Traveling lighter than normal on our trip to Nepal and India with all my gear packed in a ThinkTank StreetWalker HardDrive Backpack. I’ve been using ThinkTank bags for a few years now and they have the best working design and construction in the market. But for this trip I wanted something smaller, so this backpack was just the ticket.
Here’s what’s in the bag:
Sony a900 Camera
Sony Zeiss 24-70/2.8 lens
Sony Zeiss 85/1.4 lens
Sony Zeiss 135/1.8 lens
Sony HVL-F58AM Flash
Sony NP-FM500H Batteries
13″ Apple MacBook Pro 2.53 Ghz with 500gb hard drive
500gb LaCie Rugged Hard Drives
8Gb SanDisk Extreme IV Compact Flash cards
Gepe Card Safe Extreme Watertight Case
SanDisk Extreme FireWire CF Card Reader
Belkin Mini Surge Protector with USB Charger
Sony HDR-SR11 60GB Hybrid HDD High Definition Camcorder
Giottos Large Rocket Air Blower
Visible Dust Arctic Butterfly
Delkin Sensor Scope
(16) AA Batteries
Voltage converters, chargers and plugs
The coolest little space-saver was the Sony BCTRM charger that I picked up when I was in New York before heading off to India and Nepal. It’s the perfect travel charger for the Sony Alpha cameras. It’s barely the size of the batteries, so it fits in any bag with a minimum of space. Though I bought it for my trip, it’s staying in my camera bag from now on.
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If you want to travel lighter, for example visiting museums, attractions, like any other tourist, it is recommended to have the A900 or A850 with you? I think with a 18-300 sigma lens and a 50mm 1.7 is enough for traveling comfortably.
Claudio, if i wanted to travel lighter, I’d take a NEX-5 with a full APS sensor in a package barely larger than a point-n-shoot: http://briansmith.com/blog/2010/05/hands-on-sony-nex-5/