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I have an interchangeable lens camera and multiple lenses. But I usually leave these at home when I travel. Camera prices have gone down so much, you can do ama

I have an interchangeable lens camera and multiple lenses. But I usually leave these at home when I travel. Camera prices have gone down so much, you can do amazing things with minimal gear and budget. Minimal size and weight that still gets the job done is mostly my take on this. small specific cameras for the task at hand. I have a very similar to this, and it's very compact and gives me multiple cameras and angles. Sound quality is often more important than video quality anyway. And you can get good video quality by just using a tripod and an external mic like the rode micro. 1. g7x (mark iii) f1.8 lens and canon colors for talking head videos or pictures. Sony equivalent zv1 would be good too. 2. sony fdr3000 for walking around. Wide angle, and natural looking stabilization. or gopro. 3. dji mini drone. The only drone that is legal to fly in many places. 4. phone for everything else 5. Rode video micro (microphone) 6. Small Tripod (Ulanzi MT-16) ________ ~1kg and around 1.5k to put together I actually have more cameras but for Travel I think this is ideal. The only thing I would add is possibly a bridge camera like lumix fz82 or fz1000 for zooming.

ben7799 5y ago
Excellent points, people need to have perspective about high value traditional gear in a lot of cases today. There's a lot of perspective lost on some of this ultra high end handheld digital camera gear these days. A $500-1000 drone can easily be worth $50k worth of ground camera for landscape photography for example because it can erase massive amounts of effort and barriers to getting a shot. The expensive handheld gear can't get the shot period and can be wasted money. I have a DJI Mini and it's a fantastic photo tool, in it's case it weighs less than a DSLR/Mirrorless body. A Smartphone or very light DSLR Body/Lens kit + the drone can outperform a much heavier & more expensive kit for outdoor photography.

ben7799 5y ago

Excellent points, people need to have perspective about high value traditional gear in a lot of cases today. There's a lot of perspective lost on some of this ultra high end handheld digital camera gear these days. A $500-1000 drone can easily be worth $50k worth of ground camera for landscape photography for example because it can erase massive amounts of effort and barriers to getting a shot. The expensive handheld gear can't get the shot period and can be wasted money. I have a DJI Mini and it's a fantastic photo tool, in it's case it weighs less than a DSLR/Mirrorless body. A Smartphone or very light DSLR Body/Lens kit + the drone can outperform a much heavier & more expensive kit for outdoor photography.