I toured the Iowa-class USS New Jersey and the Spanish American War Protected Cruiser USS Olympia (they sit across the river from one another) in the same day.

The most interesting (and missing the most parts) ship I ever toured was the Russo-Japanese War battleship Mikasa just South of Tokyo. She is the only surviving pre-Dreadnaught battleship, built by Vickers in England at the end of the 19th century and a rough contemporary of the USS Olympia.

I've now had the X100F for 3 days and am quite impressed with it.

Since you mention Canon T4i, the 24mm f/2.8 STM (DX only) is a tiny pancake lens with excellent optical quality. Add either the 40/2.8 STM or 50/1.8 STM for an outstanding longer lens that is also FX compatible if you ever add an FX body in the future.

Those two lenses likely cover most of what most people want to shoot, do so in low light (I'd pick the 50/1.8 over the 40/2.8 for the extra stop) and despite their low prices, are among Canon's better lenses.

I don't even take a DSLR anymore. For my last trip to Canada I took my Leica M10 with 35mm f/2 only (not a lightweight combo though) and for my upcoming trip to Japan I will be taking a Fuji X100F, which weighs about the same as your T4 body only and has a built-in 23mm f/2 (35mm equivalent). Fuji has an even smaller and lighter body in the X70 with an 18mm (28mm equivalent) lens, but no viewfinder, that is also outstanding.

Whatever you choose, have fun.

An 18-200 lens is a compromise, neither excellent wide nor long, and slow (as in f stop) to boot.

Why not try a small prime lens (like your cell phone has)? If you are using a DX sensor, you can get a cheap 24mm prime (the smallest are usually f/2.8, with f/1.8 still small, light and cheap). If you are shooting on an FX body then a 35mm f/1.8 or 50mm f/1.8 will cost next to nothing, weigh next to nothing and give vastly better image quality than a cell phone or an 18-200 zoom lens.

I'm a Leica and until yesterday, Canon shooter. I love my Leica M10 and Leica lenses, but for non-photography oriented (read: family) trips, I want something easier to use that I can pass to my wife or a stranger so that a pictures of me can go in the books. I also sometimes don't feel comfortable carrying such expensive kit as the Leica gear to certain places, or just want something smaller and lighter.

I used to handle easier to use by taking a DSLR (Canon 5D3) and a few well-chosen lenses for family trips (50/1.2L and usually 24-70/4 IS L) and of course the zoom stayed in the bag most of the trip. I would also carry a Leica X-E (same as X2) in the bag and leave the DSLR in the hotel when I really wanted to travel light.

I just ordered a Fuji X100F and placed the entire Canon kit and the Leica X-E up for sale. I may expand with an XPro-2 and a few more lenses, but most likely the X100F will cover everything that my Leica M10 won't. Before the M10 I needed a DSLR as the gaps were huge, but now that Leica got its EVF act together I use my old Nikkor lenses and a Novoflex adapter to cover long focal lengths and macro, which are things that rangefinder cameras never did well, and honestly I almost never shoot wider than 28mm, which the M10's new viewfinder and improved rangefinder do very well.

So, a Leica X-E, Canon 5D3 and bag full of heavy DSLR lenses all replaced by one small Fuji compact. My back and shoulders are going to like this.

I'd look for a used Minolta FlashMeter (or AutoMeter xF) IV, V or VI. All are outstanding (even the very old III), but newer ones are progressively easier to use. I have an AutoMeter IV F that I bought ages ago and still use without issue. AA batteries last seemingly forever and no in-camera meter can ever be as accurate as a proper incident reading with a good handheld.

Newer Sekonic meters are just as good, but Minolta had the technology down pat even as early as the 1980s and once you learn to use it, you will never need anything more modern.

1) Its all about the light.

2) The best light is often hiding in the dark.

I used a Yashicamat 124G, decades ago. It was basically a Japanese copy of a Rolleiflex, a 120 format twin lens reflex.

I remember the image quality being incredible, not to mention the camera being quite fun to use.

Of course it is, but given the same part behind the camera there is no reason to worry about that particular person wants to put in front of it.

Aboslutely.

Funny, I have similar kit. M-D (love the screenless) and M5, 28 (the new generation Summicron), 35 (the slow Summarit) and 50 (both a Summicron and a Noctilux). I also have a 90, an ancient Elmarit from the early 1960s that I just don't use often enough to justify a better one, though I'll probably get a better one eventually anyway for that new lens smell.

I am an amateur, so return on investment is not a consideration. It is a hobby, purely for pleasure. Some buy wines that cost quite a bit over a year or more, others by art.

My cameras and lenses are quite expensive because, fortunately, I've been successful in my business and don't have any debts. I bought my house in 2015 for much more than 48 grand. I bought a car last July (CPO used) with unlimited mileage warranty through October 2021, but it was a lot more than 18 grand. None of that matters. A $15,000 Toyota Corolla will get me from A to B every bit as reliably (perhaps more) than my Mercedes E350, but I don't want to drive all of those miles (about 50,000 per year) in a Corolla.

A Canon Rebel with a 35mm f/1.8 lens would take the same pictures I take with my Leica M-D and 50mm f/2 Summicron (or a Canon 6D with 50mm f/1.2L vs Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux), but it won't quite match the image quality and won't come close to the pleasure I get from shooting with a rangefinder and mechanically and optically superb all metal-and-glass Leica lenses. Is the Leica lens better than the Canon? Of course it is. Is it 5, 10 or 20 times better? I doubt it, but since I don't worry as much about cost as I do about joy of use, it doesn't matter.

I can afford it, I enjoy it, and that is ALL that matters.

I certainly don't need a Leica, but I'm very glad I bought one and consider it money well spent.

What did you get? A Leica M and a 50/0.95 Noctilux would be an outstanding use of that money.

There are also many who make purchases and then really enjoy what they bought.

I've had my Leica M-D for almost a year now and had my previous M-E for almost four years. No remorse with either, just a lot of great images and real enjoyment making them.