[toni-a]

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)

[Klaus]

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.

[Brightcolours]

Christmas was 2 weeks ago.

[thxbb12]

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.

[JJ_SO]

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. 

[Brightcolours]

I love cameras with non issues!

 

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[Kodachrome 25]

used EOS M[something] + 11-22 + 18-150 might even fit in the budget

[MatjazO]

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.

[thxbb12]

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.

[Rainer]

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