Packing dslr equipment for a camping trip?

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xcracer13

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I'm leaving for a 6 day camping trip tomorrow, and i was just wondering if anyone had any tips for how to pack the camera gear, like how would you pack the lenses, what extra things one may need etc. I'm already bringing a cleaning kit and camera manual, and im just looking for useful tips that I could use to improve the packing. I have a small camera bag to bring equip. in.

thanks
 
your gear should be well padded, not have a lot of room to move around and be handled with some care. do that and it will be fine.

tripods can be cumbersome but a good folding monopod can be a lifesaver.
 
If you are using a backpack, I would put everything in the camera bag and put it in the pack on top where it is accessable. Fishmeister's idea for the plastic baggies is a good one. I've never had a problem shooting in the rain and both my camera and I have gotten soaked, but I wouldn't recommend my careless attitude to someone else.

I would take at least one (1) extra battery and at least one (1) extra memory card. If you can, figure out how many pictures you think you will take and plan on enough battery power and storage capacity for that.

I carry two lenses for the APCS cameras I use when backpacking. A 16-50 zoom and a 50-250mm zoom. That gives me wide angle for the panoramas and a reasonable effective 400mm for wildlife shots, etc.

If you don't have one, get a polarizing filter. They are great for landscapes. They take the glare off of leaves, giving you more saturation in the colors and when the sunlight is about 90 degrees to the side of what you are shooting you get really nice blue skies. If you are in an area where the rock formations are primarily granite and/or glacially polished a polarizer also cuts down the glare from the polished rock. This gives more detail in the rocks and because they reflect such large areas of light, help increase the contrast and saturation of the whole image. Large areas of reflecting rock (large in terms of area in the frame) don't create flare, but they will create a 'veiling' effect over the whole image.

Keep your most used lens on the camera for both convenience and because packing with a lens attached takes up the least room.

Hope that helps.

Vance
 
When you say pack, do you mean pack in a proper camera bag or in your hiking rucksack with clothes and a camping stove?.

If the latter then I can only recommend either buying a dedicated quality camera bag, or you can wrap the camera and equipment in your clothes to keep them safe (this is not ideal, but better than having it rattle around with anything that could damage it).

No matter what bag you are using I highly recommend you invest in a few of those large sealy bags (like what you use to put sandwiches in and can open and reseal over and over). If you feel you are going to have some heavy rain then put your camera and lenses in these watertight/air tight bags.

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