The only camera that won’t draw attention is a phone. Everything else draws an escalating level of attention from people who are aware of you. I’ll show what I have to give a sense of scale.
About the same size as a phone, I have a Sony RX100VII. It’s effectively an iPhone with a 24-200, minus the computational stuff. I use it for travel photos when the iPhone’s lenses won’t cut it. There’s a few options in this class. I like the RX100VII because while none of these super compacts are image quality champs, the 24-200 lens covers landscapes/cityscapes nicely, and makes nice photos in daylight. And it fits in a relax fit jeans pocket, or any fleece.
Next step up are the APS-C compacts… the Ricohs and the X100 are the top compacts, and for good reason. They’re quick, image quality is good, and they’re good for a jacket pocket. The X100 has the added benefit of fun dials to crank on.
Next step up is Fuji X. Smaller bodies than the Zf, and plenty of compact lens choices. The XPro2 is the current sweet spot IMHO, if you’re looking to build a compact kit with primes. If I’m honest, I could get by with JUST this kit for all my photography.
Next step up is the Zf. The 26/2.8, 28/2.8, and 40/2 are good native lenses, and adapted film lenses work nicely. Leica’s bodies are about the same size, and I only ignore them because the Zf does the same thing but with AF and a few thousand dollars in my pocket. The Zf is the most capable camera of the lot by a fair margin, and only a step behind my Z9 for anything but wildlife.
Finally, I like to adapt lenses to my 50R. There’s no good reason to suffer its foibles, but it’s a joy to shoot. It’s something like an old classic sports car with a sloppy shifter and antique suspension design. Makes me smile. I threw it in the comparison as a book end.
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