DSRL Camera for travel

[bainsybike]

If i want i lightweight camera for traveling, i would never take a camera with interchangeable lenses.

Sure, but just because your camera takes interchangeable lenses doesn't mean you have to take a bunch of them with you. I don't know where the OP lives, but right now in the UK you can buy an EOS M kit with 18-55 zoom lens and flash for £199. There's nothing else on the market for anywhere near that price that approaches it for IQ, and it makes a great travel outfit IMO.

 

[Rocky]

If i want i lightweight camera for traveling, i would never take a camera with interchangeable lenses.

Sure, but just because your camera takes interchangeable lenses doesn't mean you have to take a bunch of them with you. I don't know where the OP lives, but right now in the UK you can buy an EOS M kit with 18-55 zoom lens and flash for £199. There's nothing else on the market for anywhere near that price that approaches it for IQ, and it makes a great travel outfit IMO.

The 22/2.0 is only another US$120. It is a very good lens. This will make the EOS-M pocketable for a jacket. It will rake care of the low light situation.

 

[bainsybike]

If i want i lightweight camera for traveling, i would never take a camera with interchangeable lenses.

Sure, but just because your camera takes interchangeable lenses doesn't mean you have to take a bunch of them with you. I don't know where the OP lives, but right now in the UK you can buy an EOS M kit with 18-55 zoom lens and flash for £199. There's nothing else on the market for anywhere near that price that approaches it for IQ, and it makes a great travel outfit IMO.

The 22/2.0 is only another US$120. It is a very good lens. This will make the EOS-M pocketable for a jacket. It will rake care of the low light situation.

Agreed, although it costs a bit more than that over here. I love the 22/2, low light or not.

 

[Rocky]

If i want i lightweight camera for traveling, i would never take a camera with interchangeable lenses.

Sure, but just because your camera takes interchangeable lenses doesn't mean you have to take a bunch of them with you. I don't know where the OP lives, but right now in the UK you can buy an EOS M kit with 18-55 zoom lens and flash for £199. There's nothing else on the market for anywhere near that price that approaches it for IQ, and it makes a great travel outfit IMO.

The 22/2.0 is only another US$120. It is a very good lens. This will make the EOS-M pocketable for a jacket. It will rake care of the low light situation.

Agreed, although it costs a bit more than that over here. I love the 22/2, low light or not.

Blame it on the high VAT.

 

[RustyTheGeek]

I just took the SL1 + Tamron 18-270 hiking over 70+ miles. It worked great.
If you want it to be smaller, use the kit lens or the 40mm pancake or whatever smaller zoom or prime you like.
The batteries are also smaller than the 5D3 batteries.

How do you like the IQ of the Tamron 18-270? I've been looking at buying an SL1 kit as a lightweight option for some time. Carrying multiple lenses defeats part of the purpose of a lightweight/small kit, so a good superzoom would be a nice option for long hikes.

The SL1+18-270 is acceptable, pretty good actually. After all, the whole point is to reach an acceptable compromise. The IQ is much better than a point and shoot and I can focus and shoot quickly using an SLR. Everything else I've tried is a more difficult and less useful compromise. I tried EOS M, G15, D20 Tough Cam, D30 Tough Cam, S95, etc. They all are basically point and shoots and take forever to focus, etc. The tough cams I like for their ruggedness but they are slow and don't do RAW.

I also took an EF-S 10-22 for wide shots but I could have lived without it. FYI - I had to remove the lens hood to avoid a flash shadow on the widest focal length using the popup flash (to save weight).

 

[RustyTheGeek]

If i want i lightweight camera for traveling, i would never take a camera with interchangeable lenses.

Sure, but just because your camera takes interchangeable lenses doesn't mean you have to take a bunch of them with you. I don't know where the OP lives, but right now in the UK you can buy an EOS M kit with 18-55 zoom lens and flash for £199. There's nothing else on the market for anywhere near that price that approaches it for IQ, and it makes a great travel outfit IMO.

Ditto. The SL1 is very lightweight and it's still an SLR. The Tamron 18-270 lens weighed more than the SL1. All other cameras I tried that were not SLR cameras were too slow to focus, zoom or shoot the picture. They were a compromise. If I were going to make that kind of compromise, I would just take the Canon D20 rugged camera like I have in the past. If I wanted super light weight, I would use the 18-55 STM kit lens and give up the better reach/range of the 18-270.

Keep in mind, in my case, I wasn't going for the ability to put the camera in my pocket, I wanted the best camera I could get while saving weight and also be able to survive in an outdoor environment.

 

[f2]

Just finished a week in Venice with a 7D + 15-85 + 10-18. The 10-18 was invaluable. Would have preferred a 5Diii + 16-35 f/4 IS but $$ was a factor. Excellent results with the 7D at first review. IS is a must for shots from a bouncing water taxi!!! Had the 135L as well but did not feel the joy of this lens in the tight confines of Venice. Now in Umbria where the 135 can really shine. The 10-18 is a real gem. Colour rendition is on a par with the 135L!!

 

[JumboShrimp]

My 3 cents: SL1 with Canon 15-85 IS.

 

[candc]

My wife has been using an 18-200mm zoom on a 7D on vacations for some time. With a CPL filter she's getting very good results, when she has enough light. For low light situations she turns to my (monsterously heavy) camera bag for a faster prime.

Alternative: I just bought a Sony RX100 MIII to use when I'm flyfishing (a 5DIII with a 24-70 f2.8L II does not fit inside my waders :). It has the equivalent of a 24-70 lens, with good low light performance. I am very impressed with the IQ from this very small thing.

now were talking. fly fishing and cameras! what do you fish for mostly? we have some really good trout streams and rivers where i live, mostly browns and some brooks with a few rainbows. usally bring a waterproof sony tx-5 that i have had for a few years with me but it needs an update. i looked at a rx100iii today. it is compact but it has a lot of buttons. i wish it just had a touch screen instead but it is feature packed and supposedly the best you can get for a small camera

 

[RustyTheGeek]

My 3 cents: SL1 with Canon 15-85 IS.

I tried that combo and while I agree it's sweet... it weighs a ton. That 15-85 is a beast.

 

[candc]

somebody mentioned fishing and i lost my train of thought. anyhoo: the sl1 is very nice, the 18-55 kit lens it comes with is really good also and a real bargain. no dslr (even the sl1) is pocketable though so its more about bringing a lens or two that suit your needs. if you are mostly in the normal range then the sigma 18-35 on a 70d is fantastic.