Originally posted by Tonto Yeah better leave some room for warm clothes I guess, need to saty warm to take more photos lol
My wife and I went to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica in 2009, on Aurora Expeditions.
On the coldest day of the trip it was -15C with a strong wind, so with wind chill factor it felt like -30C. The DSLRs shooters were having major battery issues; you might want to take a film camera as a backup. I only shot film and had no issues. Leave your gear in the camera bag for an hour when you get back on the ship after a landing, while they warm up to room temperature. Have a few silica gel packs in the bag to absorb any moisture, if you don’t your gear will fog up badly. Wear a light pair of photo gloves under you water proof gloves. Take off the outer gloves while shooting; also bring some hand warmer gel packs.
My advice is to take at least two bodies and multiply lenses. Leave one body/lens on the ship as backups. Also watch out for water damage, as a zodiac got swamped one day and a few people/cameras got drenched. Also get a water proof camera bag. If the ship has a helicopter make sure you have a polarizer for shooting through the plastic windows.
Phil.
Last edited by gofour3; 07-02-2011 at 12:58 AM.