How many batteries for Alaska Inside Passage?
May 9, 2019 08:11:04 #
RatGMAN wrote:
Looks like I'm good - I have OEM batteries and chargers and a multi-port USB power supply.
THANKS EVERYONE!!!
THANKS EVERYONE!!!
Yep, two will be plenty. Remember that much of your shooting will be on board (icebergs, bears, shipboard shots, etc.) so you won't be far from your charger if you need to top one off.
May 9, 2019 08:14:29 #
mizzee
Loc: Boston,Ma
You’ll be fine. I shoot with an Olympus, a known battery pig (that I love anyway), and the most I use in a day is 1 1/2.
May 9, 2019 08:30:33 #
sueyeisert
Loc: New Jersey
RatGMAN wrote:
I have a Nikon D500 and Fuji X-T20, each with 2 batteries. Is that enough for the Inside Passage knowing I can charge them each night on the ship?
I would get more for the XT-20. They use a lot of batteries. What if one goes bad,you mislay one etc.
May 9, 2019 08:55:01 #
bamfordr
Loc: Campbell CA
Canon 7D (the original). I took 3 batteries, 6 16Gb memory cards, a portable 100Gb hard drive and a laptop. Didn’t recycle memory cards after I copied contents to hard drive. Wound up with 500-600 shots per day. Biggest problem? We went in June and the days were long. Excellent photo opportunities as ship “steamed” in very early morning light. Enjoy!
May 9, 2019 09:23:55 #
I live in Vancouver, so Alaska cruises are not new to me.
The weather is a total crap shoot. You can have beautiful sunny weather or it will be completely fogged in all the way up the passage. If you coming around in late July early August, last year we had snake from the Forrest fires so bad you couldn’t see across the harbour.
Don’t worry about the amount of batteries just recharge at night.
Now you might want to take a long lens for the glaciers. The ship goes up the channel does 2 spins & leaves.
The weather is a total crap shoot. You can have beautiful sunny weather or it will be completely fogged in all the way up the passage. If you coming around in late July early August, last year we had snake from the Forrest fires so bad you couldn’t see across the harbour.
Don’t worry about the amount of batteries just recharge at night.
Now you might want to take a long lens for the glaciers. The ship goes up the channel does 2 spins & leaves.
May 9, 2019 09:36:54 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
RatGMAN wrote:
I have a Nikon D500 and Fuji X-T20, each with 2 batteries. Is that enough for the Inside Passage knowing I can charge them each night on the ship?
My common sense tells me yes. If in doubt, you could even charge several times a day if you wanted to. Nothing says a battery has to be dead before charging. Top them off when you have lunch or taking a shower or …
May 9, 2019 09:41:00 #
RatGMAN wrote:
I have a Nikon D500 and Fuji X-T20, each with 2 batteries. Is that enough for the Inside Passage knowing I can charge them each night on the ship?
2 cameras and 2 batteries each is enough for one day's shooting - unless of course if you just fire away at everything and everything in sight!
May 9, 2019 09:56:18 #
DougS
Loc: Central Arkansas
I practically lived on the deck camera in hand, on the Alaskan Marine Highway, May-June 2014. 5 ships, 3 nights on board, and 17 nights ashore (plus 45 days ashore after the ships). Two batteries should be more than enough. Nikon D7000. Took over 7,000 shots.
May 9, 2019 10:40:46 #
That would be plenty. If you are coming to Haines, I offer private and personalized photo excursions. https://timenspace.net/photography-workshop/haines-private-tour/
May 9, 2019 10:56:12 #
Don W-37
Loc: Bangkok, Thailand
If it was me, I'd take at least 3 for each camera. If I was tired and forgot to charge one night, I'd still have the third batteries to start the day while charging the others. That's the trip of a lifetime - who wants to scrimp on a couple of batteries? Good luck!!
May 9, 2019 11:43:05 #
Suggest that if you're out and about in the cold, keep your spares in a warm pocket. Cold batteries don't perform as well as warm ones.
May 9, 2019 11:49:35 #
xt2
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
RatGMAN wrote:
I have a Nikon D500 and Fuji X-T20, each with 2 batteries. Is that enough for the Inside Passage knowing I can charge them each night on the ship?
Only you will know this one. Simply divide the number of expected photos/day by the capacity of the batteries.
Cheers!
May 9, 2019 13:04:04 #
traderjohn wrote:
Why not?? We seem to get caught up in this paranoia about "enough" you back up pictures to three maybe four portable hard drives then two or three versions of The Cloud" To me, yes two enough. The rest you have answered
You've never had a memory card or HD failure in the field, have you?
May 9, 2019 15:01:03 #
rgrenaderphoto wrote:
You've never had a memory card or HD failure in the field, have you?
Have you? I've never know anyone who did. I think it's like the same thing with batteries, there are guys that are convinced that their cameras will be damaged by aftermarket batteries but can't name one instance that they are personally aware of.
May 9, 2019 15:02:46 #
If you need more than two batteries you are depending on spray and pray. Get over that and use your mind and think about what you are shooting, and save all the time deleting after you get home.
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