The post and your comment resonate somehow, as I recently set on to travel across a country and live out of a backpack. I used to own a DSLR for three years, bu

The post and your comment resonate somehow, as I recently set on to travel across a country and live out of a backpack. I used to own a DSLR for three years, but thinking it would be a bit bulky to travel I ended up getting a Fujifilm X100 (and I suspect any equivalent mirrorless with a prime lens would be about the same effect). It's a step up ISO-wise, but apart from that it's basically all downsides: sensor not as good as an equally-priced DSLR would be, fixed 20mm lens, somewhat slow operations... But really, all of this doesn't matter. It's so small I take it everywhere. I love the pictures it takes. Creativity loves constraints. :) Caveat emptor, I probably wouldn't use it as a pro tool, but then again I'm not a photographer so it doesn't matter.