powertour/camera/flashcards/stock up/christmas

[squirrel]

the power tour is old! I didn't get a digital camera until 99, and it was pretty crappy. Scanned all these pics from 97 a few years ago.

http://www.selectric.org/powertour97/index.html

[200WINS]

I used 7 rolls of film the first year.

What is film.......

[IOWA552SLOW]

we try and download every night. the wife takes along 4 sets of batteries and she has 2 16 gig memory cards for this year. do we need that, no, but more is never enough. lol

[Devil]

I always take more every year. Always getting more friends and having more fun. I blog every night from the Tour. Of course I get no sleep.

Here is my list of Media stuff I bring

Laptop
External Hard drive
DSLR (2 Spare Batteries)(4 Spare Memory Cards atleast 2 gig each)
Video Camera (Haven't used this much.... don't need video evidence... and a spare battery)
Point and Shoot (1 Spare battery, same memory as DSLR.)
Tri-Pod
Mono-Pod
Lens shades
Cleaners, wipes, etc....

This year I am hoping for one of those HD Flip Cameras that I can mount to the car.

[redragtop]

As most of you all know, Mike took really alot!

Donna

[squirrel]

I used 7 rolls of film the first year.

[1cheapstreet]

I take a 2 and 4gb card plus have a spare battery charged just in case. Everyone is right you will take so many pics the 1st year then the # goes down. I think we took 1,500 to 2,000 last year, still haven't looked at them all. If you choose to download to a computer every night, plan on getting less sleep.

Linda

[ogre]

i use a 5 mp camera set on the highest setting with a 4 gb card.
we took over 700 pics and only used 2.8 gb of storage.
doing the math it's 4 mb per pic

i saved less than 200 pics over all
had to charge the battery twice

[Devil]

I took over 3k of pictures. I just every night load them onto my computer and start fresh. But my DSLR shoots 14.2 mp shots. I have filled up a 4 gig card on Power Tour before. So I always carry a few spares. They are cheap and you never know when you might need one.

Ryan

[cobra]

i shot at a fairly hi setting and don't go all the way through a 2gig and a 4gig card. like everyone is saying, after the first year, you don't take as many pictures. on the other hand, it's digital, so if a picture doesn't turn out, you delete it and it doesn't cost anything to process it. take a bunch of pictures and see what comes out. thats what i do.

[BluLightning]

Parking lot took up that time.

I don't know what you mean?

[70chevyC-10]

I took 440 last year and about the same the previous years - camera held them all. Good thing too, I don't know a gig from a pig. Now that I think about it maybe that's why I couldn't get it to work at Mike & Donna's on the last day - DOH.
To me a gig is a musician's night job. No I don't want to learn and no I don't G.A.S. (short version of D.I.L.L.I.G.A.S.).

[novadriver]

I did take alot of pics on the first PT in 09 but last year I only took about 200 pic's but I used the video more and when I got home made 3 dvd's of the trip. You get more of a feeling of being there every time you watch them and show the trip to all your friends that are scared to try the PT thinking there car won't make it.

[200WINS]

Stitch, last year I took near 3000 pictures, then sort and delete. Battery is of equal concern as storage space. I use a 2 and 4 gig memory card and two point and shot cameras. I also download every evening and write a daily blog for my cruise group before falling asleep on my keyboard........

[cstmwgn]

Posted by A/Fuel So someone is working behind the scenes to make you look like an idiot?
That would be like lighting up a candle at noon to make it a little brighter.

WOW - does that hit close to home for me!

Good quote from A/Fuel Matt