The perfect ovcerlander's compact?

[L_bomb]

I recently purchased the Fujifilm XQ2 for £220 at the duty free shop at Gatwick airport.



It's a cracking little camera. I have previously owned a Panasonic LX3 and a micro four thirds Panasonic GX1 but found that I never took them out with me as they were too big for the jeans pocket. The XQ2 has changed all this as it will slip into the jeans pocket without too much fuss (hipsters in skinny jeans may struggle here).

The low light performance was one of my main criteria and the camera delivers in this regard. It can also shoot in RAW which help get a bit more detail out of the photos when post processing.

Another bonus is that it charges via USB. Very handy for being on the bike.

From what I read, the Sony RX100 cameras are slightly better but they are not quite as pocketable and are much, much more expensive. Overall, I highly recommend the Fuji XQ2.

[froston]

since this thread is all about digitals i would like to recommend some film cameras:

1. Olympus mju II (stylus epic in some countries)
perfect point and shoot, reliable, sharp lens, slightly waterproof and really good handling

2. Yashica T4/T5
pretty similar to the olympus. a little bigger, zeiss lens (the "eagle eye")

3. Canon F1 + 24mm + 50mm
the only thing that needs a battery is the light meter and aperture times slower than 1/60s. other than that it works completely mechanical. the FD mount is not used anymore on digital cameras so you can get high quality lenses for quite cheap.

i lost my faith in digital cameras a few times on the road when the battery died in the most beautiful parts of the journey or the gears of the pop out lens became crunchy. i had the ricoh gr and the fuji X20 and both are too fragile for my style of travelling. the use of film requires more space in the luggage but the results are totally worth it. image quality when scanned with a proper scanner is a lot better then any digital non SLRs.