FUJIFilm X100T & Olympus EM5-Mkii w/M.Zuiko 45mm f1.8

Currently these are my two favourite camera setups. I'll take these anywhere and I've yet to come across a situation where either one of these couldn't take the picture I wanted (never say never). Generally the X100T has become my go too, and it has to be one of the best looking camera's with all the modern do-hickey's. On the EM5-Mkii is a 90mm (35mm equivalent) that's great for street portraits and those hard to reach places. The 35mm (35mm equivalent) on the X100T does everything else and I often find myself just walking out the door with this camera alone... I like it that much!

So what do I take with me when I travel?

FUJIFilm X100T, Olympus EM5-Mkii, M.Zuiko 17mm & 45mm f1.8, M.Zuiko ED 12-40 f2.8 PRO, 67mm HOYA Variable ND Filter (9 Stops), 62-67mm Step-up Ring, thinkTANK Memory Card Holder, 6 SD cards (I use 64GB SanDisk Exterme PRO), Spare Batteries (2 for each camera), Zeiss Lens Wipes, and a LENSpen. All of which fits nicely in an ONA Berlin II bag.

This camera ticked a lot of my boxes that I wanted in a camera. Small, lightweight, good range of lenses (not to mention small sized primes), affordable, fast AF, able to burst above 6fps, shoot 1080i HD video, weather proof and to me one of the biggest things... IBIS - In Body Image Stabilisation. Yes you don't get the same shallow DOF as a full frame sensor but really, it didn't bother me as much as I initially thought it would. Spec wise it's tough to find anything out there that beats this especially at this price point! Did I mention you get great pictures too?

These two lenses give me the versatility I need 99% of the time. Being 35mm & 90mm focal lengths (35mm equivalent), I can basically get all the shots I need with these two for what I like to shoot. A big plus that sold me on the MFT system was how tiny these lenses are, not to mention how affordable too! I can have a 90mm lenses that's smaller than the palm of my hand... tell me that isn't amazing!

This is one of my favourite setups to take with me if I'm heading out the door and am not sure what I'll see through the day. It first scared me to only have a 35mm lens (35mm equivalent), but the more I shot with it, the more comfortable I became and realised how versatile it was. A big plus for me was its size & weight, or lack there off. Carrying this setup with me all day didn't get in my way or cause me any aches. My only wish is for Olympus to come out with a compact, weather proofed, fixed focal length fast prime... not asking for much.

What if someone told you that you could stand out in a Desert Storm, the Pouring Rain or Freezing Snow and not have to care about your camera and continue to click away? They're not crazy, they just have one of these. Giving me a 35mm focal length equivalent of a 24-80mm lens, I can take this anywhere and never have to be worried about the weather forecast again... ever!

I originally bought this with the intention of shooting video. Little did I know I found an interest in photography. This camera has been amazing in low light, especially when traveling and in places that don't allow flashes (it also means I don't have to carry one). The size & weight has been one of the strong points since I walk about a lot when traveling and I look like just another tourist instead of someone trying to capture lions for National Geographic. 

I take these 2 lenses everywhere I travel, these are my staple lenses with the 24-70mm being the main stay on body when I'm traveling to a new city. The versatility means I don't have to worry about fiddling with lenses missing the shot.

The 55mm is great for walking about and the ability to shoot at F1.8 means I can get the oh so famous "bokeh". This lens has also made me think more about each frame/shot and being more alert about anticipating my surroundings. Learning to "zoom with my feet" has also meant I've had to learn more about composition.

I'll admit it, I bought this lens cause it just looked great! Being new to manual focusing I quickly learnt it wasn't so simple. Having things like focus magnification and focus peaking definitely makes getting sharp pictures more achievable (I have no idea how people can take pictures without them on manual lenses), but it's still a challenge.

This lens is teaching me a whole new range of things I need to master. Without AF I've had to learn to be a lot more aware of my surroundings, anticipating what I might be able to capture. Seeing that I love how this lens looks, I need to quickly learn how to get a higher hit rate with sharp images. 

I wanted something small that was pocketable. Camera phones have come a long way, but I've gotten used to having more control & flexibility with my camera and wanted to be able to have something on me with similar abilities. I also wanted to have a second camera if I had a fixed prime on my main one.

Being roughly a 24-70mm (35mm equivalent), it allowed me to cover the base focal range I was looking for. The ND filter was another bonus, meaning I could also capture video on bright sunny days and take long exposure shots if I felt like doing some landscape.