Travel equipment

Travelling always meant to me, I need technical stuff, as my camera was and will be always with me. And as I am an enthusiast for high quality products, this meant quite some heavy gear based on my Nikon camera equipment.

Currently, I am using a Nikon D850 and in the transition process towards the Z(9) system. Main reason for the “slow” transition is: I have a lot of (heavy) glass, i.e. most of the /f2.8 Nikkor Lenses and I am reluctant to buy all these lenses for the Z system, again. Nikon’s F to Z adapter “FTZ II” is here to help – the version II is smaller than the first version as it omits the Tripod terminal which prevented the old adapter to be used with the Z9.

I also like to travel prepared and with proper equipment to be able to backup my storage media. But while in ancient ages a mobile backup device like a Jobo Giga Vu Pro was completely sufficient, today’s memory cards may even be bigger than the SSD of a laptop – so new backup media is required.

For our U.S. trip, I am planning to pack these items into my “Techniktüte”:

Item	Purpose	Notes
ASUS Zenbook Space Edition	Notebook	As a space nerd, I HAD to have the Space Edition 🙂
UGREEN Nexode 200W Desktop Charger	Mains Power Supply	Replacing all other PSUs as it can power 6 devices at once
ESSAGER Thunderbolt3 Dock with NVMe Slot	USB Hub, SD Card Reader & SSD Backup	Fast reader, has SD Card and NVMe Slot for Memory Card Backups to SSD
Crucial P3 4TB NVMe	Backup Media	Probably not the fastest for desktop use but good price / performance for mobile backup
SanDisk CFexpress Card Reader	Reader for D850 CFx media	Backup of CFexpress Cards
INIU Power Bank 20000 mAh	Mobile power	Small but powerful, can fast charge several devices at once
Power Bank 20000 mAh	Mobile power 2	As we are travelling together, my daugther needs mobile juice, too
Nikon MH-25a	Charger for EN-EL15 batteries	Nikon D850
Nikon EN-EL15	Backup Batteries	Nikon D850
Transcend CFexpress 512GB	Primary memory card for D850	Used in main Card Slot in D850
Sabrent SDXC 512GB	In-Camera Backup	2nd Card Slot in D850
Nikon MH-32	Charger for EN-EL25 batteries	My daughter’s Nikon Z fc
EN-EL25 Batteries	Backup Batteries	Nikon Z fc
Samsung EVO Select 512 GB SDXC	Memory Card	Nikon Z fc
Bodyguard Colt Camera Bag		Nikon Z fc
GoPro Hero 10	Action Cam	For extreme purposes where we don’t want to risk our main cameras (like whitewater rafting)
DuraPRO Batteries & Charger	extra Power for GoPro
NEEWER 50 in 1 GoPro Accessory Kit	GoPro Accessories kit	GoPro goes anywhere 😉
DigiPower Re-Fuel Battery Pack	Longer juice for GoPro	Useful for timelapses while on the road
Nikon FTZ II	Use Nikon F lenses on Z cameras	I can use my heavy F glass on a Z camera, the II version has no Tripod port so it can be used with the Nikon Z9