I did a two week tour of Egypt back in July. I took my *istDS, DA18-55mm, F70-210mm, and an M50mm F1.7. I had a 1Gb SD card in the camera and took along my PD7X (40Gb) portable drive, and three spare sets of rechargeable NIMH batteries. This all fitted inside a Lowepro Omni Traveler bag and weighed in at just under 10lbs.
I'd download images twice a day to the PD7X, and recharge a set of batteries every night. The PD7X is dual voltage so it worked fine with Egypt's 220 volt system (even on the Nile cruiseship). I came home with 15Gbs of images, and a few bits of the Egyptian desert on my sensor :) I registered all the equipment with Canadian Customs before leaving, and had no hassles at all. This setup worked fine for me. Hope this helps..... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Widall, Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~fwwidall ----------------------------------------------------------------------
