[yakuza70]

I used to carry my DSLR (Nikon D7000 w/battery grip, 17-35 2.8 lens, fisheye lens, 80-200 2.8, flash, laptop, etc.) wherever I went on vacation. My carry on bag was my camera bag and it was pretty massive and heavy.

Maybe it's just that I'm getting older, but once I got my RX100 mIII, I've barely used my DSLR. It's just so easy and light to carry around with my hands pretty much free and my back is no longer sore. I can just enjoy the vacation without worrying about the camera gear. There were times I didn't bring my DSLR to places on vacation because I didn't want the burden of a big heavy camera. The RX100 went everywhere with me.

Is the overall quality as good as my DSLR? No but I had shots that I would never had been able to take since it was always with me. The RX100 mIII quality is pretty stellar and is the a near perfect travel camera.