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Hiking in national parks, lens suggestions?

Started Dec 31, 2015 | Discussions thread
Arizona Sunset
Arizona Sunset Veteran Member • Posts: 3,797
Re: It depends

Good summary, and I agree with most of it. I too think that a two camera pair is really useful for the great outdoors, assuming it is a photography centric trip. Like you said, two bodies to avoid changing lenses too often.

Just my two cents - I think of a 1" camera these days as a body + lens pair, and usually bring one. Either a compact like the LX100 or RX100 IV, or a bridge like the RX10 II or FZ1000 depending on location. This is one of my cameras every trip, no questions.

The other is a system camera to accommodate wide, portrait, and night time shots. The size of the system depends on if I'm driving or flying to the location.

I can tell you right now that my best shots have nothing to do with the sensor size, but with the focal length. So having that bridge (previously CMOS, small, now 1" BSI) has saved my butt more times than I can count. The "stunner" shots from the system, e.g., astrophotography, macro, portraits of family and friends along the way, round out the gallery or video of course.   Both can do time lapse, and perform general photography, and together they keep my overall kit small and light.

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