> What they don't carry is a cubic foot of film that must be managed > and cared for as it goes through security devices. The additional > load for such a person today is perhaps a laptop computer or > standalone storage device. I'll take the trade-off of a laptop over
> that cubic foot of film. on the longish trips that I've been on I've always taken cameras which can operate fully manually, plus at least 100 rolls of film. The film is indeed bulky, but depending on where you go the trade-off is not just a laptop, but all the battery power you may need to operate all the electronic gadgets that shooting digitally seems to demand. Even rechargeables are no use if you're going someplace without electricity. I'm currently thinking about and half-planning a trip to the Caucasus next year, to places where there is no electricity at all. So far I haven't done the testing to see how many frames I can shoot with my digital camera before I have to change the battery, and I'd be interested to know how long the batteries last in any bulk-storage device I used. I certainly wouldn't go for a long remote trip without taking at least twice the maximum number of batteries I would expect to use, and then a few more for luck. I saw someone in tears once who'd spent thousands of dollars on a trip to the highlands of Ethiopia for a once-a-year festival, but had run out of batteries before the festival even started. She was using a Pentax MZ-something and approached me because she saw that I was also using a Pentax, but I wasn't able to help her. Her trip was in ruins. -- Cheers, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
