Excellent photos Tim! Looks like you have a full size DSLR in your hand in the photo below, how do you keep it at the ready?
Yes, I use a DSLR, just got a Sony A55, 16 mp! (Finally wore out the Sony A350.) It shoots panos, and can also function as a normal video camera. Very cool. The 18-200 mm lens is my favorite for all this travel photography. Still need to source a pistol grip for it.
I keep it in the tank bag so I can grab it quick, but if I'm shooting on the run, I'll have it around my neck and rest it on the tankbag. Come around a corner and see 'the shot', I can quickly roll to a stop, get the shot and back on my merry way. The Throttlemeister simplifies the on-the-go shot like the one above. Get to a long straight (like pictured above), and I can pop up the camera of the tank bag, shoot a couple and hope for the best they might come out.
The 'on the road' shots I'll use the Contour ROAM on a mini-tripod which functions as a nice handle as I'm riding using time shots (photo every 3 seconds). On the 1000 Mile Day ride, shot another 275 pics with the Contour - most are junk & deleted, but you'll get a couple good ones. The Contour is 10x easier to use than the GoPro, but not as many features. To change it b/n timed photos & video you have to re-program it with your laptop. Kinda dumb design really, but for $180, can't complain. GoPro get's used for the 'bike mounted' shots atop the RAM arms, but they are time-consuming & tedious to set up.
So each of the three cameras I've got on board have their strengths.
