In need of a "walk around" camera

[Camerajunqie]

I am surprised that no one has mentioned the T4i or T5i. I know that they are crop camera's but they work well with all canon lens including the 40mm and other STM lengths. I travel with mine instead of my 7d. Usually attach the 40 but sometimes the 17-55 or 24-105. I'll even bring the 135 with my 1.4 teleconverter for longer shots. Can't complain about photos or weight.

 

[mustafa]

I've tried the G1X Mk II, and it will be my walkround camera as soon as I can get one.

 

[pedro]

1Dx? ...duck and cover...

 

[robbinzo]

the new Fuji X-T1 all the way

+1

The view finder is massive for such a small camera and is very good for manual focus with twin screens for peaking at detail.

 

[slclick]

I'm in the same boat, tried the M and realized I truly love a viewfinder. Held the SL1 with a variety of lenses and it just wasn't my cup of ergonomics. (I really love having a joystick) So since I would like a mini me of the 7D/5D3 I guess I'm out of luck.

 

[Harry Muff]

X100s

 

[alexturton]

if you're after a compact. RX100 is a fantastic camera.

I used it as backup for my 5d3 and sometimes (when looking at the images in lightroom) I question which are the 5d3 images and which are rx100.

AF, IQ and colour rendition is sublime on RX100.

Caveat: Crap at the long end of the zoom though.

 

[Mpyre_skptc]

A couple of posters have mentioned the Fuji X100s. Sounds perfect, excellent IQ and very easy to carry and tuck away. If you're put off by the idea of a fixed 35mm FOV, you could go for the Fuji X-E2.

 

[dickgrafixstop]

Since this is a Canon blog, I'd recommend the G15 - recently quite nicely discounted and still widely available.
Before Canon abandons this segment the G series, the S90/95/100 are excellent, small, versatile offerings for
most things other than sports. If you're opposed to saving the cash, the new Leica C looks good and I will
probably replace my DLux with one soon. For me, the ultimate "walking around" camera is the Leica M with a
35mm lens - but it's a little out of the budget here.

 

[sdsr]

My wife and I travel on a regular basis and, of course, photography is an important part of our excursions. At this time I am using a 1D-X, which I absolutely love, but there are times when the weight, appearance and size of this camera make it impractical and/or unsafe to carry. For those reasons I am looking for another camera or body that would be more practical to take when the 1D-X would not be appropriate.

Image quality is a major consideration.

I sure would appreciate some suggestions on what might be an acceptable addition to my travel equipment.

If you want image quality at least as good as you're getting from your 1Dx, want to be able to stick with Canon lenses, and don't need fast autofocus, I would recommend a Sony A7/7r (plus several spare batteries) + metabones adapter (or forget the adapter and buy the two native primes, which are small and light by Canon standards - the remarkable resolution and sharpness of A7r + 55mm 1.8 allow for heavy cropping and may allow you to forego anything longer - and provide much faster focusing). I doubt anything as small comes close to the image quality such a combination produces (few bigger cameras do either, for that matter).

If APS-C will do, the SL1 has excellent image quality by APS-C standards, and if you only take the smaller Canon lenses with you it should be pretty inconspicuous. Since you already own Canon lenses, unless they're all big I don't see much point in trying another brand for APS-C. (I seem to be in a tiny minority in not being impressed by the image quality generated by Fuji's X sensors, though maybe the newest one will be better.)

If you want small + light + inconspicuous and the ability to change lenses, and don't need FF quality, one of the better Micro 43 bodies (esp. Olympus OM-Ds, with their excellent IBIS) seems by far the best option to me; compared to even most APS-C lenses many of their lenses seem almost weightless, many of the lenses are excellent, and the image quality compares favorably with APS-C.

If you want something that will literally fit in a pocket, the Sony RX100ii (or whatever the latest one is) is probably the best.

 

[alexanderferdinand]

I have and highly recommend the Sony RX100.
Small weight and size, relatively large sensor. I carry this little camera almost everywhere.

What I want to buy, next step larger and heavier- but still smaller then a 1 or 5D is the
Fuji X100s.