What's the best camera for traveling?

A few tips on travel camera selection

(1) There must be trade-offs

Some people go out on a trip and always like to bring all the focal lengths with them. From wide-angle to telephoto, I am afraid that a certain beauty will be missed.

To be honest, this is quite a tossing, not to travel but to suffer.

At the beginning of last year, I was in Buenos Aires, sweeping the streets to take pictures, just one camera and one mirror. The machine is M240 and the lens is seven jade. How convenient, this configuration will not be tired all day long.

(2) Small + lightness is king

I have several 50 focal length lenses, the least frequently used is the 50 1.0 Nox.

I was so excited when I first bought the Night God, it is indeed a good lens, and the focus is good when the aperture is fully opened. But over time, Ye Shen was thrown into the cold palace by me, it was too heavy, and it was too difficult to focus.

My new favorite now is the 50 2AA. Although the aperture is a little smaller, it is still enough.

Before I used the Leica, I used the black and thick Nikon, and going out at that time was a disaster. Taking the D4s+24-70 is basically like carrying two bricks, which perfectly interprets moving bricks to travel.

Well, that's what happens when you're young.

Judging from the sales of cameras in recent years, SLRs have indeed declined.

It used to be said that SLR is the present, micro-single is the future, and the future has come.

Although I currently neither use a micro-single or a single-lens reflex camera, I play rangefinder. But to be honest, the fully manual macular focus of the rangefinder camera is quite discouraging for beginners.

But no matter what, when traveling, be sure to keep your photography equipment as small and light as possible.

(3) Buy the most expensive camera within your ability

What a painful realization. Before using the Leica, I was losing money playing with cameras, because second-hand sales must be discounted. After playing Leica, I feel that buying lenses is more profitable than financial management. Shuangfei, steel nozzle, the price rose 15% in just one year.

The camera is like this, 1 cent for 1 cent, 1 cent for 2 cents, 1 yuan for 3 cents...

If you can buy a full frame, try to buy a full frame, and if you can buy a new generation, try to buy a new generation. Buy the best cameras and lenses you can afford.

In addition, pay attention to one thing, try to buy equipment that can be upgraded. Simply put, I would recommend cameras with interchangeable lenses more.

Because different lenses will bring different fun to your photography. The body isn't likely to be changed often (and it doesn't make much sense), but the lens can be changed often.

Every time I go out, I get tangled, and this time it's the "Lin Xing" one. As a result, the most commonly used ones are 28 5.6, seven jade, and 50 2AA, none of which are the most expensive. This shows that lightness is more important than expensive.

Also, cheap camera + good lens > high-end camera + cheap lens.

(4) Beauty is also productivity

Many people think that when the camera looks at the picture quality like this, the appearance is not important.

In fact, appearance is very important! ! ! Whether a camera looks good or not will often affect your willingness and frequency of use.

(1) Don't be obsessed with large apertures

Generally speaking, the larger the aperture, the better the lens. But often it also means more expensive, or heavier lenses. As a consumer who has both 50 1.0 Yeshen and 50 2AA, 50 2AA is really fragrant.

The aperture I usually use is 2.8. Even at night, the ISO of today's cameras can be opened quite high. I really don't think a large aperture is necessary.

(2) Don't buy a subsidiary factory, even if the subsidiary factory is called Zeiss

I've bought a few Zeiss, and they all came out, not that Zeiss is bad, and it doesn't hold its value at all. You said that Zeiss is like this, let alone other subsidiary brands.

(3) The so-called one mirror that goes around the world is unreliable

The worst lens is always 18-200 or 18-300. It is called a one-lens lens to go all over the world. In fact, any focal length film is bad at home.

If a lens can take both wide-angle and telephoto completely, why should it be fixed focus?

The 3 focal lengths I use most at present are 28, 35, and 50, and the others are hardly used.

(4) Try not to bring a tripod when traveling

Do you still bring an iron rod when you go on a trip? Unless it's time-lapse photography, or starry skies, I can't really think of a need for a tripod.

I've never bought a tripod anyway.

Having said that, any recommendations?

The Coke standard real fragrance series, Leica's M10-R, M10-P, and Q2 are all very good, except for the price that is too persuasive.

Beginners can actually go for the whole second-hand M240, and then match it with the sixth and seventh sisters. After basically playing for a year and then selling, you will find that the body has fallen a bit, but the lens has risen more. All in all, most of them can outperform financial management.

Buy other cameras, do not play with depreciation and sell at a loss. If you buy a Coke label, the depreciation of the body may also be a loss, but most of the lenses can go back up.

The current king of mirrorless cameras should be Sony's A7R4. If the budget in hand is in the early 2Ws and wants to get the camera body and lens, it will not be a problem to choose the Sony A7R4.

If you want to settle for second, then Sony's A7M3, A7R3 are also good.

Mirrorless is also a micro-single.

Professional card machine, I recommend starting with Canon G7X markII or Sony black card. Many photographers choose a lot of them for their backup machines.

The latest generation of Sony black card, it should be the black card 7. The black card is small in size, just like an extra mobile phone.

If you want to shoot Vlog, Sony's ZV-1 is a Vlog artifact, 4k video, automatic beauty, real-time eye focus. Many vloggers around me use it.

Remember to buy white, white looks good.

Wen Qing can take a look at Fuji. Fuji cameras have always been a symbol of literary youth. There is a saying that says "Nanbo Bay for abdominal muscles".

Because in the film era, Fuji has its own color tuning style in film, and can use digital cameras to simulate the retro effect of film cameras, which is why Fuji cameras are popular among literary and artistic youths.

X-T4 is recommended.

Polaroid I still recommend Leica, this is probably the cheapest Coke-label camera, it can be the first Leica in your life.

You need more than a camera, a tripod is something I don't recommend traveling with, but a nice camera bag can be had. I especially like ONA, it doesn't look like a camera bag.

Well, this is my recommendation for travel cameras. Although it is a family statement, it is also a summary after countless pitfalls.