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I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to
whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to take my Canon EOS 70D but it is just too big and bulky, so am looking for a camera which will best capture the landscapes/people/wildlife. A useful zoom range would be good too! TIA |
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On 2014-11-14 12:55:32 +0000, "Trundle" . said:
I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to take my Canon EOS 70D but it is just too big and bulky, so am looking for a camera which will best capture the landscapes/people/wildlife. A useful zoom range would be good too! TIA There are going to be all sorts of opinions on this, so all I can do is give you mine. I have been looking at an affordable weight saving option for travel for a while now, and I have been led to the Fujifilm X-E2. That provides a good 16MP APS-C size sensor, a reasonable kit lens, and a selection of good lenses to meet most travel shooting needs. One could travel with an X-E2 and 2 or three lenses without coming close to the weight and bulk penalty of a DSLR with one multi-purpose lens. http://fujifilm-x.com/x-e2/en/ http://fujifilm-x.com/xf-lens/en/about/roadmap/ B&H, and Amazon have some good deals on it, starting with a $1099 body + 18-55mm kit from B&H. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1008069-REG/fujifilm_16405018_x_e2_mirrorless_digital_camera.h tml or http://tinyurl.com/lcxwphh -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Thanks for the advice, I hadn't considered Fujifilm so will have a look at
some reviews. "Savageduck" wrote in message news:2014111407383664503-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... On 2014-11-14 12:55:32 +0000, "Trundle" . said: I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to take my Canon EOS 70D but it is just too big and bulky, so am looking for a camera which will best capture the landscapes/people/wildlife. A useful zoom range would be good too! TIA There are going to be all sorts of opinions on this, so all I can do is give you mine. I have been looking at an affordable weight saving option for travel for a while now, and I have been led to the Fujifilm X-E2. That provides a good 16MP APS-C size sensor, a reasonable kit lens, and a selection of good lenses to meet most travel shooting needs. One could travel with an X-E2 and 2 or three lenses without coming close to the weight and bulk penalty of a DSLR with one multi-purpose lens. http://fujifilm-x.com/x-e2/en/ http://fujifilm-x.com/xf-lens/en/about/roadmap/ B&H, and Amazon have some good deals on it, starting with a $1099 body + 18-55mm kit from B&H. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1008069-REG/fujifilm_16405018_x_e2_mirrorless_digital_camera.h tml or http://tinyurl.com/lcxwphh -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 2014-11-14 20:07:13 +0000, "Trundle" . said:
Thanks for the advice, I hadn't considered Fujifilm so will have a look at some reviews. Here are two to start with: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/fujifilm-x-e2/ http://cameras.reviewed.com/content/fujifilm-x-e2-digital-camera-review -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Trundle wrote:
I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to take my Canon EOS 70D but it is just too big and bulky, so am looking for a camera which will best capture the landscapes/people/wildlife. A useful zoom range would be good too! TIA For light weight travel and simplicity, I use a Canon PowerShot S-120 on trips. It is really pocketable, has a 5:1 zoom range, is f:2 at the wide angle end, and the sensor , albeit small but not tiny, gives me nice pix up to 8x10". ISO settings up to 800 give reasonably sharp pix in low-light situations. It is silent in its operation as well.It has a small built-in flash, but for distant flash shots, a Metz HF-DC1 tiny external flash with slave properties can be very helpful. Remember to bring extra camera batteries and chargers as well as power adapters for overseas electrical outlets,and spare SD cards already formatted. Have a nice trip,and good picture hunting. Mort Linder --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com |
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On 14/11/2014 23:03, Mort wrote:
Trundle wrote: I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to take my Canon EOS 70D but it is just too big and bulky, so am looking for a camera which will best capture the landscapes/people/wildlife. A useful zoom range would be good too! TIA For light weight travel and simplicity, I use a Canon PowerShot S-120 on trips. It is really pocketable, has a 5:1 zoom range, is f:2 at the wide angle end, and the sensor , albeit small but not tiny, gives me nice pix up to 8x10". ISO settings up to 800 give reasonably sharp pix in low-light situations. It is silent in its operation as well.It has a small built-in flash, but for distant flash shots, a Metz HF-DC1 tiny external flash with slave properties can be very helpful. Remember to bring extra camera batteries and chargers as well as power adapters for overseas electrical outlets,and spare SD cards already formatted. Have a nice trip,and good picture hunting. Mort Linder I'm in a similar position to the OP. Problem with your otherwise excellent suggestion for me at least is the lack of zoom reach - I use the 12x a lot. In decent light it works very well indeed. -- Cheers, Rob |
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W dniu .11.2014 o 13:55 Trundle . pisze:
I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to take my Canon EOS 70D but it is just too big and bulky, so am looking for a camera which will best capture the landscapes/people/wildlife. A useful zoom range would be good too! TIA Hello, you may also consider Olympus/Panasonic micro 3/4 standard. I'm using Olympus PEN EPL3, which is rather low-end but I'm satisfied with it, especially when it's paired with 45 mm 1.8 lens which is great for portraits. You might also consider OM-D series which have replaced DSLR in Olympus product range, but they are priced accordingly. Since it's mirroless, the body is compact and there is a selection of lens. For starters you could exchange kit zoom with pancake 14‑42 mm 1:3.5‑5.6 EZ. For portraits I would recommend 45 mm 1.8 prime lens. For landscapes there is a 12mm 2.0 wide-angle prime lens, but I don't have it. It's rather pricey, but there are some positive reviews though. Additionally, you can also attach older 3/4 lens via adapter. They are usually cheaper and there is a bigger second hand market for them than for m3/4 mount. Regards |
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On 11/14/2014 6:55 AM, Trundle wrote:
I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to take my Canon EOS 70D but it is just too big and bulky, so am looking for a camera which will best capture the landscapes/people/wildlife. A useful zoom range would be good too! TIA Given the nature of the landscape, I suggest any good superzoom camera will do. That's because the non-landscape is ordinary, and an ordinary good camera will do great. The landscape is not ordinary, and is best captured with any camera set for normal or mild telephoto zoom, plus lots and lots of practice taking panoramas. You don't even need a tripod (except, I might add, a large heavy one, carried in your hands, is great for attacking rabid dogs, not a joke!) as Photoshop's panorama creator software seems to do a great job of piecing together the randomly cluttered foreground. My main camera for my two trips there was a Crown Graphic 4x5. Any superzoom and panorama software will make my images look like crap. Doug McDonald |
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On 14/11/2014 20:07, Trundle wrote:
Thanks for the advice, I hadn't considered Fujifilm so will have a look at some reviews. "Savageduck" wrote in message news:2014111407383664503-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom... On 2014-11-14 12:55:32 +0000, "Trundle" . said: I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to take my Canon EOS 70D but it is just too big and bulky, so am looking for a camera which will best capture the landscapes/people/wildlife. A useful zoom range would be good too! TIA There are going to be all sorts of opinions on this, so all I can do is give you mine. I have been looking at an affordable weight saving option for travel for a while now, and I have been led to the Fujifilm X-E2. That provides a good 16MP APS-C size sensor, a reasonable kit lens, and a selection of good lenses to meet most travel shooting needs. One could travel with an X-E2 and 2 or three lenses without coming close to the weight and bulk penalty of a DSLR with one multi-purpose lens. http://fujifilm-x.com/x-e2/en/ http://fujifilm-x.com/xf-lens/en/about/roadmap/ B&H, and Amazon have some good deals on it, starting with a $1099 body + 18-55mm kit from B&H. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1008069-REG/fujifilm_16405018_x_e2_mirrorless_digital_camera.h tml or http://tinyurl.com/lcxwphh -- Regards, Savageduck I have an X-E1 with their own standard, wide, and tele zooms. They fit nicely in a ThinkTank Retrospective 7 (with a little panasonic camcorder if necessary), and don't weigh much. The macro focus distance isn't very good, I also pack a x10 close-up lens. |
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In article , "Trundle" says...
I'm travelling to Nepal next year to do some trekking and am looking to whether I should upgrade my Panasonic Lumix TZ10? I would ideally want to take my Canon EOS 70D but it is just too big and bulky, so am looking for a camera which will best capture the landscapes/people/wildlife. A useful zoom range would be good too! A micro 4/3 camera with a long zoom lens, for instance the M.Zuiko 14- 150 (290 grams) or a combination of two lenses, for instance M.Zuiko 12- 50 (211 grams) and the M.Zuiko 75-300 (430 grams) if you need more zoom range. Lens multiplier is 2. -- Alfred Molon Olympus E-series DSLRs and micro 4/3 forum at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyOlympus/ http://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site |
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