"John Macdonald" wrote in message
news:ZO4rE2BRDENGFwoa@macdonald.demon.co.uk...
> In message <4633cfa4$0$16292$88260bb3@free.teranews.com>, the_niner_nation
> writes
>>As I ahve psoted before, I am really excited to be going to Kenya for a
>>safari, and in readiness for this trip, i have invested in a Canon 400d
>>DSLR
>>camera ( the xti rebel to my american friends!).
>>
>>So far, im only armed with the kit lens 18-55mm and a cheap canon 90-300mm
>>telephoto lens, and seriously considering taking evening classes so I can
>>take really good shots...what i am asking in this post is if any of you
>>have
>>uploaded your safari pictures could you please share the links with me, as
>>I'd love to see the type of photo opps that *may* present themselves to me
>>on my vacation...
>>
>>As my safari is overland and camping, I am not anticipating any sort of
>>electricity points to charge my equipment ( or showers and decent toilets,
>>for that matter!), so I will be amred with 5 or 6 pre-charged batteries
>>and
>>tons of 2gb compact flash cards :-)
>>Peace!
>>
>>
>>
> Your first trip will be very exciting. It will only be surpassed by your
> second; and then your third...
>
> You should be able to charge from the cigar lighter socket on your
> vehicle. If its an overland truck I would expect them to have some
> provision for charging - some of their clients will not be able to survive
> without their mobile phones!
>
> My next most important piece of equipment is a bean bag which you can fill
> with rice on your first day.
>
> I recently switched to digital and was pleasantly surprised to find I
> could use ISO 400 and get excellent results (Canon 5D). Check how high
> you can go with acceptable noise. This will help give high shutter speeds
> and sharp pictures. (If you are considering another lens then Canon IS is
> worth the extra money.)
>
> You can buy cheap image storage devices - basically a portable hard
> drive - you may take more pictures than you expect!
>
Thanks for a really useful response...I already have a portable hard drive
( an Archos 60gb personal media player), but the challenge with taking that
is that it will drain battery life from it's self at the same time as
draining the camera battery at an alarming level durning photo transfer
I am entertaining the idea of taking a laptop with me, but on an overland
safari, I can't even begin to think how practicle this would be.
awsome photos in your web journal..really amazing :-)
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