Best Camera for Travel Photography

Hello Friends,

Actually, I wanted to know the best camera as part of travel photography. Can Nikon Coolpix or Canon is useful for this purpose? Or there is some other option which should be used. Also help me know the pros and cons for each.

Thanks in advance for all the replies and helps.

Depends.
What do you want to use it for? Walk-about snaps? Landscapes? Street photography? Wildlife photos? What?
First, identify your interests and what you want to use the camera for, then you can start to identify a camera to fit them!
You could use a sledge hammer to drive a finishing nail into woodwork but you probably wouldn't want to. Similarly, you could travel the world with a 1Dx II and big white lenses but if you want street photos, it wouldn't be a good idea.

I agree, depends on your needs and budget.

The Nikon Coolpix A is a great camera and easily fits into most pockets.

I use Canon SX 700... it's small, has good zoom, and adequate IQ. There are a couple threads on it.

...go with a leica! downside is, well.....

I have a Leica VLUX for travel. Good zoom....and not expensive.

I have a Canon S120. I'm not sure if they still make it . Check out the G7X.

Sony has some nice stuff as well.

Ive been curious about the lumix LX100

rosh4u wrote in post #18398373
Hello Friends,

Actually, I wanted to know the best camera as part of travel photography. Can Nikon Coolpix or Canon is useful for this purpose? Or there is some other option which should be used. Also help me know the pros and cons for each.

Thanks in advance for all the replies and helps.

... the one you have with you, is best.

There's more to it than just having a good piece of tech. It needs to be rugged, take a splash/rain/spill, have good battery life, less foofoo stuff to break, or features that just drain battery (like contant LCD on just to view, etc), it has to be comfortable to use and be acceptable in terms of weight & bulk for you to actually not just hinder your travel experience lugging around gear. And then you have to fit that into your budget.

If your budget is $500 or less for the body, look at something like the Lumix GH3 (used) for M43 size (weather sealing, good features); or a Pentax dSLR (K5, etc) for inexpensive weather sealing that is still relatively modern and not huge and heavy.

Very best,

As had been noted - depends on your purposes. The camera should match what you are planning to shoot, and how.

Some considerations:

1. What is your budget?

2. Will you be shooting in JPEG or RAW? Nowadays most cameras have the ability to shoot RAW, but I may be wrong. JPEG - if you are willing to allow the camera to have the final say as to how the shot will look. RAW - if you want to do creative post-processing yourself later.

I would strongly recommend shooting in RAW (unprocessed, uncompressed data). Even if you are not interested in/know nothing about software post-processing now, that may change as you learn more. And when/if you do develop the interest in working on your pics later - you will have RAWs from your trip that you can pull all kinds of color, light, and shadow info out of - when you are ready to revisit them. There is very little you can do with JPEGS, as so much data gets discarded by the camera in that format. At least, I would recommend shooting in RAW/JPEG setting, so that you could have JPEGs for now and RAWS for later if you ever need them. So you will need a camera capable of that.

3. Do you want interchangeable lenses or an integral camera/lens body? Interchangeable lenses allow you to play with all kinds of perspective changes. Or you can switch to a fast lens to let in more light at night for cleaner files. However, sometimes a single super-zoom camera will suffice for travel - especially if it can shoot RAW. See above.

4. Will you be mostly shooting in daytime or at night? In daylight a super-zoom will be fine. At night - not too good, unless the camera can handle high ISO values. So that's a consideration.

5. Are size and weight important?

6. Do you want zooms or single focal length (prime) lenses?

Sorry, didn't want this to turn into a primer on photography. I just don't know how much you do or don't know and your question was a bit vague. Hope this was a bit helpful.
Good luck!

I would choose a Panasonic Lumix GX8 and a Panasonic Leica primary lens every day and including Sundays. Its small and light and can use some excellent lenses. The GX7 is pretty awesome too, smaller but not quite as weather proof. I carry mine in an Eveready Case to not be too obvious and offer some protection. Tack sharp images and pretty easy to use. The GX7 with a pancake lens can be slipped into a jacket pocket.

I would recommend Olympus (pen-lite) or Panasonic (G or GX) micro four thirds.
or the Canon SL2.

Give an Olympus Pen or OMD camera a try. I use the E-M5 mkII and a PEN-F to a DLSR again..