[pct-l] camera

[Ron Graybill]

I haven't actually hiked with it yet, but I'm very optimistic that the Sony
Alpha Nex camara will be ideal for the PCT.  Interchangable lenses, and
weighs less than 8 oz. I think it may well come close to meeting all your
specifications.
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-NEX3A-Digital-Camera-Interchangeable/dp/B003LM2K3Y
Ron "Slo Charger" Graybill (formerly "Manzanita")


On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 10:38 AM, David Harris <David_Harris at hmc.edu> wrote:

> Joe,
>
> I spent a lot of time considering this and settled on a Panasonic
> Lumix waterproof/shockproof camera for 2012.  It's holding up great
> and takes publishable pictures, although it's obviously not an SLR.
> There are new models every year, so check for the latest.  The weight
> is under 6 ounces, which is about 2 oz more than a decent light
> nonshockproof camera.
>
> I've been doing outdoor photography for guidebooks and have burned
> through half a dozen nice Canon compact cameras in a decade because of
> the wear and tear from the trail.
>
> Light weight needs to be #1 or you won't want to carry it on a
> thru-hike.  It sounds like you are aiming toward SLR with your mention
> of multiple lenses, but I don't recall seeing a thru-hiker north of
> Big Bear still carrying an SLR. I also don't recall solar units north
> of Big Bear, although I've heard a few people claim to carry them all
> the way.  It's just so much lighter to carry rechargable batteries.
>
> I found the simplest solution to charging and downloading was to put a
> USB cable and the battery charger in my bounce box, which I received
> every 1-2 weeks.  I take gazllions of pictures and carried 2 spare
> batteries to get through long stretches like the Sierra. I also
> carried two 8 GB memory cards.  I seem to recall this added about 2.5
> oz to my Sierra pack weight. Normal people could live without all
> this.
>
> Although this unit didn't have explicit aperture/shutter priority
> settings, it has enough control that I could set the exposure on one
> part of the picture and then move to another and get a useful range of
> exposures.
>
> Many cameras have geotagging, but the Panasonic geotags were rarely
> reliable on the PCT.
>
> Happy hiking,
>
> David
>
>
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> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 09:22:36 -0800
> From: Joe Roth <jroth2353 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Best camera to use during a thru hike..
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> My wife,(seaglass) and I, (hawk) are thru-hiking the PCT in the spring and
> am shopping for a camera. What is the most common light weight camera used
> on trail to capture wide angle and zoom images?  I am narrowing the list to
> the following;
>
> 1. light weight
> 2. easy to download to a blog site
> 3. raw capable
> 4. both wide angle and zoomable lens
> 5. auto, aperture and shutter priority settings
> 6. rechargeable using solar unit
> 7. lots of memory
>
> Thank you.
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Ronald D. Graybill
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