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Which camera for lightweight travel kit?

Started Oct 19, 2018 | Questions thread
Brian Thomas Contributing Member • Posts: 595
Re: Which camera for lightweight travel kit?

I don't think on this gear-obsessed forum you deserved the comment about just "wanting to buy gear" when you are talking of going from g-7 to gx9 (after skipping gx8 generation.)

Nonetheless, I do think that for "lightweight travel" you could take 1 or 2 less lenses. I note that you don't mention "birding" or safaris. I'm obsessed with lightweight travel and feel very lucky that I'm not interested in either of those two telephoto necessitating options.

I'd also ask if you're in America, because if you are you don't have any choice but get the Panasonic 12-60 if you buy the GX9.

I'm close to buying into my first mirrorless. My proposed lightweight kit for traveling around India for a year:

Olympus fisheye lens cap

Panasonic 15 1.7

Panasonic 25 1.4

and then the question is will I have the discipline to leave the 12-60mm kit lens at home. I don't think I will. I won't carry it around every day, as I will the other lenses, but keep it for special events-- festivals.

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