Best camera for trip to Ireland/Scotland (Page 4): I would look at one of the 1" sensor cameras. Canon, Sony, Panasonic all make one with a good zoom range going over 200mm equiv.

wmurnahan Loc: Bloomington IN

I would look at one of the 1" sensor cameras. Canon, Sony, Panasonic all make one with a good zoom range going over 200mm equiv. We've got the Canon G3 among other cameras that are listed in my tag line.

davidb1879

Re: Redleg john: I would take the d5600. Its light and capable of better images because it has a larger and better sensor than any bridge or compact camera. As to the lenses I would suggest a Nikon 18-55 VR, or a Nikon 50mm f1.8 and a Nikon 55-200VR. All of these lenses are very light. The 55-200VR has amazing image quality. Have a great vacation and please post images together with camera and lens info. Davidb1879.

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

chfrus wrote:

I am sorry but this has always bin a pet peeve of mine. Why do people post where they are going and asking what camera should I bring? Are they going to-a planetary system that has a red sun instead of a yellow sun? Anywhere on earth that you live the camera will work in China,Rusia, France or North Carolina. It is true that there is such a thing as a dumb question.

There’s also definitely such thing as a dumb response. Thank you for the example.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

We all have our preferences lets not get nasty about this, personally if I were going to Ireland I'd take my best camera body and then decide on lenses based on the weight I could/want to carry, to lighten the load I'd probably leave the big fast zoom at home and carry a prime or 2, I'd rather have my 40mm and nothing else and get the quality of shots I'm used to than to have lower resolution files.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

CamB wrote:

No,no,no. Don't buy or rent something else. Take y... (show quote)

I do not understand the number of people who want to rent equipment. It makes some sense for pros who need something for a particular job, will use it for a defined short period and will be able to deduct it from their taxes. For anyone else the cost of a one or two week rental gets up to a rather substantial percentage of the purchase price. Especially when considering a purchase on a budget. Your ability to purchase is whacked by the cost of the rental.

whwiden

bobmcculloch wrote:

We all have our preferences lets not get nasty about this, personally if I were going to Ireland I'd take my best camera body and then decide on lenses based on the weight I could/want to carry, to lighten the load I'd probably leave the big fast zoom at home and carry a prime or 2, I'd rather have my 40mm and nothing else and get the quality of shots I'm used to than to have lower resolution files.

Exactly my inclination. D5600 is a great travel size. I do better and have a better time when I use what I am used to, and do not mix cameras and systems. Maybe a wide and a normal. Or an 18-140mm and a 35mm 1.8 dx. Add a 10-20mm if you like Ulta wide.

AJFRED Loc: Alabama

You could do worse than a Canon G7X MKII. Fits in a shirt pocket, much easier to achieve focus than a SX60HS I own. You won’t have the reach of the SX60, but I found that I did not need that long zoom. The G7X is small enough to use in crowded places like buses, trains, and automobiles. It does a decent job in HDR situations, captures night scenes nicely, and does well at higher ISO settings for low light scenes. Main drawback is no viewfinder, you must compose on the screen. I attached an unedited copy of an unusual building in Copenhagen. This was made in the “night scene” mode, shot thru the windscreen of a taxi cab, which happily was waiting for the traffic light to change. Not a perfect capture, I reckon, but you get the idea, I hope.

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GregWCIL Loc: Illinois

Take the camera you have an a wide to normal zoom. Pack less underwear.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Redleg john wrote:

Most dumb questions receive good replies. The reason for my dumb question was to ask for the experience of others regarding the best equipment to carry to a certain locale over a 2-week span. Didn't mean to be a bother.

Your not a bother to the members that remember that we were once you.

Taking your own equipment is best but prepare for rain. My suggestion was to rent an Olympus and forget the rain. With a weatherproof lens and either the E-M5 or the E-M1 one can go shooting in the rain without anything else other than a microfiber cloth or towel (don't use cotton; one can't wring out enough water to make it worthwhile). The basic controls are easy to master if you have any concept of exposure. That is true about all cameras. The deeper controls, that is a different story. But Auto, P, S, A, and M all are run basically the same across all cameras. One can always dowload the manual to their phone and never be out of touch for help. And if necessary, just contact UHH while traveling and we will try and help.

dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia

wdross wrote:

Your not a bother to the members that remember tha... (show quote)

An E-M5 plus a 40-150 2.8 will run you 304 for the two weeks, you will probably need and extra week so you are not without so $456. Jumping to an E-M1 will cost another $40 per week. Renting a 12-100 f4 will save 27 bucks, OK for landscape but on a 4/3 camera you can forget isolation in portraits.

At those costs, buy a bridge camera and you get to keep it.

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

dsmeltz wrote:

An E-M5 plus a 40-150 2.8 will run you 304 for the two weeks, you will probably need and extra week so you are not without so $456. Jumping to an E-M1 will cost another $40 per week. Renting a 12-100 f4 will save 27 bucks, OK for landscape but on a 4/3 camera you can forget isolation in portraits.

At those costs, buy a bridge camera and you get to keep it.

Or go used Bargain Shopping:
or Gx-85 ($320)
https://www.mu-43.com/threads/for-sale-panasonic-lumix-gx-85-new-in-box-location-usa-ships-usa.103064/

Plus $240 for 12-32 and 35-100
https://www.mu-43.com/threads/for-sale-12-32mm-35-100-4-5-6-7-5mm-fisheye-9mm-bcl-location-usa-ships.103364/

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Cdouthitt wrote:

Or go used Bargain Shopping:
or Gx-85 ($320)
https://www.mu-43.com/threads/for-sale-panasonic-lumix-gx-85-new-in-box-location-usa-ships-usa.103064/

Plus $240 for 12-32 and 35-100
https://www.mu-43.com/threads/for-sale-12-32mm-35-100-4-5-6-7-5mm-fisheye-9mm-bcl-location-usa-ships.103364/

dsmeltz is right that renting is not necessarily cheap, but it can fulfill a need. And, again, I agree that taking your own equipment, with some weatherproofing, would probably be best. I would not buy a bridge or high end point & shoot unless you plan to use it in the future. Plus, most are not weatherproof. But Cdouthitt has suggested another possibility; a second system for fowl weather conditions or when you don't expose your prime system to whatever. Whether it is a Panasonic body or an Olympus body with a Panasonic lens or an Olympus lens makes no basic difference as long as they are weatherproof. And the price he is implying makes it not that much different from a bridge, P&S, or renting.

From my going to Ireland and Scotland, I would prepare for weather. But, of course, Murphy's Law will predict sunny weather the whole trip because you prepared for weather.

chfrus

Could be. However let us call it a teaching moment, or maybe a light tough love.

dukepresley

My wife and I go to Europe twice a year and I take the Nikon DLSR I am using at the time. Right now it is a D750 with a Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8. I also take a Nikkor 50.f/1.8 as a back-up. That, with some cropping, does all that I am capable of. When I was shooting crop, I took, for example, a Nikon D300S and a Nikkor 17-55f/2.8 (w/the same Nikkor 50mm.) That keeps me occupied and I get enough "keepers" to do a slide show that reflects our travels.