James Eaton
Trent Valley Crew
Hi All,
I'm finally looking into switching to a digital SLR this week, having spent the last 8 years on slide film, a big switch for me, it's terrifying me! So much to look into, but as luck would have it I'm hopefully having a Canon 20D brought over from the states by a friend for me, so its all a bit sudden.
My main query is this - As I use my camera in remote rainforests, where I could be up to 2 weeks away from eletricity obviously battery life and memory usage is important to me. Could anyone tell me just how long the rechargable batteries last on these cameras? I use a 100-400m IS lens too, so this may effect the battery life? Will I need several spare batteries and are they expensive? As I'm guessing they are not included in the price of the camera body.
Also for memory storage I'll be buying 4-5 1GB memory cards, though I'll need much more space overall (As I could be away for up to 8 months at a time), what is the most compact and convinent (and cheapest!) way to store all the extra pictures? Is it best buying some sort of small external hard drive/PDA or Laptop? I'm against just continually saving onto CD, just in case anything happens to them.
Thanks for any advice that comes my way, either on here or via a personal email,
All the best
I'm finally looking into switching to a digital SLR this week, having spent the last 8 years on slide film, a big switch for me, it's terrifying me! So much to look into, but as luck would have it I'm hopefully having a Canon 20D brought over from the states by a friend for me, so its all a bit sudden.
My main query is this - As I use my camera in remote rainforests, where I could be up to 2 weeks away from eletricity obviously battery life and memory usage is important to me. Could anyone tell me just how long the rechargable batteries last on these cameras? I use a 100-400m IS lens too, so this may effect the battery life? Will I need several spare batteries and are they expensive? As I'm guessing they are not included in the price of the camera body.
Also for memory storage I'll be buying 4-5 1GB memory cards, though I'll need much more space overall (As I could be away for up to 8 months at a time), what is the most compact and convinent (and cheapest!) way to store all the extra pictures? Is it best buying some sort of small external hard drive/PDA or Laptop? I'm against just continually saving onto CD, just in case anything happens to them.
Thanks for any advice that comes my way, either on here or via a personal email,
All the best