The joys of traveling with a digital camera:

Before I left for South America I found it very difficult trying to find out the best way of traveling with a digital camera. All the questions such as how easy it was to recharge batteries, how many memory sticks should I take, how many batteries, do I need any other storage device, were all just a guessing game?

Mainly I guessed ok, however, with a battery life of only 76 minutes,
I really could have done with more than 2 batteries on a number of occasions, such as when trekking the Inca Trail. Sadly by the last day when I finally arrived at Machu Picchu I had unfortunately run out of digital power and had only my small compact to record the moment visually for the future.

For my journey I traveled with a Sony DCS F505V which I absolutely love. I had a total of 5 X 64MB memory sticks, two batteries and a Minds@Work 3GB Digital Wallet which was a godsend, I couldn't have survived without it. The camera came supplied with a dual voltage battery recharger, so all I needed was an adaptor plug for South America. However, even with the storage space of the Digital Wallet
I still needed to spend each night or two carefully culling my days work. The advantages of digital photography being, that once you've made your initial outlays, the more shots you take the cheaper they become! In 3 months I managed to take over 2,600 photos, over 1,000 of these over 8 days on the Galapagos Islands - be warned anyone who is thinking of traveling there, you really can get carried away with the little creatures!

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