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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 823654" data-attributes="member: 53455"><p>I know I’m susceptible to serious bouts of GAS, but honestly, I’ve been very good recently. I’ve stashed a nice little pile to buy a Hasselblad-equipped DJI Mavic Pro 3 drone which would be quite useful for the type of work I often do, but now I’m hesitating. I haven’t quite made up my mind. Yesterday however, I was out in the field shooting two churches in the Beaujolais region (just north of Lyon) for the Fondation du Patrimoine, and as I was completing the first one, I had a low battery alert on the Z7 II. I knew I hadn’t charged it up before I left home and I wasn’t worried as I had a second EN-EL15c in my photo bag.</p><p></p><p>So, when it did die, I pulled out the other one... to discover that it, too, was empty! I was enraged at my dumbness and lack of preparation. The worst thing is, in the car I have a power converter that allows me to plug in 220 V AC appliances and charge them through the 12V DC system... but not one single cable in sight to plug the camera to that!</p><p></p><p>So, I decided to do two things: <strong>one,</strong> I ordered a second Nitecore UNK 1 battery charger. This is the best charger for EN-EL15 batteries, I’ve used one at home for years and it is much smaller and so much better than the regular Nikon one. I also bring it when I travel, obviously, and I warmly recommend it. You plug it into a USB II socket, or into the mains via an Anker USB charger. That second one will live in the car so I can use it to recharge a battery on the go via one of the USB sockets in the car.</p><p></p><p>And <strong>two,</strong> I acquired another Raviad USB II to USB C cable (1 meter long). I already had one of those at home, and now one lives in each of my two Peak Design photo bags, so that I always have with me, if I’m not in the car, a solution to patch my forgetfulness and give me a chance to recharge the camera directly via its power port. Raviad cables are slightly more expensive than the usual Chinese knockoffs but substantially better quality and I also recommend them. They remain very, very reasonably priced anyway.</p><p></p><p>OK, those are not very exciting purchases, but as I said, I’ve been very reasonable recently. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> To tell the truth, what I am really waiting for is the Z-mount tilt-shift lens (or lenses!), as yet unannounced but supposedly in development, according to Nikon Rumors...</p><p></p><p>The charger:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]409759[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The cable:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]409760[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 823654, member: 53455"] I know I’m susceptible to serious bouts of GAS, but honestly, I’ve been very good recently. I’ve stashed a nice little pile to buy a Hasselblad-equipped DJI Mavic Pro 3 drone which would be quite useful for the type of work I often do, but now I’m hesitating. I haven’t quite made up my mind. Yesterday however, I was out in the field shooting two churches in the Beaujolais region (just north of Lyon) for the Fondation du Patrimoine, and as I was completing the first one, I had a low battery alert on the Z7 II. I knew I hadn’t charged it up before I left home and I wasn’t worried as I had a second EN-EL15c in my photo bag. So, when it did die, I pulled out the other one... to discover that it, too, was empty! I was enraged at my dumbness and lack of preparation. The worst thing is, in the car I have a power converter that allows me to plug in 220 V AC appliances and charge them through the 12V DC system... but not one single cable in sight to plug the camera to that! So, I decided to do two things: [B]one,[/B] I ordered a second Nitecore UNK 1 battery charger. This is the best charger for EN-EL15 batteries, I’ve used one at home for years and it is much smaller and so much better than the regular Nikon one. I also bring it when I travel, obviously, and I warmly recommend it. You plug it into a USB II socket, or into the mains via an Anker USB charger. That second one will live in the car so I can use it to recharge a battery on the go via one of the USB sockets in the car. And [B]two,[/B] I acquired another Raviad USB II to USB C cable (1 meter long). I already had one of those at home, and now one lives in each of my two Peak Design photo bags, so that I always have with me, if I’m not in the car, a solution to patch my forgetfulness and give me a chance to recharge the camera directly via its power port. Raviad cables are slightly more expensive than the usual Chinese knockoffs but substantially better quality and I also recommend them. They remain very, very reasonably priced anyway. OK, those are not very exciting purchases, but as I said, I’ve been very reasonable recently. ;) To tell the truth, what I am really waiting for is the Z-mount tilt-shift lens (or lenses!), as yet unannounced but supposedly in development, according to Nikon Rumors... The charger: [ATTACH type="full"]409759[/ATTACH] The cable: [ATTACH type="full"]409760[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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