Originally posted by AlexanderS Hey guys,
I need your help in identifying a secondary camera, mostly for longer hiking trips (so, like twice a year, small, light,etc).
At the moment, I have a K 1, which I use extensively, and am actually very happy with for well planned out photography but, it takes too much joy away after a week of hiking, also, space.
So far, I looked at Olympus, to change the whole system to the plenty able mft, but I feel that I do not save too much on bulk, after all.
My second idea is to repurchase a sony rx 100, they are lovely for what they are, but, maybe one of you has a better suggestion?
I shoot mainly landscape, night cityscapes, a little creative shapes and architecture. Used to do animals, but Pentax really has different strengths imo, so it kinda died down (also a reason, why I started looking at Olympus, they do this great).
Any ideas welcome, and no, Leica Q is too expensive
Hey, Alexander, not sure if my response is coming too late for you, but I do have one small camera to recommend which is both surprisingly lightweight, surprisingly well-built, and surprisingly versatile as an almost semi-pocketable travel camera. It is the small Canon G1x Mark iii. It's a small APS-C weatherized camera with a built-in zoom lens and it has become one of my favorite travel cameras over the past few years. The camera's form is that of a miniature DSLR and it has a surprisingly useful small EVF. It also has an intelligent and simple menu system, a touchscreen with useful functions, and it feels great in the hand. The biggest complaint is that its fixed zoom isn't the fastest low-light shooter in the world (it varies between f2.8 and f5.6) - but I have found the lens shockingly sharp and, with its fine APS-C sensor, surprisingly useful in many lighting conditions. The zoom range is roughly between 24mm and 72mm I believe - a useful collection of focal lengths which I have found handy traveling.
In fact, honestly, the camera is so good - and so unique for what it is (a weatherized, beautifully built, semi-pocketable APS-C compact with a fine viewfinder and very good lens - that for me, it almost seems like a much more affordable version of certain Leica APS-C compacts.
I'm attaching a handful of photos, taken with my G1x Mark III, which should give you some indication of the image quality.
But, all in all, I have found it an addictively fun and surprisingly high quality little camera for trips and traveling.
(I would also echo someone else's suggestion of the GRII - much more affordable than the GRiii - and insanely small. Another great tiny travel camera. IQwise it beats the G1x Mkiii - but versatility-wise, I find the little Canon a better travel camera.)