My record is six I think - 'pooter, two phones and three cameras. (That's a
phone for Aus. and a travelling one for Europe - nothing shady). Bloody
annoying.
I'll be in the UK and France in mid-Aug - mid Oct. sorting family stuff if
anyone fancies an imaging excursion.
Carrying about a kilo of chargers and cables.
Andrew Fildes
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On 16/06/2014, at 7:32 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I buy enough batteries to last me and leave the chargers and leads behind. I
> have 3 batteries for each camera and I very rarely get through one on any
> device before my return home to charger heaven (:-)).
>
> However, I will take a maximum of 1,000 shots in 2 weeks, whereas others here
> might quintuple that, I suspect (or worry about wanting to take that many).
>
> Chris
>
> On 15 Jun 14, at 05:29, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> A caveat from one who always seems to have several different batteries to
>> charge when traveling.
>>
>> With one charger, one may need to get up in the night to change the battery,
>> possibly twice. This looks like even less fun with the above Lenmar than
>> dedicated chargers, adjusting contacts bleary eyed in the dark.
>>
>> When I was first using non-coded batteries for the E-M5, I found to my
>> surprise that it's an advantage that they require a different charger. I can
>> charge both Oly and Wasbi battery at the same time.
>>
>> When RV traveling, mostly without hookups, I have an inverter with lower
>> drain than the built-in one and a USB output, a three outlet AC tap and a
>> 12v dual outlet adapter with two USB outs. It looks like a snake put up
>> front while I make dinner, but charges lots of things at once and is usually
>> done before bed. If not, I can just leave it on overnight with the second
>> batch; the no-load drain is very low.
>
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