Originally Posted by
Dan1113
Going to Rio soon and while we are pretty well prepared, I am still unsure about what to do about the DSLR camera. It seems like the main tip is to carry it in a plastic bag and just take it out really quickly when we want to take a photo, but that still seems awfully! Was thinking a backpack might be more discreet (we are both young so it wouldn't look out of place), but I don't know. Thoughts?
Your thinking is correct...In March we were in RIO and carried the camera in a beach bag, and quickly took it out to take pictures...We were told never carry any bag at night.