Hi Matt, I'm really happy that you want to share photos and videos of your journey in territories so different from where I live. I've already made myself comfortable in front of the screen with my cup of coffee (espresso of course!). When I was young I made several adventurous trips, both in Africa and in other distant and somewhat lost places (the great North for example). I carried an industrial amount of things with me: two camera bodies, three or four lenses, a flash, etc. The effort was not small, because you can't leave the equipment even for five minutes on the jeep: evil-intentioned people in fact have super powers! I was forced to carry everything with me even on the longest and most tiring excursions on foot. Today, with the baggage of years and photographic experience, I travel lightly. My wife says I've become a bit lazy, and maybe that's true, but it's also true that photography has changed a lot. I start only with a Leica SL2-S and the Apo Summicron 35/2 Asph. If I have to go to a country where I have to take pictures from afar, I also take a medium telephoto lens, nothing more, but the "One lens only" formula is definitely the one I prefer. Sometimes, when you have a lot (too much) equipment with you and, therefore, many possibilities, you sometimes end up missing the "fleeting moment" that will never come back. The camera must be the natural complement of the hand and the eye, they say, and the "one lens only" formula helps me to take good photos (post-production today is a gift from the gods), I travel lightly and go home happy. Nice things for you. Waiting for the photos and videos!!!
Personally, I'd bring my SL2 with the f/2.8 24-70mm (prefer the fixed aperture), and then swap out the wonderful 28mm M f/2.8 Elmarit (purchased on your recommendation) and maybe the M Summilux 50mm M f/1.4 for evening close shooting (in good weather), and save the $6000 for the Q2. The SL2 with the 28mm Elmarit is not much bigger than the Q2 with much better focusing options. I don't take M cameras on wilderness or adventure trips.
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Hi Matt, I'm really happy that you want to share photos and videos of your journey in territories so different from where I live. I've already made myself comfortable in front of the screen with my cup of coffee (espresso of course!). When I was young I made several adventurous trips, both in Africa and in other distant and somewhat lost places (the great North for example). I carried an industrial amount of things with me: two camera bodies, three or four lenses, a flash, etc. The effort was not small, because you can't leave the equipment even for five minutes on the jeep: evil-intentioned people in fact have super powers! I was forced to carry everything with me even on the longest and most tiring excursions on foot. Today, with the baggage of years and photographic experience, I travel lightly. My wife says I've become a bit lazy, and maybe that's true, but it's also true that photography has changed a lot. I start only with a Leica SL2-S and the Apo Summicron 35/2 Asph. If I have to go to a country where I have to take pictures from afar, I also take a medium telephoto lens, nothing more, but the "One lens only" formula is definitely the one I prefer. Sometimes, when you have a lot (too much) equipment with you and, therefore, many possibilities, you sometimes end up missing the "fleeting moment" that will never come back. The camera must be the natural complement of the hand and the eye, they say, and the "one lens only" formula helps me to take good photos (post-production today is a gift from the gods), I travel lightly and go home happy. Nice things for you. Waiting for the photos and videos!!!
Thanks for commenting and sharing your journeys. Lots of work ahead for me to get the videos out soon.
Please do comparison for the current 50mm Lux and the NEW LEICA SUMMILUX-M 50MM F/1.4 ASPH II
Would love to. Just need to get my hands on the latest 50mm Summilux
Matt, which GoPro batteries did you have? Were they the new Enduro batteries?
It was the Blue version (not the White ones)
Personally, I'd bring my SL2 with the f/2.8 24-70mm (prefer the fixed aperture), and then swap out the wonderful 28mm M f/2.8 Elmarit (purchased on your recommendation) and maybe the M Summilux 50mm M f/1.4 for evening close shooting (in good weather), and save the $6000 for the Q2. The SL2 with the 28mm Elmarit is not much bigger than the Q2 with much better focusing options. I don't take M cameras on wilderness or adventure trips.
Thanks for watching and sharing your choice of cameras.