London 2025: Gear and Packing Post-Mortum

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