Anyone travel regularly with your camera equipment? I'm taking a trip next summer and was told I could bring my camera equip as long as I was prepared to carry it & my luggage for 4-6 miles a day. LOL
Would love any suggestions on making it easier. I'm thinking of taking my camera, external flash, 18-55 & 55-200 lens and the battery charger. I can tuck all of that in one medium size bag.
I just make sure all mine fits in carry-on. Beyond that, just make sure you can carry it all comfortably - backpacks tend to be best for day after day of walking, though I have used a Domke J-1 shoulder bag successfully. Some of LowePro's gear works well, like the Slingshot AW packs, depending on the weight of your gear. Another method is to get a camera harness, and carry your extras on your belt - gets it off your shoulders. I tend to do that for weddings, and would also use it for travel if I thought I was in a safe enough locale.
I'm thinking backpack as well. Then I could throw it on my bag and pull my small carry on with clothes. We will be gone for 10 days but I've been told to pack as light as possible. Once we land in Moscow, we will travel by train. I guess there won't be much room on the train? I've never been on one.
I think I'm most worried about going through security with my camera. Worried that they will damage it during inspection?
Ken Rockwell's site has a great post about carrying less equipment. He addresses his personal views on what's really needed when traveling. Check it out, I enjoy reading him! (Note: He's a bit satirical so don't take everything so literally :) )
When I lived in Moscow it wasn't usually a problem to carry luggage on the trains or metro (underground). One station guard tried to make me pay for a second ticket for a large backpack, but a local friend told him to bugger off, and so he did. And when I went through Sheremetyevo, inspection involved waving a piece of paper at someone behind a desk, who then waved me through. Nothing of mine got damaged or went missing. That was a while ago though - mid 1990's.
@jinximages - You lived in Moscow? How great! I'll have a day there to adjust to jetlag, anything I just can't leave without seeing? We will be traveling to the Republic of Karelia but I'm not sure yet which city. I'm so excited! The funny thing is that I'm already planning the packing of my camera before I've even got my passport.... I think my priorities may be a little messed up! :)
@eclipse Thanks for the suggestion. I've read him some before. I think you could easily spend hours on his website. So many links and articles.
@jinximages funny same thing happen to me... i bought a mattress at Ikea in St. Pete's and Metro police wanted me to buy two tickets... then a bag a seeds I was carrying exploded all over the floor and they told me to смыться
Just madness talking here... have you considered a higher end P&S with a larger sensor... built-in zoom lens... AA batteries, SD cards for convience...
@icywarm LOL! Crazy stuff. :D Glad to know it wasn't just me. ;)
@cvcraven If you like old things, just get on the metro and stop at every station you can find. The metro is very simple - a ring track, and a number of straight-ish lines crossing it and each other. Park Kylturi (station) is quite remarkable, but any around or within the ring track are great, with amazing mosaics and architecture. All are different. And it barely costs a thing because once you are in the metro, you don't pay again unelss you leave and need to go back in. The trains run every 2 minutes, from open to close.
If you like old things that many of the tourists miss, there are some memorials and so on at VDNK (I don't have cyrillic on this computer, but it will look a little like BAHK on the map - just replace A with the Russian D). There are also great markets there.
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I think I'm most worried about going through security with my camera. Worried that they will damage it during inspection?
@eclipse Thanks for the suggestion. I've read him some before. I think you could easily spend hours on his website. So many links and articles.
@msk1p2 - Thanks! I love girly & feminine!
Just madness talking here... have you considered a higher end P&S with a larger sensor... built-in zoom lens... AA batteries, SD cards for convience...
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@cvcraven If you like old things, just get on the metro and stop at every station you can find. The metro is very simple - a ring track, and a number of straight-ish lines crossing it and each other. Park Kylturi (station) is quite remarkable, but any around or within the ring track are great, with amazing mosaics and architecture. All are different. And it barely costs a thing because once you are in the metro, you don't pay again unelss you leave and need to go back in. The trains run every 2 minutes, from open to close.
If you like old things that many of the tourists miss, there are some memorials and so on at VDNK (I don't have cyrillic on this computer, but it will look a little like BAHK on the map - just replace A with the Russian D). There are also great markets there.