Lots of great suggestions here, but if you want to go mirrorless, I purchased the Nikon Z50 cropped camera with the two kit lenses, then purchased the 18-140mm to go with those. I took the Z50 all over Iceland with only the 18-140mm and the photos were awesome. Very, very lightweight and honestly I never missed a shot. Like you, I can't tote around the heavy gear bags anymore. The Z50 is an excellent little camera.

I agree with Longshadow. I had a D7500 a few years ago and almost never took the 18-300mm off of it. I'd take that one and the 35mm. That covers pretty much anything and everything you could point the camera at.

Love the image you generated! I agree with the statements made, AI is another tool we will use to generate / greatly modify photography. And we're already using it in Photoshop, Luminar, etc. May I ask what software / app you used to generated your image? I'd like to give it a try myself....

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.