| Photo: Scott Ferguson |
Detection of your perfect travel photography setup is quite a balanced act, and is often a constant developing task. This requires finding a sweet space between portability (not fun to lug around large gear), versatility (travel can bring a wide range of photographic conditions) and image quality. Here in DPREVIEW, we are not strangers to travel, we start regularly big trips for both work and holiday. The journey of that time has allowed us to dial to the lens for our favorite cameras and trips. We are opening our bags, giving you a glimpse of what we like to take Gear Nard (when we have an option).
Del basecin
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Fujifilm X100T | F3.2 | 1/340 seconds | ISO 400 | Salvador da Bahia, Brazil |
While I always choose the right tool for a specific job, I have learned to travel to light when I do not demand photo requirements. It was not always like this.
In the past, I often took too much gear, operated by foamo: fear of disappearing on a lifetime shot. I constantly worry about having the right lens, a trippai or accessories for every possible situation.
At some point, I realized that I was trying more to carry a photo gear than enjoying the journey. For my next international journey, I took a risk, only acquired my new Fujifilm x100tDid I many times wished for more or different gears? Absolutely. But i quickly stopped insisting on what i Was not I focus on being creative with the camera in my hands. This creative challenge has become a part of what I likes about the journey.
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| Fujifilm X100T | F2.0 | 1/105 seconds | ISO 3200 | Salvador da Bahia, Brazil Photo: del Beskin |
A decade later, the X100 series is still my traveling kit, although now I use one X100VAnd I will often take wide-angle adapters similar to 28 mm of Fujifilm when I want a wide perspective. Of course, if I am going to take a picture of birds or shooting the wedding, I take the right tool for a job. But for a personal journey, it is usually just my X100V. Nevertheless, I find myself reaching for my iPhone; For many individual memories and shared moments, it is the best tool for the job.
Richard butler
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Sigma bf | Sigma 35 mm F2 DG DN | F5.6 | 1/500 seconds | ISO 250 | Little Britain, London |
Working for DPREVIEW means that I am usually shooting sample images, even when I am on vacation, so I don’t have much option with which camera I am shooting with. However, there are combinations of cameras and lenses that I am really enjoying myself, and that I try to re -make on my trips, where possible. And these combinations have evolved over time.
A few years ago, I have chosen just a 35 mm equiviv prime and the smallest standard zoom, on which I could hold my hand, which usually meant kit zoom for most systems. But I think I like to prime 85 mm Equives with me, because I like a good option to take a portrait when I look at my friends and family. My two most recent trips saw me using a set of 24 mm, 35 mm, 90 mm compact prime, and earlier, a 24–80ish univiv f2.8 zoom, which fulfilled a similar role. Both approaches are professionals and opposition.
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Sigma bf | Sigma 24 mm F3.5 DG DN | F8 | 1/200 seconds | ISO 100 | Twentyonham, London |
But when I have learned that this is the limit I like to use, I have also found that the size is the most important criteria when I travel. It was 24–80 Equives an APS-C lens, which means it was still comparatively small and light. When I tried to take full-frame on 24-70 mm F2.8, I have not brought almost any photo: the camera stayed in the hotel room. This is the same story when I tried a three-oriented set for the medium format: I have received pictures from occasions that I had especially pushed to go out and shoot, but failed to catch any unexpected moments and casual shots that would tell the real story of experience.
Michelle Clarke
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| Sony A7CR | Sony 16 mm F1.8 g Fe | F2.8 | 1/60 seconds | ISO 500 | Paris, France Photo: Michelle Clarke |
Like Richard, my travel kit is usually fixed by which camera or lens I am currently testing. However, if I am reviewing a camera and meet to choose a lens, I will usually go for a sharp, relatively wide-angle. Those people easily allowed me to catch the people with whom I am traveling and whatever is in wider vista, and, in a pinch, can also be used for selfie.
However, I can only get away with that choice because I also take my personal camera on every journey taken by me. I am talking about, of course, about the iPhone 15 Pro, which I had specifically chosen for my 3x telephoto camera. While I prefer one of Apple’s small, light and cheap non-frost phones, the fact that their second camera is an ultravide instead of telephoto, is a delivery for me; I have found a lot of conditions where I can not get physically closer to something where I cannot return a little.
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| iPhone 15 Pro | 77 mm Equive. Lens | F2.8 | 1/315 second | ISO 25 | Las Vegas, USA Photo: Michelle Clarke |
This is nothing like shooting with a dedicated camera, but if I need to take a picture of something quickly or something that is relatively distant, I will arrive for my phone every time …
Or, rather, I will click on the camera button, as it was probably already in my hand, acting as a GPS. I am very good in getting lost in new places.
Meyekim dang
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Overhead photo of Mykim Dang’s travel cameras and storage solutions. |
I shoot more videos than photos and I am very obsessed to travel as much as possible (when possible). It is a holdover from the years of working as an one-person team that deal with endless connections in various countries with changing rules and regulations. A checked bag is something that I survive at all costs.
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Ricoh WG-80 | Cyulitas, Mexico |
Most of my video work is focused on work out and water-based activities. I keep some different cameras in my rotation for this reason. My main setup consists of a Gopro (still using Hero 12 Black), a Sony Zv-1F, a Rico WG-80 and some type of disposable camera. Between these 4 pieces of gear, I get a very good rotation of video capture under water, under water and on the ground. I like different types of sources that I want to work in the post. They are all very compact, light and fun to use.
Abbby Ferguson
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| Photo: AB Ferguson |
Even though I travel to a reasonable amount and thrill, I have never bought a dedicated travel setup. Instead, whatever gear I have already done, it is used, even if it is not highly traveling. For the last handful of years, it means that my Sony A7 III has to be taken on trips. Fortunately, it provides a good balance of size and quality.
The lens selection is slightly more complex, though. A travel-specific purchase of mine was a compact 35 mm F1.8, which I picked up for a work trip for IFA Berlin. This is consistently included in my journey kit, and is often my only lens. When I want a little more versatility, I will throw my 24-70 mm. Or, for a few select trips, I have swapped the standard zoom for the 135 mm prime lens. It is certainly not the most practical (it’s far from light and compact) or is versatile, but I like the challenge and I enjoy the photos you get with it.
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Pentax K1000 | SMC Pentax-M 50 mm F2 | Flic film Arora 400 | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Recently, however, I have been more attracted as my Go-to travel camera with 50 mm lens for my Pentax K1000 film camera. I was recently in Hawaii for two weeks, and when I had my digital camera, I often brought my film camera out with me. The size is perfect, and I love that it forces me to slow down and take into the scene as much as I usually with digital. It also does not separate me what is going on, because I can’t see the rear display to check my shots. I take a shot and then move forward, return to enjoy my journey.
Matte waller
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| Photo: Matte Waller |
Recently my camera for a street photography trip to London was OM-5. This cute little man can be easily taken on long -lasting days and asked to do everything completely a trip/street camera. Its season seal closed my one-day London drizzle (rider in the new weather-cake 25 mm F1.8 Prime), handed hand-razed Hi-raz 50MP mode came in handy to target the 50MP mode Shard and its magnificent Ibis made an explosion for a long time in a wind tunnel.
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Om System Om -5 | OM 25 mm F1.8 II | F4.5 | 1/2000 second | ISO 200 | London |
Yes, it is stuck on the face/eye detection Air Force – which works innocent on the streets. But its greatest power was that it had the ability to carry a luxurious small lens battery: 12 mm F2 for Cathedral, sometimes 75 mm F1.8 for portrait, small lava for skyscrapers 7.5 mm F2 – All in my coat pockets, no camera bags are required.
