Standardised holiday kit, what's yours

[kram]

It seems that for the last 3 years I have settled on the same camera kit to take on holiday. Corfield WA67 now WA68 for colour + b+w, contax T for B+w and Contax TVS ii for colour. SLRS stay at home. Anyone else settled on holiday kit, or does it change depending on where your going?

 

[Don Parsons]

Depends...

Depends...

Last year when i went to Arches National Park in Utah, I was driving so I took most everything I own. If I'm driving and will have a car there, I tend to take more.

That being said, I've learnt the value of traveling light and just purchased an Oly EM-5. I hope to get down to about 4 lenses with it.

When I go on my usual holiday (airshows), I take one small bag and one back pack to carry my canon 100-400 and laptop (which I leave in the hotel.)

Years ago, I was flying around the world every month. I took a small Sony Point-n-shoot. It was tiny, weighed nothing, discreet. I put a happy face sticker on the front of it.

See:

 http://placesivegonepeopleivemet.blogspot.com/

YMMV and I hope it does.

Don

 

[citizen99]

For our holiday visiting the Daughter's family in Brisbane it will be the Envoy Wide Angle for daylight landscapes/townscapes (6x9 nominal with coverage equivalent to a 28mm lens on 24x36); the Wife's little Coolpix will serve for family snapshots.

 

[kanzlr]

M7 + Summarit 35mm + Heliar 75/2.5 + red/yellow/green filters for them if I shoot BW, or otherwise a lot of Provia 100 🙂

 

[02Pilot]

It has been two Canon RF bodies (L1 & P) with 35/50/90, one for color and one for B&W. I've been toying with several adjustments lately, however: replacing the 35 with a 21; replacing the color body with either MF (Voigtländer Perkeo II) or digital (Fuji X-E1 with LTM adapter). It's never quite settled.

 

[back alley]

i don't understand the need for a travel kit...but then i keep a small kit for my shooting...usually 2 bodies and 3 lenses, it all fits nicely in one smallish bag and travels well.

 

[doolittle]

The legendary Standardised Holiday Kit, the elusive Holy Grail of equipment!

I used to spend weeks before travelling ruminating on what cameras to bring.
To improve this situation I am gradually divesting my camera inventory, which seems to be working.

For me load outs vary depending on the holiday and what I think I am likely to be photographing (e.g. city break or longer holiday with landscape opportunities).

 

[DNG]

When I visit family, I take my 35mm f/1.4 on my X-E2...
I tried an 18mm f/2, but, that was a bit too wide...
Other than that.... the 24mm is more my lens, though not very fast at f/2.8 for indoor no flash family stuff.

 

[kxl]

It depends on where I am going and what I would like to shoot.

1) If my destination (e.g., Alsaka) requires long lenses, then I take my DSLR and lenses and pack them into a Thinktank Airport Commuter backpack, and throw in a small canvas bag in my luggage for shots around town -- the pack stays at the hotel.

2) If my destination is more urban, then A) I may still take the DSLR, sans long lenses or B) Sony A7R with 2-3 lenses.

3) If I want to shoot film when traveling, then I bring the ZI as well as the Sony A7R (for tourist-type snapshots).

 

[robbeiflex]

One digital, one film, one plus lens for each, and maybe some extras. For years now the film option has been M6. Now that I have an M-E the lenses can be shared. Before that it was Canon 7D, which I would still bring instead of M-E if AF, tele, and weather sealing were higher priorities than weight and size. Otherwise I bring a Canon waterproof 35mm p&s for those times the Leicas would not be suitable. Hence my standard is M6, M-E, 35mm, 50mm and maybe 28, 90, P&S or 7D +zoom depending on destination. In other words no standard but I always take my M6. 🙂

 

[taemo]

depends where we are going and what I'm looking to capture but some of my requirements are:

-at least 1 digital and 1 film
-at least 1 35mm focal length camera/lens
-go to 35mm film is Gold 200 and HP5+ or Neopan 400
-go to 120 film is Portra 400 and Velvia 50

 

[rhl-oregon]

Took a 21/28/45/90 kit to Kauai--GR with wide conversion, DP2M, X-E1/60 2.4--in a little Crumpler my kids got me for my BDay. But I rarely carried all 3 on a given day.

(Oh wait, I also had a small Sea&Sea dive kit in my luggage. But had an infection, so only 2 hours snorkeling :-(

 

[Roger Hicks]

One or two M-series (usually digital) and two to four lenses. Fortunately my wife favours an M-series or two (usually film) and two or three lenses...

Cheers,

R.

 

[Spanik]

Mamiya 645ProTL, 35/55/80/150, lightmeter, 2 backs and 50 rolls of film (100 and 400 iso Provia). And one other camera that is different but uses the same film stays in the car/appartment. Like a 6x9 of panoramic or tlr.

 

[GaryLH]

If traveling w/ family.. I tend to use:
- 24-80ish fov zoom
- 50f1.4 fov for low light conditions
Plus a p&s like my Sony rx100..

By myself
- a super wide from 21 to 24 range (depends on destination)
- 40 fov or 50f1.4
- 90 fov

In the film days it was usually a Minolta/Leica CL w/ vc21, Minolta 40f2 and 90f4 and Contax T as backup...

These days it is more likely any combo of Sony a6000 or Fuji XT1 and/or Sigma dp2q or Sigma SD1m. A lot depends on the destination. Landscape oriented it will be one of the sigma cameras will be in the mix. Family it is going to be either the a6000 or the xt1 w/ a zoom and a prime lens.

Gary

 

[GaryLH]

my kit for the year ...not just 'holiday'
will be simply a 21 lens on an M4-2
I will see where it takes me... To work Wide within boundaries and limitations be it in Street views, Architecture, Portraiture
I 'm excited for the Journey, Crazy I know

Wow.. Sounds fun..
Gary

 

[struene]

Depending on how much accent lies on the photography part of the trip ill take just the x100 or a M6/ZI with ZM 28/35/50 lenses

 

[summar]

An M4-P + 90/2.8 Tele-Elmarit + 35/2 Summicron + 21/4 CV Color-Skopar. Compact, and it works for me.

 

[sevo]

For the last three holidays it has been a combination of a GA645Zi and some expendable/waterproof digital compact.

 

[Tom A]

My "standard" kit is a Bessa R4M with a 21 (which 21 depends on my mood when packing), a Leica MP with a 35 (usually the Nokton 35f1.4 but now the M-Ultron 35f1.7) and a M2 with a 50mm. I do switch between the M2 and MP for the 35. The 50 is usually a C Sonnar 50mm f1.5 or something like that. I stick a small 90 somewhere in the bag, but rarely use it. Just like having it along.
Film is usually 1-2 rolls per body/day - TriX or derivatives of it (Arista, Fomopan 400 - but usually all 400 iso).