Was just wondering, about ideal combo for hiking/landscape photography.
Priorities:
lightweight and compact+++
high dynamic range
high zoom ratio changing lenses while hiking is a big no no for many
long exposures sensor noise
not hugely expensive: max 500$
non issues
high ISO performance
lens speed f5.6-f16 range is just fine
flash
FPS
auto-focus
Can be a plus but non essential:
weather sealing
tilt/swivel screen
close focus capability
high resolution
my current combo for that is 750D plus Canon 15-85 I am offering to my sister as Christmas present (with 18-55 STM lens though instead of 15-85)
what combo would you suggest (not necessarily Canon)
Not answering your question but I just came back from a trekking vacation where I used the Sony A7R II plus the 24-105mm f/4 G OSS. I may be getting old but honestly ... it was too much both size- and weight-wise.
I'm now seriously considering to go for the Pana LX100.
So I would suggest to go for a premium digicam for the outdoors.
Christmas was 2 weeks ago.
Your list is filled with mutually exclusive criteria.
You can hardly have "lightweight and compact+++" and ("high dynamic range" + "long exposures sensor noise") for instance.
The price point of $500 is totally unrealistic for such expectations.
Your best bet is probably an used 1'' compact camera. Look at Sony, Panasonic and Canon's offerings.
Charming list, toni-A.
Let us know of you find this miracle. FPS is always good, no matter if 0.5 or 15 fps. And Auto-focus? Wow.
I love cameras with non issues!
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used EOS M[something] + 11-22 + 18-150 might even fit in the budget
For hiking I use m43 body with couple of small fast primes. GX80, 12/2 and 45/1,8. Rougly equivalent to A7 kit Klaus desribed above, at half the weight. Of course, trade-off is less resolution and no zoom, two focal lenghts only. Zooming with foot works with primes at “standard†view angles, for me at least. If needed, there are 20/1,7 or 35-100.
Does not answer original q with low budget expectation, though.
I would go the MFT route as well.
A good and minuscule hiking setup would be a smallish body such as Pany GX80, Oly E-M10 mk II or Oly Pen-F and the following lenses:
- UWA zoom (18-36 FF equiv): Oly 9-18
- Standard zoom (24-64 FF equiv): Pany 12-32
- Tele zoom (70-200 FF equiv): Pany 35-100)
EDIT
If you want an even smaller kit, a Panasonic GM5 can be had for quite cheap and it's about the same size as the Sony RX100 while offering roughly the same IQ as the bodies above.
Quote:I'm now seriously considering to go for the Pana LX100.
So I would suggest to go for a premium digicam for the outdoors.
Exactly my thoughts too. However, I would also mention the
Sony Rx100 (III, IV or V) ... I personally went with the Lx100,
because I perfer the better viewfinder and better accessability
to the main controls. Regarding imagequality the Lx100 is on par
with the Rx100III ... I would see the IV and V as slightly better.
(Why would you prefer the Lx100 rather than take an Rx100 or one
of the Canon compacts?).
Rainer