Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A timely question. For me, it depends on the purpose of the journey. For many people, catching a great shot when traveling is a byproduct of the journey (right place, right time). For them, any camera they have with them works fine. Some people will carry their dSLR with the 2Kg zoom attached. Others are perfectly happy with their phone cam. For others, the opportunity to take the next great photo is the purpose of the journey. Lugging around a few bodies and 8 prime lenses is just the price. We just came back from riding our tandem in Provence. I took a M8 and a Tri-Elmar instead of a Panasonic P&S I usually take to see if it works. I am not really happy because the combination is heavy (we are carrying everything on a bike so weight and size matters), the lens is too slow for any low light work and 1.3X multiplication factor turns the 28 into a 35mm. So I am looking for a travel camera. Any suggestions other than a current generation M? I like to have a viewfinder (optical preferred but good EVF will do), either a fast wide zoom or interchangeable lenses (bonus if it can use M lenses so I don't have to buy more lenses), very good image quality and reasonable light weight. Given the constant vibration on a bike, the camera should be very robust. I suspect I should be looking at EVIL cameras. Am I correct? Regards, Spencer On Sep 27, 2012, at 13:48, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > I'd like to know what a "travel camera" is?