The feasibility of international travel with FE2/film?

I've given up on the idea of the FE2 and film

 

You have chose wisely, at least up to this point.

 

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Having something like a Nikon j5 + 10-100mm is way smaller and lighter than most camera + prime combos. If I feel the need for maybe low light aswell, I can pop the f1.8 18mm standard in my pocket. Even the 10mm wide prime is no bigger than 2 Oreos...:)

 

I guess when I go walkies, I want to capture the wide open vistas AND that small bird up a tree AND that circling vulture AND that small butterfly......

 

and maybe, only maybe, one of those can be done with a semi-wide prime as the only lens.

 

 

You make it sound like a rarity rather than your usual loadout?

 

 

Whilst I fully agree with the idea in principle, and yes, I could do it, I just don't want to! It smacks of photographic masochism.:D

 

Carrying around a bag full of fast primes isn't my idea of fun either! They usually stay at home.

 

However, I do sometimes go out with a single wide, fast prime on FX and a tripod for landscape and astro, but that's not my normal walkabout....;)

 

I've even shot basketball with a 180mm prime, and I ended up with a great variety of shots. You clearly like zooms, but I find that primes often require a bit more creativity to frame shots. It forces one to move. It does not mean that I don't use zooms, nor does it mean that I carry a bag full of primes. Maybe you should try it sometime.

Maybe you should try it sometime.

Nope, not going to happen willingly.

 

To actively choose to go out knowing you are going to miss potentially great shots in the name of 'creativity' is just masochistic nonsense.

 

I own three times as many primes as zooms, but when I go outside to explore, a single prime, esp, a wide prime, just isn't my friend.....

 

YMMV.....:rolleyes:

For top walkaround convenience - for now at least - I think nothing beats something like the Sony RX100 Vii - 24-200mm with good video capability. It's not much larger than a cell phone, and it does so much more. I can transfer a photo to my cell very quickly by wifi, wherever I am.

For top walkaround convenience - for now at least - I think nothing beats something like the Sony RX100 Vii - 24-200mm with good video capability. It's not much larger than a cell phone, and it does so much more. I can transfer a photo to my cell very quickly by wifi, wherever I am.

 

 

Hmmm...

If shooting film is fun for you, shoot it to enhance your travel. If you want compact digital, get a Canon G12.

If shooting film is fun for you, shoot it to enhance your travel. If you want compact digital, get a Canon G12.

Why Canon G12? It's a good camera for sure, but nothing compared to some more advanced digital compacts, such as the Sony RX100 VII mentioned above.

If shooting film is fun for you, shoot it to enhance your travel. If you want compact digital, get a Canon G12.

I am not saying the Canon G12 is bad. I have had experience with a G1x (think it was G10) and it was pretty good. It even did macro. In fact it broke after I dropped it into a shallow pool of icy water trying to photograph the floating ice patterns. I am just curious why you are recommending it over the newer technologies. It does not do video but perhaps Arthur does not need video.

Edited November 29, 2020 by Mary Doo

Not trying to prolong this thread, but need your opinions - Z5/24-200 - take this as main camera and quit worrying about specs, latest/greatest shallow depth of field etc. Go light and be happy. I have a Pana-Leica DLUX 6 as a pocket/backup. Really did want to take my primes for street photography, but less is more. Z5/24-200 and quit worrying about everything? A polariser, SB400 flash, and a Slik lightweight travel tripod. That's it. FWIW, if the COVID 19 vaccine becomes generally available by March 2021 looking at July 2021 (La Canicula or break in the rainy season) or late Oct.-early Nov. (Dia de Todos los Santos en Guatemala) for the trip. Thanks.

Z5/24-200 and quit worrying about everything? A polariser, SB400 flash, and a Slik lightweight travel tripod. That's it. FWIW, if the COVID 19 vaccine becomes generally available by March 2021 looking at July 2021 (La Canicula or break in the rainy season) or late Oct.-early Nov. (Dia de Todos los Santos en Guatemala) for the trip. Thanks.

Sounds like a plan. 24-200 is plenty. I took that to make a video and did not feel like I needed another lens. It would be different if you are shooting in extreme low light.

 

Let's hope the Covid nightmare (and our political nightmare) would be over sometime next year especially when most people would have had the vaccine. Enjoy your trips.