Traveling with Their Equipment and Good Tips on Things to Bring

If you do not really know what to write from one week to another, you can always get inspiration for a topic somewhere. So for the attentive pod listener, here are my thoughts on a recently re-debated topic, traveling with his camera equipment.

We start by kicking in an open door, but the rule that you should never compromise on and which, regardless of what is said below (or by anyone else), is the following:

Never check in what you need to complete the journey the way you intended.

The above applies not only to equipment but also to clothing and shoes. For example, you do not want to arrive at shop dressed in jeans and sneakers in the middle of winter to find out only to find that the luggage with the polar jacket and winter shoes remains on.

Flying with their equipment

If we read the airline’s weight requirements on hand luggage, it will normally be around 8kg. My lightly packed camera bag weighs 13kg. I hardly see any landscape photographer who can meet the normal weight requirements so we simply get light and free, much like the bag contained helium, swish around the airport and pretend it is raining. However, what you should ensure is that your bag meets the requirements to a certain extent. Otherwise, it can get a little tricky on board.

I can attest that I only had problems at one point, not because of size, but weight. If you should probably go for it, you have two things in your favor.

the value of your equipment, regardless of the real value, your equipment in this state is a scam and no airline is particularly interested in claiming damages in the hundred thousand kroner class.

Our cameras/drones etc. contain batteries that ABSOLUTELY must not stay anywhere else in the cabin. The airlines themselves have decided this through their controlling authorities. If you thought this is urged to put the bag in the luggage compartment, first of all, you pick out what you can carry with you on board, the camera first and foremost but also maybe a single lens and then you ask that the handling is done at the gate and that you get yourself guarantees that you can also pick up the bag at the aircraft when you landed so that it does not have to pass through the notorious glass crusher at any point.

We can’t live the tripod either, but it is small and reasonably pretty, attach it to the camera bag, you can unscrew the head and put it in the bag. Otherwise, make sure it has its own bag (tubular) with shoulder strap and carry it over the shoulder. You’re not the only one flying with oddly designed bags in the cabin.

Memory and batteries

Always have at least two batteries and chargers that you can use in both cars and your room, for example. Also, have significantly more SD cards than you need. You don’t need to format the memory cards on the trip, even if you backed up.

Also make sure you have the option of back-up. External hard drive is a minimum. Preferably, however, a laptop in combination with, for example, Dropbox so that you can back up to the computer in the first position and then further upload the images to a cloud service in the evening / night or when you sleep when you presumably have an internet connection.

Protection and rags

Make sure you either have the equipment with adequate weather protection or make sure you buy something you can wear on the camera. Regardless of whether your equipment is weather proof, it will never stop the damage such as salt water can do.

In other words, you should always make sure you have external aids that you can (when needed) cross over the camera.

Linens and basal cleaning equipment (ZEISS cleaning kits, for example) are also highly recommended.

Clothes

We are relatively good in this country to dress for the weather but here are some invaluable tips to complement your wardrobe.

Snowmobile Boots. If you want to be warm and dry about your feet, this is better than any boots. Not suitable for hiking several miles in but otherwise top class: http://bit.ly/2W5YVvg

However, you should watch out, they can be slippery so old honest sticks can be good to have if it is icy where you are. This also applies to boots.

One more thing… Travel with several camera bodies

I traveled a long time with two camera houses, and perhaps with recent events, should have continued with that. But I am proud of everything, however, that I myself take the opportunity to travel alone, because of weight. But surely it would be terribly sad to suddenly stand on his expensive purchased trip without a functioning camera. A less advanced everything in a back-up camera could possibly be a working option.

Follow the link AeroFlyDrones.com to know more tips on how to carry your drones while traveling.