And as a bonus, if you decide, at some later time, to get serious about photography, all the bells and whistles will be available to you.

For travel, I would recommend that you look at the RX100 version 6. The reason is the zoom lens, which has a much better reach than the previous versions of the series. A camera with just a 30 to 70mm zoom doesn’t give you enough telephoto to shoot from a car or bus. The version 6 gives you a 200mm (equivalent), which is usually enough.

On the other hand, it’s a very sophisticated camera with lots of capabilities that you may not need, and the price is relatively high. I love mine and carry it as a backup to my Sony A7r3, and when the big camera is not appropriate, such as meals. The quality is outstanding and its RAW output is excellent.

If you only want to travel with one camera that you can set to “automatic” and get the best possible images, the RX100-6 is a great choice.

Hilarious.

I travel a lot and the Tamron 28-300mm is the lens I have been using for the past 4 years. My photos are tack sharp at 11x14 and probably even more but that’s what I’ve been printing. Sure, the Canon lens might be better, but I’m extremely happy with the Tamron on my 5D3.

Nice pix. Enjoy the camera.

A couple of things to watch for:

1) Always buy your travel insurance immediately after booking your cruise. To qualify for reimbursement for pre-existing conditions, they need you to buy your policy within anywhere from 2-3 weeks from your initial deposit for the cruise or travel.

2) Not all policies will offer reimbursement for "cancellation for any reason." And often it will cost extra. That's different that medical reasons. For example, if you cancel because a close family member gets sick or dies, you would need the cancel for any reason. The same applies if you are traveling with friends who cancel for whatever reason.

3) We had to cancel two cruises. We had policies from two different companies. Both paid in full, but one required all the paperwork to be sent by snail-mail. The other let me just scan it and email, which meant we got reimbursed much faster. You might want to check what you would need to do if you need reimbursement.

4) Generally the cruise companies will offer policies that offer vouchers for future cruises instead of cash. The cruises we needed to cancel were one-time itineraries and still haven't been offered again. The cash was much better in that case.

Read the fine print.

That stuff makes it impossible to shoot through. No sense even trying.

I’ve had excellent results shooting at ISO800 and 1/800 shutter speed. I curl my hand around the lens to cut reflections. It’s terrible if the bus has tinted windows, in which case you can only fix it by changing the color balance in post-processing. I’ve found that it also sometimes helps to reduce the saturation a bit. The worst reflections are when the driver leaves the lights on, even in daytime. Sometimes I ask him/her to turn them off and haven’t usually gotten any bad reactions from my fellow travelers, since the lights also affect their shooting.

I’ve found that higher ISO will work but produce somewhat noisier images. And faster shutter speeds require higher ISO. So my 800/800 rule works best for me. I set it as soon as I get on the bus. Obviously there are times when I need to change, like when the bus is driving very fast, or at dusk. And always process the RAW images for best results.

A really nice shot.

Creative

Costco has done some books for me and I’ve been impressed with their quality and speed. Also their low price.

Someone went to a lot of trouble to produce this coupling.

I have used Wasabi for years for a variety of cameras. Never had a problem.

But in none of these examples was a doctor involved.