When & why have u most regretted not taking the camera?

[lord_of_the_badgers]

I was in the Malverns today in worcestershire. The sky was astonishing. amazing clouds. the light was low & beautiful & warm. the sky was really clear. you could see all the way to abergavenny in the south west, to way up north, and the malverns, esp the Beacon looked fab. i saw more pictures than i've ever seen - it looked like the Shire in lord of the rings (apparently JRRT was inspired by this area). i saw at least two which might've assured me a place in popular images.

but i forgot to take my camera

so come on, let's hear your regrets!

(this replaces my previous #1 regret in not having a fast 70-200 type lens for the final concorde landing (specifically the 70-200vr), and relying on my then 24-120 which was soft as soft could be)

[bobt54]

I have had to deal with issue all the time. I am driving home and come around the corner there is this beautiful sunset or there is a slight fog on a grassy field or a nice reflection off the river or something else spectacular and all I have is my eyes and brain to record it.

I really don't want to lug my camera around all the time thereby increasing the odds of it getting stolen or damaged.

I have been looking for a very good and very small digital camera that I can simply slip into my shirt pocket.

Any recommendations???

[wangi]

I have been looking for a very good and very small digital camera that I can simply slip into my shirt pocket.

Any recommendations???

The new Panasonic FX2 or FX7? Or are we talking micro size?

[judhi]

I have been looking for a very good and very small digital camera that I can simply slip into my shirt pocket.

Any recommendations???

Canon A80 is always in my pocket and produce great pictures!

[laurent_laveder]

I had always my Kodak DC3400 in a pocket, but one sad day, after 2 years and a half of use, It hasn't switch on!... The Camera has some fatal tiny fissures.
Now, I take more care of my Camedia 5060, which anyway is too large to fit in a pocket.

One day, I saw a circumzenithal arc but my DC was at home. So, since that day, I try to have my DC almost everytime (or I don't watch the sky!). Atmospheric displays are often so ephemeral that you must have you DC with you.

[yippee2000]

Before I got my first real camera a few months ago, I vividly recall two instances prior, when I wish I had a camera.

In the first instance, I was on the subway in Boston. It was Father's Day. There were just about 4 other people maybe in the train car. Sitting across from me was a man of about 40 years of age. He looked like your "average Joe" kinda guy. In his hand was one of those "gift bags", and it said on it "Happy Father's Day". I found this image so sad, for a number of reasons: It was clear to me that this guy had been at the home of his child/children, with whom he did not live, and that he was now going home, presumably to a home in which he lived alone. And the formulaic gift bag just added to the sadness for me.... the fact that nobody seems to take the time anymore to put much effort into the act of gift-giving, and picking up a bag that you can just dump the gift into is a quick and easy way to do it.

Another time I came across the most incredible sight EVER!! I live in Upper Harlem, which is primarily a neighborhood of African-Americans. There weren't many white people living there a few years ago (although that is slowing changing). So anyway, as I began making my way down the stairs to the subway, and as I was walking towards the turnstyles, a group of about 10 white people caught my eye. They were all standing together, and at first I assumed they were a tour group, as I also saw that they seemed to be looking in the same direction, perhaps listening to their tour guide... As I got closer, I noticed their "odd" clothing, and realized that they were Mennonites (I guess you could say it's a religion similar to the Quakers or Amish?). I then realized that the entire group of them (mainly adults) were all huddled around a young Mennonite boy, and they were watching in awe as he tried to figure out how to use the computerized machine from which to buy subway passes. The looks on their faces were priceless, almost like people from another planet who were seeing a computer for the first time!

[raunch111]

I was heading to work the other day and stopped to get my morning taco. As i was waiting in line i looked up and saw a rainbow. What made this rainbow incredible was that it landed on a large cross sitting on the top of a church. I couldn't believe it. I am not the most religious person in the world, but that was something to see.