Ideal landscape/hiking kit - Printable Version +- Opticallimits (https://forum.opticallimits.com) +-- Forum: Forums (https://forum.opticallimits.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=4) +--- Forum: Just Talk (https://forum.opticallimits.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=17) +--- Thread: Ideal landscape/hiking kit (/showthread.php?tid=51) Pages:
1
2
|
Ideal landscape/hiking kit - toni-a - 01-05-2018 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) Ideal landscape/hiking kit - Klaus - 01-05-2018 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. Ideal landscape/hiking kit - Brightcolours - 01-05-2018 Christmas was 2 weeks ago. Ideal landscape/hiking kit - thxbb12 - 01-05-2018 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. Ideal landscape/hiking kit - JJ_SO - 01-05-2018 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. Ideal landscape/hiking kit - Brightcolours - 01-05-2018 I love cameras with non issues! non-issue <div> <div><i>noun</i> plural noun: <b>non-issues</b> <ol class="">[*] <div style="font-sizemall;"> <div style="margin-left:20px;"> <div style=";"> <div>a topic of little or no importance. "I believe the topic is a non-issue" </div> </div> </div> </div> </ol></div> </div> Ideal landscape/hiking kit - Kodachrome 25 - 01-05-2018 used EOS M[something] + 11-22 + 18-150 might even fit in the budget Ideal landscape/hiking kit - MatjazO - 01-05-2018 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. Ideal landscape/hiking kit - thxbb12 - 01-05-2018 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:
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. Ideal landscape/hiking kit - Rainer - 01-06-2018 Quote:I'm now seriously considering to go for the Pana LX100. 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 |