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    Long Term Travel Kit Advice: Too Much Gear?

    in Nikon

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    I spent months traveling in Asia, S. America and Europe with a D70, 12-24, 18-70 and 80-200. I didn't consider it too much gear but I didn't have anything else other than a change of cloths and sometimes ski/camping gear so everything was rather compact. For my next trip I'll substitute a D300, replace the 18-70 with a 17-50f2.8 and am looking for a solution in the 300mm range to replace the 80-200 because 300 or longer would be nice for wildlife and bird photography. Will also possibly through in a tripod. To me the advantage in size a D40 offers is greatly offset by the reduction in features. A dSLR with multiple lenses is never small enough to make the difference.

    Remote Firing Nikon Camera w PW's

    in Nikon

    Posted

    I've done well with a pocketwizard + 2 and a homemade moto-drive cable. Buy a non-operative 10 pin remote ($12 for

    non-functioning Nikon from KEH). Buy a stereo miniphone jack from Radioshack (2 for $4). Cut housing, cut off

    everything but the purple, white and yellow wires. Strip those. Solder Yellow to plug case, white and purple to plug

    tip. You just saved $74. Doesn't have the same wake up functionality as the more expensive $140 PW cable, but

    exactly the same as the $90

    SB900 vs 800

    in Nikon

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    Yes, it is slightly less powerful for the same zoom. SB-800 GN = 38, SB-900 GN = 34 for 35mm zoom. The SB-900 has a 200mm zoom however, the SB-800 only goes to 105mm

    Nikon D3 with no electricity for a month, 6,000 images. How?

    in Nikon

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    regards to #1 - 6000 images is 200/day for 30 days, not that much really. But where are you going to put them? Computer? Backup drive? Lots of Compact Flash? What kind of shooter are you?

     

    regards #4 w/o electricity means w/o decent AAs in my experience so throw that option out the window. If there are decent AAs there's a generator in my experience.

     

    In polar latitudes the low angle of the sun means solar charging doesn't work very well. In the tropics, with clear sky's, it can.

     

    For car charging, something like a CTA Digital UNIV120 should work. It'll convert 12V car output to 120V - the limit may be the wattage on the car output.

    Adding GPS to the D300

    in Nikon

    Posted

    So you can export the locations of all of your photos to a map as a chronological section of your travels.

     

    I'm planning to use a garmin GPS + home combined cable. Should be ~$160 including detachable GPS, cable and hotshoe bracket.

    Nikon wide angle zoom vs. Sigma/Tokina - worth the price?

    in Nikon

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    The competitors sound quite good, though I've not used them. I do own the Nikon which is quite a good lens, but I'm not sure it's worth the premium. I suspect the total cost of ownership, for someone like me who's equipment gets dirty etc, for the Nikon and the 3rd party lenses is the same, except the 3rd party require a larger initial outlay of funds.

    angkor wat temple climbing

    in Travel

    Posted

    I had no problems using a camera bag pushed over the back, sometimes I used a backpack. Either worked - I'd pay more attention to personal safety than the camera - several tourists required hospitalization from falls earlier this year.

     

    Angkor Wat and Siem Reap are full scale industrial tourism - arguments over degree are the same as debating whether the head of a pin could hold 4,567 angels or 4,589. It doesn't really matter. By going there you are directly taking part in it's destruction.

    film

    in Medium Format

    Posted

    The British Journal of Photography came to the same conclusion prior to Zeiss (that is 220 being higher resolution than 120), so I'm sure it was purely marketing.
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