Get better holiday photos
Here is our guide to the best travel cameras of the year, which can give you much finer holiday pictures.
A camera is the perfect travel companion, wherever you go on vacation. The potential for better images increases significantly with a good camera. It is very satisfying to shoot with a camera you enjoy, and far more fun to look at the pictures because the quality is always better than from the mobile camera.
Since cameras are different and have different characteristics, I have collected 15 cameras that cover slightly different needs. Many of them overlap in properties, but all will meet the primary need equally: namely, better image quality.
Compact Cameras
Here you will find small, lightweight compact cameras, some with little or no zoom, others with a lot of zoom. So here you choose according to need and budget. Some are better suited for nature holidays than city holidays, others are perfect for street photography, but all deliver picture quality at the very top of the price range.
Although small, the compact cameras have much larger image chips than the mobile camera, which captures more light and produces better images in low light. The optical quality is much better and you get much finer bokeh from a small image camera. Which also has better ergonomics and more setting options for creative photographers.
If you’re going underwater, Olympus Tough TG-6 is the perfect choice, but if you like to photograph wildlife in the wild Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 II a better choice. For street photography, the Fujifilm X100V can provide some amazing images, and if the budget is spacious, the Leica Q2 is a unique camera.
Compact cameras in the test:
Olympus Tough TG-6
Ricoh GR III
Sony RX100VII
Panasonic Lumix LX100 II
Fujifilm X100V
Leica Q2
System Cameras
The larger system cameras offer even more possibilities. As interchangeable lenses. One of the main reasons for choosing a system camera, or SLR. The second is the image and video quality. With much larger image chips, more advanced image processing and faster autofocus, most compact cameras are superior to the system camera.
This is also where you should choose the camera, if you have any special needs. Nature, sports, portraits, children, travel or animal photography can be far more exciting and provide better image quality with a camera tailored to the task.
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The small, mirrorless cameras from Canon, Sony and Nikon are excellent all-round cameras for the adventurous beginner, while the larger mirrorless cameras target more experienced photographers, with requirements that the simplest cameras may not meet.
System cameras in the test:
Canon EOS M6 II
Fujifilm X-T30
Sony a6400
Nikon Z50
Nikon D780
Canon EOS 90D
Nikon Z6
Sony a7 III
Canon EOS RP
Image and Video Quality
While one can only get away with the mobile, it pays to get acquainted with the basic features of a camera, Especially for the beginner. Then you can gradually get to know the camera, find out how to take advantage of the many features and become a much better photographer.
Even a compact camera, has several times the image area of the mobile phone. A system camera has an even larger sensor, or image chip. It does not need as much light and provides much higher image quality with lower image noise, including smaller image tags. The optical glass in the cameras has better optical quality, which results in less distortion and higher sharpness.
Since system cameras have interchangeable optics, they can be transformed from portrait, to landscape, sports or macro cameras in seconds. You can switch from extreme wide angle to extreme telephoto in one minute, without compromising on quality in the same way as digital zoom. Which degrades the image quality proportionally with the digital increase in focal length.
Basic criteria for a holiday camera
The 16 holiday cameras are selected based on how compact and lightweight they are. Portability is a factor for a travel camera. The same is the image quality, which should be in the top layer. We have also evaluated the ease of use and looked at what each camera stands out for.
Some are faster than others, and better at capturing wild young people’s play, and focus lightning fast and precisely on sports and action motifs. Others are weatherproofed with properties suitable for nature photographers, others have no zoom and become a bit demanding, but also more satisfying to shoot the holiday pictures with. In short, here are 15 phenomenally good cameras, all of which are perfect for capturing your vacation.
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