We just returned from a wonderful trip to Iceland in July. We used a company called Iceland Luxury Tours - their website is https://icelandluxurytours.com. Our guide was a native Icelander and was a geology professor at the University of Iceland - he's also a hobbyist photographer. The company does custom tours so he might be able to do one for you. He was a GREAT guide and a pleasure to be around. His name is Kristinn Arnar Guðjónsson. I would strongly recommend him, so maybe you can call the company and ask if he can do something like that for you. Our tour was very reasonable.

Ditto what azted wrote. I have both of these cameras and use them for different environments. Ex: For bicycling, I might use the RX100 VII as it's small and I can stick it in my pocket. For hiking, I might use the RX10 as it's larger and has more zoom. I also have a Nikon D780, Z6ii, and Z50 with assorted lenses but sometimes just don't want to carry the gear, so the Sony's are both awesome cameras. Caveat: For everyone who tells you the menu system is a nightmare, it's really not......it's huge, yes, but you can create your own menu with functions you use frequently and problem solved. So don't let that scare you off.

So sorry to hear you're having this problem. I am getting a new MacBook Air with the M2 chip delivered tomorrow, so following this post. I have LR two systems and my images and catalogs on an external drive. Never had a problem opening the catalog and modifying the images when I swapped the drive between systems, so I don't really have any advice to offer. I know someone on this forum posted that they had a system with an M2 chip that worked great, however, so I know it does work.

In addition to WiFi and BlueTooth, be sure GPS is turned off. I have a Z6ii and have amazingly had no battery issues at all. I also turn the camera off between each shot. I shoot travel photography (as opposed to wildlife, birds, etc. where it needs to stay on) and not having any problems shooting with one battery for an entire day.

I currently use both as a plug-in to Lightroom. If I HAD to choose between the two, I'd likely pick ON1. I think it's editing capabilities are a little more robust than Neo and, while I haven't used it, their digital asset management system looks very good. I think their presets are also easier to navigate and are sorted better than Neo. And of course you can create your own and do manual editing if you don't want to use their presets. I've been using both apps for years an started with ON1 WAY back....good software, good company.

This link is a big help - thanks for posting!

Your photographs are spectacular!!

Ah, sorry about that! Just got back from Iceland and working my way through those photos....I will post some shortly!

We are planning a 9-day trip to Croatia starting in Zagreb and working our way down to Dubrovnik. For those of you who have been, do I need to take a wide-angle lens to shoot the Plitvice National Park? Or the walled city in Dubrovnik? I'd like to travel as light as possible, but don't want to miss a great photo op because I left a lens at home. I'm definitely taking my Z6ii and the 24-70 f/2.8. Thanks for any advice.....

Like most of us, I've gone through many, many backpacks and camera bags. I am down to two: Nomatic's Peter McKinnon 25L and the Shimoda Explore V2 25L. These are smaller bags and may not bit your gear, but you can get a LOT into that Peter McKinnon bag. The Shimoda Explore V2 actually comes in 25L, 30L, and 35L so it can be sized up as needed. The Peter McKinnon also comes in a 35L version but it's too big and heavy for me. I will also say, if you're going to be hauling your bag on a daily basis, the Shimoda HANDS DOWN is "THE" most comfortable backpack I have ever owned.

Do you load your images into the Apple Photos app? Or somewhere else?

Great idea. I'm shooting mirrorless, but am very careful to always turn the camera off when I'm not snapping a photo. I've gotten tremendous battery life out of my camera that way.

DirtFarmer, that's exactly the approach I've been taking for several years. And I also keep a travel diary on my computer, which is accessible from my iPhone and iPad, so I could still use the diary without the laptop. As you said, the MacAir really isn't that much smaller / lighter than the MacBook Pro and I'd rather spend that $2,000 on something else....

That's pretty much what I was thinking but wanted to ask if any of you guys had any better ideas. I already have several as backups, so it would be much less expensive - and heavy - to get a few more. Thanks for the response.

Morning, Hoggers. I typically travel with a MacBook Pro and download my photos from SD card to the laptop every night, then back that up to a portal SanDisk SSD drive. I also keyword my photos every night so I can remember what I saw, where I saw, etc. Then I wipe the card and start over the next day. But this laptop is heavy, and I'm trying to lighten my load. I could get a MacBook Air which would save some weight, but I'd like to eliminate that completely and figure out a way to handle my photos while I'm on the road. For those of you who have that scenario, what do you do? Do you use a separate SD card for each day? Do you download to an iPad or another device? How do you track what you saw? I can use a travel diary, I guess....any suggestions or thoughts would be appreciated.