This trip, I brought two digital cameras: an SLR (Nikon D80) and a small, pocket Nikon point and shoot with video capability. Fourteen years ago, on a trip to Egypt, I recall using 28 rolls of film, along with the expense of developing triple copies to share with my two travel companions, as well as the disappointment wasting some photos that didn’t turn out well, if at all.

As I adjust to digital, it is a pleasure knowing that I can take as many photos as I want and not have to think about the cost of developing. On the flip side, there are the issues of memory and storage.

This is my first overseas trip with a digital camera and I only brought three memory cards of two GB each and a thumb drive. My plan was to download the photos from memory cards to thumb drive or on-line as needed. It sounded good in theory. In reality, I spent much time purging unwanted photos as my thumb drive filled up pretty fast, and downloading to a web-site is very time consuming. I also spent a small fortune buying two additional memory cards while in Turkey. Desperation comes at a price.

Lesson Learned:

Next time, I will take multiples of the largest memory cards I can find (at least 8 GB each), and at least one per week of travel. Better to have too many than not enough, and having enough memory cards will make organizing photos after the trip a little easier.