Digital Safari Equipment, reflection

[dickgillberg]

Hi
I just read the good article about "Digital Safari Equipment", I loved it but I can't help think of how easy it was when I were in south africa in 1999 to shoot wildlife. Cameras, lenses and film. That was all, and we say now how easy and better it is with the digital era. Just think of it.....

Best/ Dick

[dilip]

Hi
I just read the good article about "Digital Safari Equipment", I loved it but I can't help think of how easy it was when I were in south africa in 1999 to shoot wildlife. Cameras, lenses and film. That was all, and we say now how easy and better it is with the digital era. Just think of it.....

Best/ Dick
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In 2003 I backpacked around India with film, a camera and a (single) lens.  I've learned a lot in the past few years due largely to a lot of reading, and the ease of practice that digital affords.

Back then it was just a single small bag.  Now there's so much more.

The safari article was great.  On thing that I have to suggest is that in addition to an electrical adapter, you get a splitter to allow you to charge all your toys at the same time.  Usually I do this by getting everything charging, putting it all into a bag, slipping the bag into a pacsafe and locking it to the bed.  I can then go get a drink with at least a slight bit of peace of mind.

--dilip

[daveman]

I've seen those pacsafes for sale. They don't seem as secure as I would like them to be, but I guess they would be OK for the grab-and-dash kind of theft. Wouldn't simple tinsnips make short work of those wires?

When I have gone on photo trips in the past, my camera equipment never leaves my side. In a way I sacrifice my holiday for obsessive control. Friends chuckle about the voluntary ball and chain.

Dave

[mahleu]

One thing that I have to suggest is that in addition to an electrical adapter, you get a splitter to allow you to charge all your toys at the same time. 
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Another useful thing is a charger that plugs into a cigarette lighter. Many safari vehicles have 2 or more lighter sockets in the back.

[HiltonP]

if one wants to you can turn any trip, to any destination, into a "gear-fest". it all comes down to priorities. an african safari can be done perfectly well with one body, two lenses, a handful of memory cards and a battery charger . . . little different to 30 years ago. just because there is more photography "stuff" out there doesn't mean you have to take it with you . . .  

[Bobtrips]

I've seen those pacsafes for sale. They don't seem as secure as I would like them to be, but I guess they would be OK for the grab-and-dash kind of theft. Wouldn't simple tinsnips make short work of those wires?

Actually the PacSafes are quite secure.  I think one would have quite a job of cutting into one with tin snips.  It would take cable cutters.  (Cable is difficult, verging on impossible, to cut with chain/bolt cutters or a hack saw.)

I use the PacSafe day pack to secure my camera gear and laptop.  They also make a duffel bag version.  

(The 'chicken wire' thing that goes over a regular backpack - don't go there.)

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As for gear size/weight.  I'm carrying a lot less now with dSLR, lenses, and PHD than I did with fSLR, lenses, and dozens of rolls of film.

My battery charger is about the size of two rolls of film.  My PHD, about the size of four rolls of film.

[Provokot]

Hi
I just read the good article about "Digital Safari Equipment", I loved it but I can't help think of how easy it was when I were in south africa in 1999 to shoot wildlife. Cameras, lenses and film. That was all, and we say now how easy and better it is with the digital era. Just think of it.....

Best/ Dick
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Its all very simple.  Take a wheelbarrow too!  

[soboyle]

Thats right, the wheelbarrow can be used to carry all the 10's of thousands of dollars required for all the equipement mentioned in that safari article. I guess if you are an ex CTO at microsoft that isn't a concern, but I found the article laughable for its excess of equipment.