Clothing
- Pants: summer weight Kuhl hikers worn for flight over and most (warm/hot) days. Jeans worn cool days and flight back.
- Shoes: Oboz worn exclusively. Olakhu in bag and never unpacked.
- Shirts: white hiker on flight and cool day. Two merino & 1 cotton Tshirts everywhere in rotation. One cotton shirt used last day, other never used. Long sleeve merino T-shirt used once. Wool hoodie never used.
- Underwear & socks: three pair worn and washed in rotation.
Camera kit
- Cameras: Nikon Z6III and Zf used about equally. Some setup issues with Z6. Both performed very well.
- Lenses: Z35/1.8S got the large majority of the use. Z85/1.8S carried every day and used a little. Z24-120/4S never left the room.
- Carry: Patagonia Atom 8L sling everyday. PD Leash exclusively, save a brief use with PD wrist strap. PD Slide Light and TT i30 used for flights but otherwise left in room.
- Backup and Processing workflow: worked as usual. Samsung T7 slow for writes; 1,100 24MP images ~25 minutes.
- Backup strategy seems effective and secure. Dual cards in backup mode,
Luggage
- Tumi 22” 4-wheeler
- Think Tank Mirrorless Mover i30 – much of camera kit in Tumi.
Every Day Carry (EDC)
- Patagonia sling (never carried i30)
- Z6II or Zf on PD Leash
- 35/1.8 on camera, 85/1.8 in bag
- Extra batteries (started at one, then 2)
- Battery pack, USB-C and Lightning 6” cables
- 500ml water bottle
- Extra SD cards
- AirPods
- TicTacs
- Sunglasses
Power/Electronics/Digital
- USB-C & Lightning 6” (need 2 more 12”)
- iPad
- iPhone
- Samsung T7
- SD & CFE readers (2)
Shooting Statistics
- Total shots: ~3,800 (69GB); Max shots/day: ~780 (14GB), Avg 475/day
- Non-Rejected: ~2,200
Of the non-rejected images:
- Z6II ~1,100; Zf ~1,100
- Z35/1.8S: 1,850; Z85/1.8S: 510
- Selects for Steve: approximately 20-40 each day
- Selects for Blog: approximately 145
- Never changed CFE/SD/mSD cards in either camera