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<blockquote data-quote="Bazinga" data-source="post: 796656" data-attributes="member: 11733"><p>Make sure those tablets actually work. And I agree - get a spray with as much deet % as possible!</p><p></p><p>- I would highly recommend taking 2 portable hard drives. I haven't been to Africa yet, but did some traveling in South America and Asia. Unless you bring very many memory cards (that you won't reuse a single one), I'd suggest having 2 backups on your images. Also, that LaCie might be a big drive (I'm not sure, but everything LaCie I saw was big). I have new 2TB USB3 WD Passport drives (about $130 at Costco) and those are the choice for me - WD drives are very reliable.</p><p></p><p>- Memory cards. Are those 300x speed? If so, they could be too slow. I've got 600x Lexar 32GB and on my recent travel I did run into buffer overflow issue - shooting at high speed while on a move I would get about 7-9 images before my camera would refuse to take anymore and I'd have to wait for good 5-10 seconds for it to flush it's buffer.</p><p></p><p>- Tripod could do wonders. I'd recommend anything carbon fiber for it's weight, but you've got to balance your weight I guess. Get less pants! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)) I'd take that over any personal items, but I use it a lot.</p><p></p><p>- Waterproof bags or containers (mentioned here already)</p><p></p><p>- Lens cleaning solution + few clean lens cloths as they get dirty.</p><p></p><p>- Small flashlight.</p><p></p><p>- Powerful flash for night shots (?)</p><p></p><p>- Since you are flying a local small airline, make sure the size of your backpacks is within their limits. My camera backpack is within standards for carry on but when getting on small planes I cannot fit it into an overhead compartment. So if planes there will be even smaller you might get into trouble.</p><p></p><p>Have fun there! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bazinga, post: 796656, member: 11733"] Make sure those tablets actually work. And I agree - get a spray with as much deet % as possible! - I would highly recommend taking 2 portable hard drives. I haven't been to Africa yet, but did some traveling in South America and Asia. Unless you bring very many memory cards (that you won't reuse a single one), I'd suggest having 2 backups on your images. Also, that LaCie might be a big drive (I'm not sure, but everything LaCie I saw was big). I have new 2TB USB3 WD Passport drives (about $130 at Costco) and those are the choice for me - WD drives are very reliable. - Memory cards. Are those 300x speed? If so, they could be too slow. I've got 600x Lexar 32GB and on my recent travel I did run into buffer overflow issue - shooting at high speed while on a move I would get about 7-9 images before my camera would refuse to take anymore and I'd have to wait for good 5-10 seconds for it to flush it's buffer. - Tripod could do wonders. I'd recommend anything carbon fiber for it's weight, but you've got to balance your weight I guess. Get less pants! :))) I'd take that over any personal items, but I use it a lot. - Waterproof bags or containers (mentioned here already) - Lens cleaning solution + few clean lens cloths as they get dirty. - Small flashlight. - Powerful flash for night shots (?) - Since you are flying a local small airline, make sure the size of your backpacks is within their limits. My camera backpack is within standards for carry on but when getting on small planes I cannot fit it into an overhead compartment. So if planes there will be even smaller you might get into trouble. Have fun there! :) [/QUOTE]
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