"John Doe" wrote in message
news:20031021140849.00574.00000543@mb-m04.aol.com...
> I would appreciate it if anyone would like to share information about
their
> favorite travel cameras. I will be doing some traveling next summer, and
am
> looking for something that is light, easy to pack, and produces good
quality
> photos. I would like to stick with 35mm. I have a lot of experience with
35mm,
> but my present camera is very expensive, and kind of heavy, so I really
don't
> want to take it with me. I will be in some rough conditions, and need to
pack
> light.
>
> Any Suggestions?
>
> Todd
>
>
For travelling light/rough, my camera is an old Pentax MX......cheap, small,
light,fully mechanical, all manual operation, all metal construction, very
robust and reliable, unattractive to thieves because it is old, cheap so it
doesn't matter if you lose/damage it, a wide range of good cheap lenses
available for it. There are other similar cameras from the same 70's 80's
era...canon, olympus, minolta....MX is probably the smallest and lightest of
the bunch.
Good travel combo is a MX and Pentax 40mm pancake lens...you can slip the
combo into a jacket pocket.....40mm is ultra small and light, average
optics, a cult lens so be prepared to pay for it.
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