A Travel, Photography and Points Blog
I associate driving holidays with freedom and adventure. I’ve done a few short road trips with friends (e.g. driving down south to small towns like Mandurah and Denmark). However, I’ve always wanted to do a longer road trip with friends. After some coordinating, my friend and I managed to align our leave for a trip to New Zealand. In April this year we flew across the country and across the Tasman Sea to land in Auckland, New Zealand, where our road trip began.
I recently returned from a two week road trip around New Zealand. Traditionally I’ve always travelled with a chunky DSLR (the Canon 60D with a handful of lenses), which made for sore backs and shoulders over the days and weeks of travelling. I’ve on the market for a mirrorless interchangeable lens camera for a little while now mostly for the purpose of travelling. After much deliberation and research, Fujifilm finally gave me a good reason to dive into their camera system with the release of the Fujifilm X-T10 in mid 2015. For the most part it met all my criteria for changing from Canon. Canon will always have a place in my photographic life and I don’t intend to be rid of it any time soon, however the Fujifilm system is inspiring me to get out there with my camera more with it’s lightweight and excellent camera and lens system.
I was very excited to be heading to New Zealand and imagined all the photo opportunities there would be, with it’s epic landscapes and countless hikes. Thinking about what to pack in terms of photography was on my mind for the few weeks leading up to my two week New Zealand trip. [Read more…]