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Egypt Camera Dilemma
Which camera to take with me on my trip.
My wife and I are going to Egypt next week, I’ve booked the flights, hotels and tours. Research done, checked the do’s and don’ts, visas and cash sorted.
That was the easy part, now I must decide which camera to take with me.
You see, this is a cultural trip, a personal photographic journey, and I prefer to travel light. No getting up super early to catch the first glows of sunrise on the banks of the Nile, that’s for a possible photo trip in the future.
However, I do enjoy taking photos and will be certainly carrying a camera with me. The pyramids, Luxor and Cairo bazaar just beckon to be photographed properly, irrespective of the time of day or night.
I bought into the Panasonic Lumix system some time ago when in 2017 I bought the Lumix FZ1000 bridge camera with its 1-inch sensor. Great camera, great zoom range of 25–400mm equivalent. It’s served me so well, and don’t be put off by the sensor size nor the fact that the lens cannot be changed; with that zoom range, why would you want to?
Fast forward to 2022, when I bought the Lumix S5. Beast of a camera for its price, and…
