If your intent was touristing with a serious photographic bent to it, I'd suggest as Daniel did to stick with a minimal K-5 kit. But it sounds like your trip is more a wedding and social outing with family and friends, where a lighter, smaller camera that still makes good photos would be preferable.
I know nothing about the Pentax WG30. My choice would be to carry the Leica X typ 113, a couple of storage cards, and two spare batteries with charger. A reasonable size, light weight camera with an excellent, fast 35mm EFOV lens, and an excellent sensor. Throw a small Domke wrap around it to protect it when in my travel carryall. The Ricoh GRD would do well too, with a little wider lens (I don't own one of those, however). G > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > September 1 I leave for two weeks in Italy. A couple days in Rome, three days > for a wedding in Puglia, six days on a bike in the Salento region, a day in > Lecce, back to Rome for a night and return flight the next day. > > I was originally planning to take my K-5 and just the 16-45/4, but I want to > travel light and I’m thinking of a couple other options—relying on my phone > and purchasing a Pentax/Ricoh WG 30 waterproof camera, which I’d like to have > for paddling anyway. Wondering what y’all think of that camera. The reviews > I’ve read have not been especially complimentary, especially regarding image > quality, but I gather that at least a few people here have it. > > I’d be interested in opinions—and suggestions for alternatives. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
