handled by a compact digital camera, this is where they excel with auto focus and auto flash, and they also have better ISO settings to adjust for dim and dark light.
Then there are the actions shots, I am a massive of fan of the multiple shots option or burst mode it can be called, you know where you take about 10 shots in a few of seconds to get a series of the same event, maybe your friend pulling off an awesome 360, or more likely your friend pulling off a massive stack, even better, and great to analyse the moment down the pub later frame by frame. But it is good to check out this functionality before you purchase a camera as some are really poor at this; I had a camera that took only 3 shots and they were so delayed I missed all the action! Very frustrating, so check the specs before you purchase. You are looking out for the fps (frames per second), digital cameras range from 1 to 3 fps taking up to 10 images in total, so look out for 3 fps cameras these will be fastest for continuous shoot mode, so you will be sure to capture all the action.
We mustn't forget video, it's pretty cool having HD filming with image stabilisation on your trusty compact camera nowadays. I don't think enough people utilise this function, you don't need a bespoke helmet camera like the GoPro or even a bullet cam to film your mates riding the black runs. With a helmet camera mount you can attach any compact digital camera to your helmet, and you have your own GoPro. You may be surprised at the results that you can get from a digital compact, in my experience they have always been very good and the attachment is a fraction of the price of Pro sports camera and you don't need to take multiple cameras away with you.
Most of the new range of waterproof, shock proof freeze proof cameras have a host of cool features, like barometers, altimeter, compass, even GPS so you know where the photo was taken. The Pentax WG-1 even has a remote control so you could keep the control in your glove and take photos remotely with the camera attached to your helmet, now that's cool. From the tough cameras that I have reviewed they all have around 12-16mp with 3-5x optical zoom and all film in HD. Some even have Wi-Fi now; they have come on leaps and bounds in a very short period of time.
If you are lucky enough to own a 3D television then you may want to think about capturing all of your photo memories in 3D, how cool will that be. You can also film in 3D HD as well with some cameras, so you can capture your ski adventure photos and video all in 3D, now that will make your friends jealous, to bad Facebook isn't accepting 3D photos yet, but give it time I'm sure in a couple of years we will all be tagging our friends in 3D photos, hopefully not having to wear the silly glasses.
As a qualified CASI Snowboard instructor and digital photography enthusiast I have a lot of experience being amongst the mountains and capturing those great images. I have also produced the helmet camera mount Camera Demon so that everyone can capture their own memories.
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