What's Your Ultimate Travel Kit? (M/Q/SL/S/film/...)

[MikeD70]

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Mine is a Q2 and iPhone 12.  I tend to leave all of the other bodies and lenses at home.  Works out most of the time.

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[tom0511]

Am 14.7.2021 um 19:10 schrieb mnutzer:

Times of Nikonos are long gone, in comparison the Leica X-U is still halfway up-to-date.🙂
I presume, neither Hasselblad/Fuji will build a digital X-Pan, nor will Nikon construct a digital Nikonos.
The only one-time released waterproof cameras Leica X-U and Nikon AW-1 prove that the market for subsequent models has become too small.

I have a AW1 and its great. Too sad Nikon gave up this way. IMO Xu is too slow and not wide enough.

A digital Nikonos would be great. IMO m43 would be ideal in regards of size.

[oldwino]

My trip to the Nevada desert earlier this year? S5+16-35 and CL with 18. Wide zoom came in handy in canyons.

My last camping trip to the eastern Sierras? S5 with 28-70 for hikes, CL+Sigma 30/1.4 around the campsite.

Next camping trip? Rolleiflex 3.5 E3 and a bunch of Ektar, M2 with m-rokkor 40/2 and a bunch of Vision 250D. 
 

trying to keep it interesting…

[Peter_S]

On each trip: M9M + Voigtlander VM Heliar 50mm f/3.5 + VM Ultron 21mm f/1.8. That combination covers most of my photographic needs.
(Might take the 40mm f/1.2 Nokton as well, but typically I take that if I want to carry only one lens).
Additional: Leica X1 or Contax T3 as back-up or for color. 
 

Edited July 17, 2021 by Peter_S

[ellegant]

Last big trip with M8.2, 35 mm f:2.8 Summaron, mainly for B&W to Paris and Normandy in 2013; Canon A710is, 6x zoom, for color and fits in my pocket; and my iPhone. I mostly now travel with the Canon and iPhone and use the M8.2 "around town." I have not used my M4 for years. Love it, but not all the film I have to carry! Sold ALL my Nikon SLR kit years ago. Too much to drag around. For me, the fewer choices of lenses to mount, the more photos I take. The 35mm Summaron on my M8.2 is a great walk around choice. Like shooting my M4 with a 50mm.

[TealWayFilms]

In Iceland now:

M10, 35mm Summicron, CV 75mm, CV 15mm

SL, 24-90, Sigma 100-400

Sigma fp, Leica 18-56 and ND for video

All in a Peak Design 20l backpack

[intermediatic]

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This is really quite bizarre, but on my last two trips it has been 

Sigma FP-L, 24-70 (rarely used and rarely brought outside the hotel), mainly 45mm f 2.8, 65mm f 2.38, and 85mm f 1.4 (also have the 35 and 24 but don't bring them usually)

Q2 Mono and Q2 

I also have an M10-R and M10-M which I bought before the Qs and an SL2. An embarrassment of riches. The SL2 is too heavy for me to take outside the studio. The M10-R and M10-M, love them though I do, just don't get picked up the way the other cameras do. When I am on my own, sure. But when I am with family and they don't have time for me to stop and focus, no.  

Depending, I will either take my Belstaff canvas shoulder bag with an insert or my Wandrd Prvk backpack. 

[ravinj]

The one constant in my travel setup is the Q2, everything else is replaceable.

Recently I acquired a battered old X1D and combined with the XCD 65 / 90 lenses, I find it a very capable kit with manageable weight / size. Delicious output and colors that are right without any tweaking. It is slow and clunky, which is good since I take fewer photos now.

So, Q2 + X1D / XCD 65/XCD 90. Everything in a Mystery Ranch Coulee 25  https://www.mysteryranch.com/coulee-25-pack with some cheap protective cases / wraps from Amazon. I can't say enough good things about this backpack - it swallows anything you can throw in it and the front opening 3-zipper design with extremely heavy-duty YKK zippers that are designed to last forever are seldom seen in other products. 

 

Edited July 20, 2021 by ravinj

[DI1]

I’ve paired everything down to SL with 24-90, CV 15mm V3 for wide angle landscapes and a Ricoh GRiii in my pocket. 

[david.kize]

For travel where weight and size are considerations:

M10 with 50mm 1.4 lens; iPhone 12 Pro Max; Nikon D500 with 18-300mm zoom (only if wildlife or other moving or distant subjects will be involved).  Sony RX-100 if there will be many night photos.

Likely to leave at home:  other Leica lenses that I own (35mm, 75mm, 135mm); Nikon D800 and many fixed focal length and zoom Nikkor lenses.

My favorite Leica lenses: 35mm 2.0 and 50mm 1.4 (a tie).

I like having just one Leica lens available--I concentrate more on the shot and gain a better feel for control of the lens and camera than when I am switching lenses frequently.  In general, I work with what I have.  On a 2018 New Zealand trip, my Nikon D800 had an electrical problem, and my only working "camera" was my iPhone X.  I have to say that my photos were as good as my other trips with better equipment.x

[TheGerman]

It always depends on the trip and what I plan on shooting, but I go between 2 extremes. It's either the SL2 + 24-70 f2.8 + 70-200 f4 (+2xTC), or keeping it light with the M10 + 28mm + 50mm 'Cron.

[ianforber]

Only have one camera so the answer is easy - my Q2. 

All that changes is the bag. Hadley Pro for cities and will just stuff in a proper Osprey walking backpack when hiking (not actually done it yet thanks to COVID but plans in place for September). One spare battery. Polarising, IR and ND filters plus either a Leitz mini tripod (for cities) or a Sirui travel tripod (for hiking)

[leicameech]

Ultimate kit: 

Q2

SL2+Sigma 105 Macro

MP+50 Lux ASPH

M adapter L

 

Compact kit: 

Q2 + all the batteries

 

Favorite kit:

MP+50 Lux

 

Serious kit:

Q2

SL2+50 Lux-M

 

 

 

[Herr Barnack]

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What's your ultimate cross-system travel kit?

@setuporg The equipment would probably vary with the destination.

That said, for me - my Q2 and my M10 Mono with my 28mm Elmarit-M 28mm f/2.8 ASPH and my 50mm f/2.4 Summarit would be a good place to start. 

[Torpille]

My move fast kit : 

The Leica CL +  vario 18-56mm is very nice to travel light. 
Eventually could add the 23mm. 

My luxury kit for the nicest images :

M10 + lux 35fle + cron 50 + Elmarit 90

My stay at home kit :

SL + 24-90

If the CL2 comes with some features of the SL,  like joystick, same battery, and better evf, then I will go for it with 18-56mm, TL 23mm and use my M optics 35fle and 50 cron on it. 
 

I may keep the M10 but not the SL 
 

Edited July 22, 2021 by Torpille

[xiaoheli]

Street M9P/M7 + 50 APO/11891

Holiday SL/SL2S + Summilux-R E60 / Noctilux E58 + WATE

Landscape X1D/XPAN II 45+30 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[6bit]

A week long vacation.

21, 35, and 75. Usually an M10 and an SL. The 21 stays on the SL to keep the bulk down in the bag. 

[strohscw]

My "Every Day with me"-Kit:
M10M +SLX28 + Apo50

My Travel-Kit:
M10M + SEM21 + SLX28 + Apo50 + Macro M90 (sometimes + Apo Elmarit R 180)

Sorry SL users, I'm sure the SL is a great camera with fantastic lenses, but my days of lugging heavy photo bags are over, I love to travel light.

Edited August 3, 2021 by strohscw

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[scroy]

My short travel kit (good weather)

M10R+21mm SEM+35mm Voigtlander Nokton

My short travel kit (bad weather)

Q2M+SL2+24-90mm

My long travel kit (good weather)

M10R+21mm SEM + 75mm 2.4 Summarit + CL+35mm-TL+55-135mm-TL

My long travel kit (bad weather)

SL+SL2+24-90mm-SL+35mm-SL+75mm-SL+90-280mm

 

[pmendelson]

Help!  Heading to the Maine coast on a family trip in a few days and trying to decide what to bring - no hiking, just around the towns and beaches of York and Ogunquit in the early mornings. I have a car so can bring anything I want. I recently picked up a used S007 and the S 24mm, 35mm and 70mm lenses. Also have the SL2 and SL2-S, 16-35, 24-90, 90-280, 28 SL, 50 SL, and CV 15 III and 21mm SEM.  
 

The SL2-S will come for any nighttime shooting (probably with the 28 SL). 
 

Otherwise I’m thinking of sticking with the S007 and S lenses, and perhaps the SL2 with the 70-280mm for reach and telephoto compression.