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gdanmitchell wrote:
I don't use a grip, preferring to keep the overall package small and simply swap in a new battery when needed so this is from a single installed battery.
I recently acquired a VoltaicSystems 20W solar panel, their higher capacity (but still small) battery, and various cables and adapters. I've tested it out enough to confirm how it works, but I haven't yet used it in the field. (A fully charged solar charger battery will certainly charge multiple camera batteries.) That opportunity comes very soon, when I'll be in the backcountry for slightly more than a week, and charging a small Macbook Air laptop and various camera batteries. I plan to write up a report on the experience when I return.
A friend who will accompany me on the upcoming trip uses a computer with much higher power requirements (Macbook Pro 15" Retina) and he shoots both a Nikon D810 and a Phase One MF system, so he got a charging system with more capacity than mine. (He also likes to start his post-processing in the field! I try to resist...)
BTW, after using a 2001 vintage home-brew solar charging system based on 12v lead acid batteries, I have to say that the contemporary systems are remarkably better.
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Dan, I wasn't quoting, or writing to reference to you in that statement you'll see upon closer inspection.
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