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Best Compact Cameras for Travel Photography (2026)

December 26, 2025July 22, 2025 by David Fleet
The Fujifilm X100VI held in hand in a beach bar in the Philippines with the sea in the background.

Last Updated December 20th 2025: This guide is being refreshed for 2026. Over the past few months, I’ve been shooting with the Ricoh GR IV throughout autumn to see whether it genuinely deserves a place on this list — not as a spec-sheet update, but as a real-world travel camera. I’ve also compared it directly … Read more

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