20 travel accessories
USB camera battery charger
● £10-£20 ● www.amazon.co.uk
These little USB-powered chargers are incredibly useful for keeping spare batteries topped up during a day’s shooting. They’re available for almost every imaginable type of camera, and come in versions that accept one, two or even three batteries. They usually employ a micro USB connector for power input, which means they can be fuelled from a wide variety of sources. For example, you can top up your batteries in the car while driving between locations, or hook one up to a powerbank in your bag while you’re walking around shooting. They’re available under a plethora of labels; we’ve had success with Nitecore and JJC.
SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I
● £42 (128GB) ● shop.westerndigital.com
One thing you really don’t want when you’re away on your travels is to run out of card space. Thankfully SD cards are now very affordable, so you can stock up on capacity without breaking the bank. The SanDisk Extreme PRO range represents a sweet spot of high performance at a sensible price, with write speeds of 90MB/s and read speeds up to 170MB/s. Prices range from £24 for 64GB, to £454 for a whopping 1TB. If you don’t regularly shoot video or bursts, then the gold-label Extreme cards are cheaper; conversely, demanding users will benefit from the more expensive UHS-II version.
