During our time here in Egypt I’ve been trying to obtain as much content for our Nile Cruise 4u website as possible.
That means that I’ve been carrying around various bits and pieces to meet the requirments of gathering this content while travelling.
For anyone interested I’ve been carrying the following:
- A Flip HD Video Camera that is small enough for me to carry in my pocket if I need to but still records great video in high definition. I’ll upload that video footage when I get home.
- A Zoom H2 audio recorder. This is a brilliant recorder that is used by professionals and journalists in the field. It has 4 mikes built in so that you can interview people and also record sounds in total clarity. It’s an excellent piece of equipment that is relatively cheap, about £150 and is easy to carry and small enough to put in your pocket. Again I’ll be uploading the audio I have recorded when I return.
- My iPhone, which I think is the best thing ever invented for geeks like me! I have been able to take quick photos with it and have been able to upload them to our Twitpic account and also to our Twitter account. We have also used the AudioBoo app to record our daily Nile Cruise Podcasts in our bedroom and upload them to the web. Plus I have been creating great panoramic photographs that sweep right across the landscape using the Pano app from the iTunes store. I’ll be uploading the panoramic photos as soon as possible.
- The camera I’m using is a Lumix Digital 12 Zoom model that does almost everything you could want with a camera. Small, compact and easy to use. I highly recommend it.
- A Eee Notebook PC which I’m using as the moment to type in the blog post. It has a 7 inch screen and an 80 GB hard drive so I have been able to upload the viode, audio and photos that I’ve taken each day to free up the capacity on each of those devices. It small and thin and easily carried in a shoulder bag. Great device and easy to use.
- All carried in a Pacsafe shoulder bag. The Pacsafe is made of very tough material that cannot be slashed by a thief and has pockets and compartments that allow me to pack all of the above comfortably. Best shoulder bag I have ever had.
Finally I’m using Twitter and Twitpic for short posts and updates and also the WordPress iPhone app to add posts like these from my iPhone which I’ve had to do as this is the first time that I have been able to access WiFi from a hotel or Nile cruise ship. So when I didnt’ have access to the web that way I was able to upload posts to this blog from my iPhone.
I’m not sure the costs I have incurred by using my iPhone to do these things but I think it’s worth it as I have been able to do so many things whilst out here on the road.
I hope some of the above has been of interest to someone out there and please feel free to ask my any questions if you want to know anything about any of the devices I’ve been using.
