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07/14/2005 02:53:11 PM · #1 |
I'm heading on a three month trip to Southeast Asia and was looking for some help on what gear to bring. I curretnly own a Nikon D70 and D2H with a Nikor 70-200mm 2.8 and a wide angle lense as well. I was wondering if anyone out there has specific advice on backpacks, portable hardrives. I'll be backpacking and living cheaply and want to travel lightly. Any advice on travel photography in general would be greatly appreciated as well.
Thank you
Message edited by author 2005-07-14 14:55:04. |
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07/16/2005 12:08:21 PM · #2 |
| Have just returned from 10 months of travel through that region. I brought my Canon Rebel 300D, and my small fuji finepix. At first i was too paranoid to leave my Canon in our bungalows so it came everywhere with me. after a while, the size of the camera became an issue and i didnt want to carry it everywhere especially when a few beers were involved so i resorted to just carrying the SD card, incase of theft, and carried the little cam out at night for the odd pic. my advice, bring it all, so long as it doesnt weigh you down too much. forget the tripod, its just a pain and for the use you'll get its not really worth it (or bring a mini pod). wide angle and that 200mm lens are key! bring em along, you'll definetley use those. waterproof bag might be of use for boat trips and any heavy rain falls. always keep your cards on ya, if the camera goes missing your prints are with you. everytime my card was filled i'd burn 2 cd's and send 1 copy home. cards are cheap over there too. have a shitload of fun! go to ko phi phi! |
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07/16/2005 12:13:04 PM · #3 |
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07/16/2005 12:24:31 PM · #4 |
yup adaptor maybe more than one. To recharge stuff, in africa often things run on generator and you only get a few hours a day to recharge if you have lots to recharge bring more than one, or bring a power bar.
I LOVED my epson p2000 for downloading my images it was superfast and decent battery length, esp if only import and not review too much, great screeen size and resollution. Depending how heavily you shoot may want a couple of them, I was gone for 2 weeks and filled a 40gig. I took about 5000 shots in raw. For that length of a trip I would try to get a hard drive of some sort to back up the images from the epson, once you fill it.
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07/16/2005 12:29:40 PM · #5 |
nikon 10.5mm fisheye :drool:
You'll probably use the wide angle almost exclusively. I know I did when I was in China.
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07/16/2005 12:33:02 PM · #6 |
Starting August 18th I'll be spending most of next year studying in China. I've been buying a fair amount of gear with this in mind, so I'll just give you my list.
Canon 300D (Walkaround/touristy stuff)
Canon S410 (taking out at night/clubs/bars)
EF 100-300 USM
EF 28-135 IS USM
EF 18-55 Kit lens
Nikon Coolwalker 30gb (I'm not taking my laptop with me)
LowePro Rover Plus AW (fits all of my gear really well – great day pack because the camera stuff goes on the bottom and other stuff like cloths food or purchases goes on top)
Manfrotto 055MF4 (Light/small enough to carry on longer treks, stable enough to hold my heaviest camera setup stable)
Several Extra Batteries
Several sizes of CF cards
I've never had any problems with the portable harddrive - it takes the CF card directly and you can rename folders and view images really easily and I think they’re becoming pretty cheap.
As for the backpack I got it because it holds more than just camera gear, but since you have two bodies (I assume your planning on taking both of them) it might not work so well for you. I would agree with what Jackditch said though – there are going to be times when you won’t want to be carrying your SLR with you so you might think about investing in a P&S and leaving one of your SLR bodies at home.
I’d say definitely bring a tripod. So long as you can handle the weight it’s always a good idea to have one.
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07/16/2005 12:35:52 PM · #7 |
bfox2, if you didn't already buy the storage device, I'll advise you that in China, in any city, you can have your photos burned to a CD at any of the local Kodak shops for between $1 and $3 per cd.
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07/16/2005 12:42:51 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by kyebosh:
bfox2, if you didn't already buy the storage device, I'll advise you that in China, in any city, you can have your photos burned to a CD at any of the local Kodak shops for between $1 and $3 per cd. |
I've already had the HD for a while, but I'm never opposed to having multiple backups of anything. I think the idea of sending a copy of all the images home on CD is a good one too.
I'm not too worried about theft (maybe I should be?) since I'll be living in Dorms at two different Universities. If I were staying in hostals or cheaper hotels I would be more nervous. I'm also going to be looking into a good insurance policy in case anything gets stolen.
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07/16/2005 01:08:23 PM · #9 |
I you're backpacking, leave one of the camera bodies at home. No need to lug two of them around. Also consider getting a rider insurance policy for the gear you plan to bring along. I have one off my home owners policy and it offers excellent coverage for theft and damage. It even covers stuff like forgetting your camera in the bus, accidently dunking you camera in the river, etc. Price is pretty reasonable and offers peace of mind.
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07/16/2005 02:42:51 PM · #10 |
| Thank you everybody for all your help. Maybe I'll invest in one of those Coolwalkers. My 70-200mm is pretty heavy, but I don't want ot be without it. As far as both bodies, perhaps I could just go with D2H, but being a photojournalism major, I don't like being without both cameras. Thanks again to evryone for your replies. |
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