Well, that's my concern, stated in a nutshell. You see, I want to have a good camera with me at all times. That's sometimes difficult with APS-C and FF cameras. I can use my phone, but my phone doesn't produce the IQ I want. And I don't expect phone photos to blow up well, not that I've tried.

However, if Perfect Resize works as advertised, (thank you, MinnieV), there's no reason not to go with a M43 or even a higher-end, 1"-sensor, pocket-sized point-and-shoot for that walk around camera - the one to keep with you at all times. The Sony RX100V seems to produce some amazing images for its size. It's not that I would be going out to shoot a gallery shot with this camera, I just want it there in case a gallery shot comes looking for me.

Thank you for your reply WDRoss,

I hand held some long shots on a Mark II demo body and was very impressed. It's actually why I was asking about printing and IQ, as I had never considered OLY or M43 as a serious travel kit prior to that. However, it WAS the OLY 5060WZ that I used underwater for years...

What are your three chosen travel lenses?

Thanks,
Steve

Wow, that's some outfit you configured there. It covers most of what I do with FF and Crop. I might give up my crop kit, but my FF reigns in the studio and on location. I don't want to replicate my entire outfit, but I do want a good, portable camera for travel and daily life.

This is making me think that there's a market out there for a very specialized M4/3 or crop-sensor, mirrorless camera with a mid-range lens having the 24-70mm equivalent at f/2.8 (or faster). I think Nikon had something like that planned in their now-abandoned DF line, but I wasn't going to buy a 1" sensor after fooling around with one of Nikon 1's.

Thanks again BP, you are very helpful.

This has turned into a very informative string.

So if I was looking for a lightweight street/travel kit covering wide to short tele, like a 35mm equivalent of ~15mm to ~85mm, that I could use in low light, night street photography, using the good in-body and good in-lens IS. What would you recommend?

The idea for this would be to go as light as possible, and I LOVE fast primes, so one each of a wide, normal and 'portrait length' prime is not out of the question. Zooms are nice, but primes are primes, if you know what I mean.

And from what you're saying, don't expect as much boceh from a 1.4 M43 lens as a 1.4 FF or APS-C?

But you can call me Gru.

No, it means everything. To me.

I create images for my own reasons. I adapt them using every technology that I choose to use, for my own reasons. Today I am a better technical photographer (I hope) that the one I was when I used a Brownie and flash bulbs. Or the better photographer that I was when I got my very own first Fuji 35mm camera. and developed my own film.

I was a photographer, and I still am. But that is not all that I am now. I am a writer because I write. An artist because I art. I am a social media-ologist because you are looking at this. I am a more or less sophisticated software user. I deploy all these skills in the digital world and as such I have devolved. I am not that analog photographer anymore.

Remember, this is MY journey. I have defined myself through my OWN artistic process and as such, only I have the right to name myself.

I name myself TOG. Hail TOG, manipulator of light!!!!

Tog.

When I started with photography, I took photos on a manual camera, with film. I set my F/stop and shutter speed myself. (I never pushed the ISO, like some of the more experienced photographers did.) I developed the negatives and printed from those negatives. I also shot some slides.

Now I can do more with less hardware, but more software. I'm still a photographer, but in some ways I've de-evolved to 'Tog.'

Actually, I've never seen Tommy Dekany in a post string that he didn't try to turn into a huge argument. Some people are just here to be Internet Trollz. Tommy? Tommy?

Thanks for the Perfect Resize tip. Good to know if that's the way I go.

Thank you, BP. What an excellent, helpful and well presented answer.

- S

Hello,

I'm looking into smaller gear for pro-grade work. Strangely, and against my advice, my photos are showing up occasionally in galleries and one-man shows. I like to travel light, but even when I travel, there's always a chance that 'the shot' turns up. I'd hate to waste that shot on a camera that isn't up to the job for printing a large, gallery-sized print.

Does anyone on UHH have experience printing M43 to roughly 4'x5'? How did that work out?

Thanks in advance.

I was at the Nikon counter at the Photo+ show in NYC. I saw a guy behind the counter hand a P900 to an interested consumer and - with a little smirk on face - say, 'Now this is our 'Stalker Camera..."

Had to laugh. Hope his boss didn't hear.

No, but I have my eye on one. I currently use a x100s that I love. It's my lifestyle camera. (For my lifestyle, not lifestyle photography.)

There's an old gunfighting rule; "Have a gun with with you." This applies to photography, as well. The x100 series makes it possible to always have a world class camera with you, even when you are naked.

FUJI is coming on strong in the mirrorless world and this camera is one reason why. The XT2 is another.