A question often asked on user forums is “what camera/lens should I take on holiday” ?
The answer to this question depends on what type of subject one wishes to photograph. So an avid bird photographer will have very different equipment requirements from those of a landscape enthusiast.
I have just returned from a trip to northern New South Wales (managing to avoid the floods) and South East Queensland. Anticipating that I would photograph landscape, scenes, people and places I took a Canon EOS RP with 24-105 STM kit lens and no other lens as I hate changing lenses at any time and especially on trips away.
The EOS RP has not received much praise from reviewers but in practice turns out to be a very competent camera in a wide range of usage cases. The lens is also very good across the focal length range with just a bit of softness in the periphery at the wide end.
One of the main complaints I have read about the RP is its relatively low dynamic range at base ISO as described by DXO Mark and Photonstophotos. On this trip I presented the camera with many scenes having great subject brightness range and found the RP handled them quite well. I also found the RP gave nice accurate colors, very good sharpness and very good overall image quality.
It was able to hold focus on a dog running towards the camera and several birds in flight.
So overall I found both the camera and lens gave a very good account of themselves with no deal breaker problems.
I found the body/lens combination light, compact and easy to carry, hold and operate.
I paid AUD 1879 for the body plus lens kit, new, retail in Sydney with Canon Australia 5 year warranty. This puts the EOS RP full frame kit in about the same market space with respect to size, mass and price as many APSC and Micro Four Thirds models.
Here are some photos from the trip:
