“Make sure to pack your tripod and camera and a couple of lenses that you’ll decide are too much of a pain to haul around everyday, and therefor use them zero days.”
1 micro four thirds body, 1 high quality prime. Limitation breeds creativity.
Small light kit to carry, reasonable prices on the secondhand market so less fear of loosing a couple of thousand pounds worth of gear if it gets snatched, but still gives you the control so it’s more fun than using your phone all the time.
A bit newer than the budget options but the newest OM System cameras claim 6 stops of IBIS and even more if you use a Olympus lens that supports sync IS. As long as you’re not talking crazy long you may be able to do more than you think handheld.
I sold my DSLR kit this year because of this. It took fantastic pictures, but the effort of lugging all the gear around made it feel the purpose of each trip was to take pictures, not enjoy the trip itself.
Now I just use my phone. Photos may not be technically as good but they are still more than adequate and it’s just so much easier.
It’s crazy how good phones are. I was sat here for an hour or so gathering a time lapse of the sun setting and then doing some long exposures of streaking taxi cab lights. The best single photo I got all day (the one that required the least amount of processing) was this one from my phone.
My version of this:
“Make sure to pack your tripod and camera and a couple of lenses that you’ll decide are too much of a pain to haul around everyday, and therefor use them zero days.”
1 micro four thirds body, 1 high quality prime. Limitation breeds creativity.
Small light kit to carry, reasonable prices on the secondhand market so less fear of loosing a couple of thousand pounds worth of gear if it gets snatched, but still gives you the control so it’s more fun than using your phone all the time.
It’s mostly the tripod that’s killing me. I’m really into long exposure and timelapse stuff.
A bit newer than the budget options but the newest OM System cameras claim 6 stops of IBIS and even more if you use a Olympus lens that supports sync IS. As long as you’re not talking crazy long you may be able to do more than you think handheld.
I’m talking crazy long.
Sidenote, is your user name a DS9 reference?
Lol ok, yeah no getting away from a tripod for that kinda thing.
And yes, best episode in the franchise.
I sold my DSLR kit this year because of this. It took fantastic pictures, but the effort of lugging all the gear around made it feel the purpose of each trip was to take pictures, not enjoy the trip itself.
Now I just use my phone. Photos may not be technically as good but they are still more than adequate and it’s just so much easier.
It’s crazy how good phones are. I was sat here for an hour or so gathering a time lapse of the sun setting and then doing some long exposures of streaking taxi cab lights. The best single photo I got all day (the one that required the least amount of processing) was this one from my phone.
Phone cameras suck giant donkey balls