[pct-l] O.T. Digital Cameras and Thru-Hikes

[kdpo at pacbell.net (Ken Powers)]

Off Topic - no way!

I carried an Olympus digital on the AT last year. It used 4 AA batteries. I
carried extra batteries at first, then found that by turning off the display
the batteries would last more than a week. That was more than long enough to
swap them out during town stops if they were starting to get low.

We  carried an Olympus point-and-shoot film camera on the PCT. It took a
special battery. As mentioned in another thread, put a spare in the bounce
box. Actually this one was so light I carried one spare and had a third in
the bounce box. Don't ever want to run out of camera batteries and miss the
wonderful scenery on the PCT.

Ken
www.GottaWalk.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Marlow" <kenmarlow@earthlink.net>
To: "Pacific Crest Trail List" <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 8:30 PM
Subject: [pct-l] O.T. Digital Cameras and Thru-Hikes


> I'm considering a digital camera, but am concerned about battery longevity
> on longer backpacking trips. I use one at work and noticed once the the
> supplied lithium battery was no longer good, rechargeable NIMH don't have
> that much of a life. What are you doing for the battery situation? The
> thought of a solar recharging unit sounds heavy.
>
> I'd prefer a small manual conventional SLR or similar, as the battery's
only
> needed to operate the meter, but it might outweigh the digital, in film
and
> body weight.  Any ideas?
>
> -Ken M.
>
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