whats your favorite travel camera??

[mmemike]

starting a new job that will involve fair amount of travel. own a 5D3 but not sure how often will be able to carry along? curious your thoughts on a good option for those times ill have an oppty to do some shooting while on the road??

thanks!!

 

[a_c_skinner]

In a similar position as a Nikon D800 owner I got a Fuji X-M1

 

[richj20]

Hi,

Fora traveling, I've opted for a fixed zoom lens camera rather than carrying a kit of lenses. At the moment, it is the Panasonic FZ1000, 25-400mm f 2/8 - 4. It is threaded for filters.

Without having to change lenses, I can photograph landscapes at 25mm, zoom out to 400mm for wildlife, use the iZoom feature out to 800mm, mount a Nikon achromat on the front for some magnification close-up (2.9 diopters, providing 1.2:1 at 400mm, working distance about 13 inches).


25mm


400mm


iZoom, 800mm


with Nikon 6T mounted

regards,

- Richard

 

[eliehbk]

starting a new job that will involve fair amount of travel. own a 5D3 but not sure how often will be able to carry along? curious your thoughts on a good option for those times ill have an oppty to do some shooting while on the road??

thanks!!

Sony a7r

 

[Bing Chow]

Nikon D810. I can't bear the thought of spreading my money thinner over two kits.

 

[a_c_skinner]

Those are irritatingly good...

 

[tedolf]

starting a new job that will involve fair amount of travel. own a 5D3 but not sure how often will be able to carry along? curious your thoughts on a good option for those times ill have an oppty to do some shooting while on the road??

E-pl1, 17mm f/2.8 and legacy 40mm f/2.0:

Cheap enough that I am not afraid to lose it or have it stolen, competent enough to bring back the photo's I want.


E-pl1, Rokkor M 40mm f/2.0

See:

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thanks!!

Tedolph

 

[Hgreblo1]

starting a new job that will involve fair amount of travel. own a 5D3 but not sure how often will be able to carry along? curious your thoughts on a good option for those times ill have an oppty to do some shooting while on the road??

E-pl1, 17mm f/2.8 and legacy 40mm f/2.0:

Cheap enough that I am not afraid to lose it or have it stolen, competent enough to bring back the photo's I want.


E-pl1, Rokkor M 40mm f/2.0

See:

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/53884017

thanks!!

Tedolph

I prefer m43 and I really like my epl1, which I use a kit 14-42 all-around lens. I also use a legacy super takumar 50 mm 1.4; my 40-150 mm 4-5.6 also get a lot of use.




epl1 with super takumar 50 mm 1.4 and 40-150 mm 4-5.6

 

[Rajeshb]

built-in lens - Panasonic X100 or Sony RX100 III

ILC - Olympus OM10 or Sony A6000.

Can not use a camera without a viewfinder

 

[Tom Axford]

My choice is the Lumix GM1 with 12-32mm (24-64 in FF equiv) and 35-100mm (70-200 in FF equiv) lenses. The whole lot weighs about 460g all in (less than 1 lb) and fits in a coat pocket.

The image quality is astonishingly good, far ahead of what you expect for a tiny camera. It's not quite up to that of the 5d3, but for most purposes you can't see the difference.

By the way, the GM1 does not have a viewfinder, but the GM5 is only a little bigger and does include a viewfinder.

 

[joeletx]

I have just came back from NZ & AU trip and I was very please with the choice. It was not overly heavy and the 50-200 SWD was great in Queenstown, NZ and at Bondi beach, AU for beach surfer shots. The 12-60 was on my camera all the time in Sidney harbor; it covered a wide range of subjects.

 

[Ken Gosden]

starting a new job that will involve fair amount of travel. own a 5D3 but not sure how often will be able to carry along? curious your thoughts on a good option for those times ill have an oppty to do some shooting while on the road??

thanks!!

Give us a hint as to what kind of shooting fits your goals; landscapes, street, wildlife, wild party life? And about how much you want to carry a true dedicated kit versus a single purpose setup. I carry my OMD EM-1 when I feel I will have a chance for real photography, extra carry-on be damned. The rest of the time it is my XZ-2 (although I would go for a more current high end compact if price was noo object).

 

[ChicagoMike]

Nikon D800 if driving or the trip is specifically for photography,

Olympus OM-D E-M5 if flying to a destination at which I would feel comfortable walking around with a camera (hiking, etc.), or

Sony RX 100 III if flying and trying to travel as light as possible or want an unobstrusive camera

 

[Val Bueno]

Pocketable camera with great Image Quality. It can be in your pocket or briefcase and be ready at a moments instance. I've used nothing but my RX100 since I bought it. It's been to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Santorini, Athens, Wool, Telford, London, Zurich and still going after 50,000 exposures.

Cheers,

Val


Hong Kong Harbour






Hong Kong, Sham Sui Po






Taipei, Taiwan






Jerusalem. Israel






Wool, Dorset, England






Tower Bridge, London






Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel






Santorini, Greece






Telford, England






St Pancras International Hotel, London, England






St Andrew's, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

 

[calson]

You can save on both bulk and weight with a 4/3 camera like the ones from Olympus and Panasonic which can use the same lenses. There are very light and small f4.5~f5.6 versions and also a few f2.8 ones that are larger but still compact relatively speaking, like the Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 which is the equivalent in terms of picture angle of a full frame 24-80mm f2.8 lens.

The primary drawback is the lack of in-lens optical stabilization and with no viewfinder there can be more camera movement as you cannot brace them against your body when shooting. There are a couple models with electronic viewfinders but these also have their drawbacks.

The picture quality from these small cameras is excellent when used within their limitations. I did a trip to Yellowstone with my wife who has the Olympus Pen 5 camera and was using a 150-300 (FF 300-600) lens and of our group her shots of a coyote hunting rodents in a distant field were the best ones of the day.

 

[Edmond Dantes]

For me, the sweet spot of image quality and size is the Sony A7. Full frame in a small camera is hard to top and the prices are dropping fast with the a7ii coming out. I like to shoot on the wider side of things so my basic travel setup is A7, 16-35 F4, and 55 1.8. Relatively compact and phenomenal image quality. 55 goes out at night and the 16-35 is on most of the day. I used the 10-18 and just left at 14 until the new wide zoom came out. Of course your shooting style could change things, but this setup makes me very happy.


Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong


La Pedrera, Barcelona

Taipei 101, Taipei

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Tonghua Night Market, Taipei

Orvieto, Italy

Riomaggiore, Italy



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Confucius says, "Be careful of arguing with idiot. He may be doing same thing."

 

[SRS_Photography]

Nikon D610 with 14-24mm, 24-70mm and 70-200mm. I want to love my Sony RX100, it just does not cut it.

 

[rebel99]

when i go overseas, i take my canon 40D and 17-40 f4.0, that is all. i use my 17-40 f4.0 as walk around lens, which work perfectly for that purpose. i have taken my 40D in toughest environment full of dust and everything else and haven't had any issue ;-) so, i'll stick to that light set and enjoy my trips!

cheerz.

 

[Osvaldo Cristo]

starting a new job that will involve fair amount of travel. own a 5D3 but not sure how often will be able to carry along? curious your thoughts on a good option for those times ill have an oppty to do some shooting while on the road??

I also travel for business and I bring a small Nikon P7800 (previously P7100) as my default camera. Very good camera. It combines a 100% EVF, a fully articulated rear screen, a great 28-200 mm (equiv at FX) lens, full control knobs, raw, embedded flash plus the capacity to use any Nikon Speedlight, great VR, 1"/1.7 great sensor, etc.

If I stay abroad one weekend or an eventual local holiday, I will bring my main set up (DSLR plus lenses).

It works for me.

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O.Cristo - An Amateur Photographer
Opinions of men are almost as various as their faces - so many men so many minds. B. Franklin

 

[Gary Martin]

I like using a DSLR when I travel, so to lighten the load I just use a couple of very small prime lenses: 21mm and 40mm in my case, on APS-C. I've taken a high-quality point-and-shoot on occasion, but I just don't enjoy the user experience. If I just want snapshots, my smartphone will suffice.