Cannot add to Kaib's description and I had the same question several years ago when I first heard about RAW and read up on how to convert my camera to shoot in RAW. So, I just bought a camera that did shoot RAW. Jpegs work great, too, but, the RAW processing path has been very rewarding. It does not take much learning to create photos that "pop" in color, and then the process can lead to other amazing improvements to photos. But, as you progress in post processing do not stop learning about composition and all the elements that help you start your work with wonderful images right out of your camera. What's the best camera? As someone said, "The best camera is the one in your hand!"

Thanks, cedymock. Makes me want to visit there on my annual visit to SC.

The middle one is my favorite because it bring the most emphasis to the Rhodo.....(how do you spell it??) Ahhh...brings back memories of a wonderful section of the AT

Another vote for the X T20 to save some money from the X T3. The lenses used for the X-Mount are excellent, but expensive, too. For traveling with one lens.....18mm-135mm. But, there are many choices of small prime lenses, too, that will be hard to leave behind. Fuji users should know about the manual written by Dan Bailey on the X series. Google "best lenses for Fuji" will find good lens recommendations.

Beautiful I like the foreground in # 1

Call an outfitter nearby. For example: Clintonville Oufitters 614-447-8902

Wonderful. Where were you in the park? Did you hike in somewhere?

Well done, but clone out the stick poking through the head!

You have shown a good reason to have a smartphone camera ready. If you can return with camera and tripod with similar sunny light, shadow the bloom with a diffuser. You will be amazed at the detail that will show up. The yellow “tongue” will be seen. I have these flowers in my yard. Try a back lit angle, too, and the flower will glow!

I like those “warm” rays of light leading us down the road. If you have a tripod and a remote trigger or a timer, Try putting a traveler or hiker ( you) in the shot. In some places we wait for people to leave the scene, but often a person can add interest to the story

Google: “5 best piers to enjoy around Charleston”. Then head to the various beaches to catch the sun rising in the east😇

Plenty of above tree-line mountain landscapes . The train station will have weather info about the summit. Train moves slowly, so plenty of photo ops. Mail a post card or letter from the summit post office with a Mt. Washington summit postmark!

Check to make sure your exposure compensation dial or settings have not been set to a++ setting by mistake

This helps me: If I am looking through the 35mm lens of a "cropped" camera, but I want the look of a full framed camera, I would have to back up a certain number of feet before the "cropped" saw the same view. In other words when I back up the view becomes wider until eventually I will be looking at the same wide view of a full frame camera using a 35mm lens. In reverse, if using a full frame camera with a 35mm lens and you want the same view as a cropped camera with a 35mm lens, you need only to zoom in, or walk closer to your subject. So, a 35mm lens view through the full frame now looks like a 70mm lens view with the cropped camera.

As GoofyNoofie says it is the "field of view" that changes, not the focal distance.

If walking distance or riding a bike, use a long piece of webbing or a rope. With a loop in both ends, do a couple of loops over each end of the tripod and put the sling over your shoulder so that the tripod is held on a diagonal. On a bike, use the webbing or rope to hole the tripod across the handle bars. Some tripods fold up compactly and fit into a bag with a shoulder carry strap...eg. MePhoto.