Ppl dun use DSLR or Mirrorless Camera for holidays anymore?

[singaporean11]

i still prefer interchangeable lens lol but maybe when i am much older cannot carry too much gears i will go for fixed lens.

I used to own a DSLR with interchangeable lens, but as I get older and when going holidays, I found it to be a hassle with its large size and heavy weight and so many things to carry around (including flash, lens, etc). So decided to change to Fujifilm X100VI with 40 Mega-Pixels and a 35mm-FF-equivalent fixed lens (and with digital zoom at 50mm and 75mm) that also support 6.2K and 4K video recording, small and light-weight and with built-in flash, easy and convenient to carry when moving around.

 

[Emperor_Hippo]

I think nowadays majority of people are satisfied with just using an iPhone to take pictures..no need to carry the bulky camera around also

Look out for kid not enuff time liao, u still want to tok abt a photography trip where you can sit at one spot patiently for that 1 photo?

no time liao, hello. Priority to family.

 

[Emperor_Hippo]

I used to own a DSLR with interchangeable lens, but as I get older and when going holidays, I found it to be a hassle with its large size and heavy weight and so many things to carry around (including flash, lens, etc). So decided to change to Fujifilm X100VI with 40 Mega-Pixels and a 35mm-FF-equivalent fixed lens (and with digital zoom at 50mm and 75mm) that also support 6.2K and 4K video recording, small and light-weight and with built-in flash, easy and convenient to carry when moving around.

Use iPhone XS Pro Max. Settled.

 

[sumire]

I think nowadays majority of people are satisfied with just using an iPhone to take pictures..no need to carry the bulky camera around also

i use neither. i use an Android

 

[d3n]

I used to own a DSLR with interchangeable lens, but as I get older and when going holidays, I found it to be a hassle with its large size and heavy weight and so many things to carry around (including flash, lens, etc). So decided to change to Fujifilm X100VI with 40 Mega-Pixels and a 35mm-FF-equivalent fixed lens (and with digital zoom at 50mm and 75mm) that also support 6.2K and 4K video recording, small and light-weight and with built-in flash, easy and convenient to carry when moving around.

i downsize alot also loh...

used to use Canon 5DMKII and a few L lens, then bring laptop to go overseas holiday, easily 4-5kg load on shoulder lol

then now i downsize to Fujifilm system, the lens smaller and lighter

 

[xdivider]

This is a fallacy and marketing gimmick by mobile phone manufacturers who want you to believe so!

Most DSLR cameras use APSC sensors or full-frame sensors, and they are at least 16x bigger in size compared to a mobile phone camera, and obviously the big sensors make a lot of difference in the image quality (and pixels' resolutions do not dictate image quality)!

easiest example would be taking moving objects in very low light. the smartphone pics will become smeared due to very heavy handed noise processing whereas the dslr has leeway even if u shot at iso 6400. in good day light, the differences are minor.......

 

[singaporean11]

Use iPhone XS Pro Max. Settled.

Too poor image quality to me when you view iPhone captured images on a 28'' monitor.
And if you compare the technical specifications, there is absolutely no way the images captured using an iPhone XS Pro Max or even the latest iPhone Pro can be compared to that captured using a Fujifilm X100VI.

 

[keenklee]

IMHO.
For me, the choice is clear because of my questions below.

Which allows me
a) to capture the image quickest
b) compose in bright sunlight

 

[xdivider]

IMHO.
For me, the choice is clear because of my questions below.

Which allows me
a) to capture the image quickest
b) compose in bright sunlight

phone........but shooting into the sun i prefer dslr......

 

[singaporean11]

I used to own a DSLR with interchangeable lens, but as I get older and when going holidays, I found it to be a hassle with its large size and heavy weight and so many things to carry around (including flash, lens, etc). So decided to change to Fujifilm X100VI with 40 Mega-Pixels and a 35mm-FF-equivalent fixed lens (and with digital zoom at 50mm and 75mm) that also support 6.2K and 4K video recording, small and light-weight and with built-in flash, easy and convenient to carry when moving around.

I actually was deliberating between Fujifilm X100VI and Ricoh GR4 but decided to go with Fujifilm X100VI because Ricoh GR4 does not have a built-in flash (although it is smaller and lighter and cheaper at S$2000 vs S$2500) - although we can buy an external compact flash to go with Ricoh GR4.

 

[singaporean11]

phone........but shooting into the sun i prefer dslr......

Mmm, I suppose only with DSLR then you can manually set what kind of effects you can get from shooting into the sun (which you cannot do with a smartphone camera)?

 

[d3n]

easiest example would be taking moving objects in very low light. the smartphone pics will become smeared due to very heavy handed noise processing whereas the dslr has leeway even if u shot at iso 6400. in good day light, the differences are minor.......

hp camera sensors definitely have some limitations.

like shooting astro, milky way, star trails, if just native camera, cannot, need to pair with some apps since they cannot do long exposure shots.

 

[xdivider]

Mmm, I suppose only with DSLR then you can manually set what kind of effects you can get from shooting into the sun (which you cannot do with a smartphone camera)?

actually its more u can change the lens if it flares. i had to give up some bcos of the ugly green blotches.......

also u get stars by stopping down a lot.........

the other thing i note is if u dun shoot the sun level but tilted, the shape is inconsistent......

 

[xdivider]

hp camera sensors definitely have some limitations.

like shooting astro, milky way, star trails, if just native camera, cannot, need to pair with some apps since they cannot do long exposure shots.

i did see some nicely done multi exposures shots with smartphone for astro. but its kinda physics. smart processing can oni do so far vs the current noise/size ratio......

 

[d3n]

i did see some nicely done multi exposures shots with smartphone for astro. but its kinda physics. smart processing can oni do so far vs the current noise/size ratio......

old school method to do this kind of shot is to do interval shots like 1 hour then use software to stack them.



did this shot last time at the airbnb I stayed in Australia. Parked my camera and tripod outside the accomodation for 1 hour, took few hundreds shot then stack using software.

Milkyway easier to shoot, just need long exposure, this one iirc, is about 20 secs.

 

[Zorroh]

15-20 years back, I would bring either 1.5 or 1.6 crop DSLR.

About 10-15 years back, I would bring different cameras for different types of holiday.

For photography holidays I would bring full frame cameras with zoom lens.
For normal holidays I would bring m4/3 with a 24-400 equivalent zoom.
For short casual holiday, a 1-inch sensor, G7X or G7XII or Sony

Nowadays
For normal holidays I would still bring a m4/3 to get a shot in less than a second with perpetual standby
For short casual holidays, mobile phone.

 

[zoossh]

IMHO.
For me, the choice is clear because of my questions below.

Which allows me
a) to capture the image quickest
b) compose in bright sunlight

And the answer is ….?

 

[nachtsid.er]

Me use mirrorless and iphone

 

[huhster]

I am overseas with my friends
They know how to take good photos with their handphones even selfie/wefie

 

[Emperor_Hippo]

Too poor image quality to me when you view iPhone captured images on a 28'' monitor.
And if you compare the technical specifications, there is absolutely no way the images captured using an iPhone XS Pro Max or even the latest iPhone Pro can be compared to that captured using a Fujifilm X100VI.

of course, tech specs alone, iPhone or any phone cam will never cut it, no matter how many instagram/tiktok videos we see floating out there.

anyway, shelved my DSLRs already until I am ready to get back into the fray.