The best travel camera is the one you actually carry. From jeans-pocket compacts to small interchangeable-lens kits, gimbal cameras, drones and the add-ons that keep your photos safe.
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Category 01 · 5 picks
One body, one lens, no bag full of gear. The easiest step up from a phone.
Decide first between a fixed focal length (X100VI, GR IV: smaller, sharper, makes you move) and a zoom (L10, TZ300, RX100 VII: more flexible, slightly bigger). That choice matters more than the brand.
Premium compact
A pocketable Leica zoom for travellers who want one camera and no lens bag.
A 20 MP Micro Four Thirds sensor behind a bright 24–75 mm equivalent Leica lens, with a built-in viewfinder for sunny days.
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The street and travel classic with Fujifilm's film colours straight out of the camera.
40 MP APS-C sensor, a fixed 35 mm equivalent f/2 lens and in-body stabilisation. You frame with your feet, and the photos look finished without editing.
Check current price →Pocket compact
The most pocketable large-sensor camera there is.
An APS-C sensor and a sharp 28 mm equivalent lens in a body that slides into a jeans pocket. Ideal for city walks and street photography.
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One pocket camera from wide streets to distant details.
A 1-inch sensor with a 24–360 mm equivalent Leica zoom, so you get far more reach than a phone without carrying lenses.
Check current price →All-in-one compact
Everything in one small body for travellers who want to carry nothing else.
A 1-inch sensor, a 24–200 mm equivalent zoom and a pop-up viewfinder in a body that fits a jacket pocket.
Check current price →Category 02 · 4 picks
Interchangeable lenses in small bodies. Start with one lens and grow from there.
Buying used can save a lot on cameras and lenses. Specialist dealers such as MPB check and grade every item and give a warranty.
Mirrorless, interchangeable lens
A compact way into Fujifilm's lens system, with classic dials.
26 MP APS-C sensor and the current X-Processor 5. Often sold with the small XC 13–33 mm kit zoom, which covers most travel scenes.
Check current price →Mirrorless, rangefinder style
X100VI image quality with the freedom to change lenses.
40 MP sensor and in-body stabilisation in a flat rangefinder-style body. Pairs perfectly with the 23 mm or 27 mm pancake lenses below.
Check current price →Mirrorless, ultra-light
The lightest way into Fujifilm, for travellers who shoot on the screen.
26 MP APS-C sensor in a very small body without a viewfinder. Strong video features for the size, and film simulations on a dedicated dial.
Check current price →Mirrorless, vlogging
A small Micro Four Thirds camera built around video and vlogging.
Flip-out screen, a light body and access to the large range of small Micro Four Thirds lenses.
Check current price →Category 03 · 4 picks
Stabilised video, action footage and the view from above.
Gimbal camera
Smooth, stabilised video from something smaller than a sunglasses case.
A 1-inch sensor on a built-in 3-axis gimbal, with 4K slow motion and face tracking. Walk-and-talk footage looks steady without any editing.
Check current price →Compact drone
Aerial shots of coastlines and mountains, in a drone that fits a day bag.
A 1-inch sensor in a folding drone that weighs about 249 g. Drone rules differ by country and some destinations ban drones outright, so check before you pack it.
Check current price →Vlogging compact
A real step up from your phone, especially for video.
The wide lens fits group shots in tight spaces, and the face-tracking autofocus is excellent.
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For trips where the camera has to survive what you are doing.
Waterproof to 10 m without a housing, with stabilisation that makes handheld footage watchable.
Check current price →Category 04 · 4 picks
Two pancakes to keep the kit small, and two zooms for when one lens has to do it all.
Fujifilm X lens
A pancake lens that keeps an X-E5 or X-M5 pocketable.
A natural 35 mm equivalent view, weather sealed, and so flat the camera fits a coat pocket.
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The slightly tighter pancake for portraits and details.
About 40 mm equivalent: a little closer than the 23 mm, great for food, faces and market stalls.
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One weather-sealed zoom for the whole trip.
Covers 24–75 mm equivalent, from wide landscapes to portraits, and is sealed against rain and dust.
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The light, affordable zoom for getting started.
Wide 23 mm equivalent start, optical stabilisation and a power zoom that retracts small for the bag.
Check current price →Category 05 · 2 picks
Not ready for a camera yet? Make the one in your pocket more flexible.
Phone lens
Premium add-on lenses that make your phone a far more flexible camera.
Glass wide, tele and macro lenses that twist onto a Moment case. You need the case made for your exact phone model.
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An affordable way to try wide-angle and macro on your phone.
Clip-on lenses that work across most phones without a special case. Good for experimenting before you invest in more.
Check current price →Category 06 · 8 picks
The small things that protect your photos and keep you shooting.
Read: How to pack for a week in carry-on only →Memory card
The card to trust with photos you cannot reshoot.
Read speeds up to 200 MB/s, so offloading after a long day is quick.
Check current price →Card storage
Keeps full and empty cards apart, and all of them dry.
A small hard case means a full card never gets lost in a pocket or mixed up with an empty one.
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Back up to your phone or laptop every evening.
Plug it into a USB-C phone or laptop and copy the day's photos before anything can happen to the card.
Check current price →Camera strap
A slim strap that switches from neck to sling to wrist in seconds.
Quick-release anchors let you take it off for a tripod shot and clip it back on just as fast.
Check current price →Mini tripod
Wrap it round a railing or a branch for group shots and long exposures.
Flexible legs grip almost anything, so you are not limited to flat surfaces.
Check current price →Spare power
Small cameras drain small batteries fast.
A second original battery and a charger that runs off USB-C keep you shooting through a full day out.
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Sand, sea spray and fingerprints, gone in seconds.
A blower, a brush and a microfibre cloth in one small pouch.
Check current price →Instant film
For the Instax printer or camera: prints to hand out on the road.
A physical photo is a great thank-you to the people you meet while travelling.
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