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My wife and I are planning a mainly self-guided trip to Barrow and Nome in early June. We may look for local bird guides to help out. Does anyone have observations, insights, names of guides, possible accommodations, or any other thoughts that might be useful in the planning? Thanks so much.

Great beginners kit includes: Used, but not abused.
Nikon D5200: Shutter count 49,932
Nikkor 35mm F1.8G
Sigma 120-400mm F4.5-5.6 APO HSM
Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS
LowePro Flipside 400AW pack
3 piece filter kit
Wired remote - battery door missing
Ambico tripod
Batteries and Charger
Memory Cards

All for $800. Includes shipping. Will ship when check clears.

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$700 works.

I use the Tamron 150-600. I assume the gimbal head works with that lens.

I'm under 6' but enjoy astrophotography. What would you suggest?

Make that the tall tripod. Thanks.

Me too on the tripod and gimbal.

Great beginners kit includes: Used, but not abused.
Nikon D5200: Shutter count 49,932
Nikkor 35mm F1.8G
Sigma 120-400mm F4.5-5.6 APO HSM
Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS
LowePro Flipside 400AW pack
3 piece filter kit
Wired remote - battery door missing
Ambico tripod
Batteries and Charger
Memory Cards

All for $800: includes shipping. Will be shipped when check clears.

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A Nikon D5200 camera (49000 shutter count), a Nikon DX AFS 35mm 1.8G lens, a Sigma DG 17-50mm 2.8 EX HSM lens, a Sigma DG 120-400mm 4.5-5.6 APO HSM lens, an Ambico tripod, a Lowepro Flipside 400 AW photography backpack, 3 piece Ultra Slim Pro Filter Kit (UV, CPL, Intensifier), 5 batteries and charger, and a remote missing a battery door for sale. All in good condition. You pay shipping. $900. Served me well until I went crazy and bought a D850.

Thanks for all the input. Backup strategies are crucial. My 2 Tb Seagate is my main photo drive and has been for the past four years. No problems, just running out of room. I have a 5Tb WD on my desktop, and back up periodically to that. I also use CrashPlan for daily backups to the cloud. On shorter trips I don't take my 5 Tb, and since I'm not connected to the cloud, I don't get that trip's pictures backed up till I get home. On longer trips I take both hard drives, but since they're in the same vehicle, they're not perfectly safe. I do have the pictures on my SD cards until I run out of room (not often), so there's some insurance there. It sounds like a 5 Tb WD for travel may be the answer. Small and lighter is what I'm looking for so probably no RAID or fans. LaCie caught my eye because of durability and size, but I didn't see too much mention of that other than Seagate bought them out. I'm thinking of Thunderbolt 2 compatibility because of transfer speed, but I've not really had a problem with USB. I appreciate everyone's thoughts.

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Thanks for all the input. Backup strategies are crucial. My 2 Tb Seagate is my main photo drive and has been for the past four years. No problems, just running out of room. I have a 5Tb WD on my desktop, and back up periodically to that. I also use CrashPlan for daily backups to the cloud. On shorter trips I don't take my 5 Tb, and since I'm not connected to the cloud, I don't get that trip's pictures backed up till I get home. On longer trips I take both hard drives, but since they're in the same vehicle, they're not perfectly safe. I do have the pictures on my SD cards until I run out of room (not often), so there's some insurance there. It sounds like a 5 Tb WD for travel may be the answer. Small and lighter is what I'm looking for so probably no RAID or fans. LaCie caught my eye because of durability and size, but I didn't see too much mention of that other than Seagate bought them out. I'm thinking of Thunderbolt 2 compatibility because of transfer speed, but I've not really had a problem with USB. I appreciate everyone's thoughts.

Any suggestions for a 4 or 5 Tb Thunderbolt /USB portable hard drive. I’m on a Macbook Pro, mid 2014 with Thunderbolt 2 ports. I use Lightroom to process pictures. I use the hard drive for storage of photos. I’m running out of room on a Seagate 2Tb. Thank you.

Thanks for the latest thought. So many choices...so little time