FS7: Remote Charging and File Dumping

[Joshua Milligan]

Hey guys. I am seeking the best way possible to remotely charge my FS7, my A7SII and my A6300. I am doing a film in the mountains of the Yukon in September and we will be packing in. I need to be able to charge all of the batteries while in the mountains as we will be on foot for 12 days. I need something realistic to carry in my pack, so I have been looking into Goal Zero's Nomad 20" solar panels as they can be daisy chained and they only weigh 2.5 lbs each. Two would only weigh me down 5 lbs. But, if I did go that route, what plug would I need to get in order to plug the FS7's charger into the panels? Do you know of another way to charge remotely other than solar panels? I just need to find a realistic way to charge all batteries!

I also need to figure out file dumping. Should I find a way to dump files each day, or is it easier to just bring a crap ton of cards? Thanks in advance!

 

[Nirv]

Solar power is great if you can guarantee sun and long periods.

TV Doc teams use a mixture of Solar, lots of precharged batteries and large battery packs to recharge cam batteries when there's no sun.

Try searching around the after market battery manufacturers I'm sure I've seen those battery packs for sale unfortunately they're going to be heavy.

File dumping: Buy a crap load of SD Cards. No easy answer for XQD other than shoot XAVC-L when you can. I dump to a laptop with RAID 1 drive when on site but that would be yet more weight.

Unless you have a massive budget you might want to try and get down to two or even one camera. TBH, I'd leave my FS7 at home and take the A7SII. This would simplify the storage and battery situation and you can take more lenses, batteries and audio equipment e.g. I'd take a Zoom like recorder to make up for not having the FS7.