Heading to India with just an X100V?

Vetteran wrote:

Hope that’s enough camera. IPhone as backup. Thought traveling light would be fun. Besides weight restrictions for carry on air.

Thoughts; especially others who traveled as light to India.

BTW, Visited India in 2000 back in the film days, and brought two SLRs and the whole lens thing.

I can understand your concern. For some people the singe, somewhat wide focal length is enough... and the camera is relatively small.

However, depending upon the role of photography in your travels, your potential subjects, and how you prefer to photograph, this imposes limits that not everyone choses to accept.

A useful alternative is to start with the tiny XE4. For an extremely small package, add the excellent 27mm f/2.8 lens. Last time I checked, this is actually slightly smaller and lighter than the X100v, and...

... it retains the option of bringing along an extra lens or two for increased flexibility if you think that is important. For example, you could add a small f/1.4 lens (the old 35mm is a good candidate) for low light shooting. Or you could pair it with a somewhat longer lens for situations where that would be useful — the very small 50mm f/2 is a fine choice.

Another really useful alternative is to just carry the fine 18-55 zoom and nothing else. It is a good lens, quite flexible, not that large. This works for a lot of travelers.

Traveling light is fun — it is what I do, too. But, it can become an obsession and blind us to remembering that "light" isn't the same as "winning the competition for the very lightest thing possible."

I carry a few small primes and still manage to get everything in a carry-on backpack and a messenger-style shoulder bag that goes under the seat on flights.