Best Lens for Everest Base Camp Trek- Which camera is better for EBC Trek?
Everest Base Camp Trek is the best adventurous activity every trekker dreams to accomplish. These days, not only trekkers but also professional photographers are enchanted in Everest Region to capture the world’s highest Mt. Everest along with the serene landscape and beautiful scenery and sell the photos at a high price in their country. For the perfect photo shoots, trekkers must be well equipped with the best lens for Everest Base Camp Trek. Everest region is the serene place on Earth due to sparkling mountain range, divine natural beauty, and panoramic landscape. The trekkers also want to seize the best scenery, landscape, dazzling peaks and everlasting moments of the Trek in their camera.
Potters and trekkers are heading towards their destination in Everest Base Camp Trek
If you are trekking to Everest Base Camp with cameras, there are many things trekkers need to know about the importance of camera, its uses, battery durability, facility of charging and its cost. Carrying a DSLR camera along with the best lens for Everest Base Camp Trek gives an opportunity to capture the best scenery. But in cold temperature, the battery drains quickly and it needed to be charged frequently.
While trekking in higher elevation, the cold temperature quickly drains the battery, therefore, we need to charge the battery time and again in the whole trek. To know about the availability of camera charging, check:
How can we charge the camera battery in EBC Trek?
Way to the Everest Base Camp
In EBC Trekking trails, there are lots of tea houses and lodges where trekkers can easily charge the camera battery. “How much does it cost?” is the FAQ we have tried to reply here for trekkers’ convenience.
In the lower elevated villages like Lukla, Namche, Phakding, and Tengboche, trekkers can easily get power supplies to charge the camera batteries; whereas in the higher elevation Dingboche, Gorakshep, there is no adequate power supply in the villages and trekkers need to depend on solar charger to charge the camera batteries. To charge the battery, one needs to pay approximately U$D 3 to U$D 7 depending upon the elevation and lodges.
Alternative of charging the camera battery:
Majestic view of Mountain and Glacier
In the long Jiri-Everest Base Camp Trek, the cold temperature quickly depletes the battery, therefore it is not possible to charge the battery on a daily basis by paying U$D 3 – U$D 7. Also, most of the lodges can’t provide adequate power sockets during peak seasons. In these cases, there are some alternatives to the trekkers than charging the battery at lodges.
- Carry spare batteries: Especially, the professional mountain photographers must carry spare batteries than depending on the charger at lodges. It is always wise to bring extra batteries and keep it warm to make it last longer.
- Bring one’s own portable solar charger: Paying more money to buy batteries may not be the best idea if you want economical trek. The batteries also don’t last long if it gets caught by cold; so trekkers can purchase cheap and comfortable solar kit to charge the batteries anytime they need and want.
- Use Power banks: To avoid the problems related to charging batteries, you can carry power banks while trekking to EBC. Once you charge the power bank, it can be used to charge the devices in any situation.
- Keep the batteries warm: Rather than charging the battery by paying money, don’t turn the battery on while it is not necessary; and also keep the battery warm inside the pocket so that it functions longer.
Best Lens for Everest Base Camp Trek- Which camera is better for EBC Trek 2020?
Trekkers are heading towards Everest Base Camp
If you are a solo trekker and want to control your expenses, then don’t buy expensive cameras for the trek. Even a good mobile’s camera with high megapixel and better picture resolution is a better option to take the pristine view of the Everest Region.
The professional photographers must carry a DSLR camera along with tripod or monopod, flashlight, spare batteries, a zoom lens, a wide-angle lens, and the best lens for Everest Base Camp Treks. To capture the best picture of flora and fauna, the highest peak, glacier, passes, lakes, rivers, etc, trekkers must be equipped with the best gadgets and gears.
The trekkers who want to take simple landscape photography or prefer to make travel VLOG or documentary, they can carry a digital camera, or a handy camera or Go-Pro camera with them. These cameras are very small in size and make the trek comfortable.
*While trekking Classic – Everest Base Camp Trek, trekkers are suggested to carry light bag-packs to enjoy the trek blissfully. Carrying the big cameras sometimes ruins the charm of the EBC Trek; so always think either the camera is necessary or not while trekking.
Conclusion:
Potters are heading towards the destination
Trekking in the Himalayan Region is absolutely awe-inspiring. The cerulean landscape, serene nature, stupendous mountains, turquoise lakes, surging rivers, highest glacier, sacred lakes, etc are the main highlights of Gokyo-Cho La-Everest Base Camp Trek. To make the trek memorable and to capture the best moment, trekkers carry their own camera. Carrying a camera is not an issue, but what type of camera you are planning to carry is important. We always recommend the trekkers to carry simple and light cameras to make the trek easy and comfortable.
Trekkers are enjoying their time at Tea house
Sometimes the camera becomes useless in cold temperature due to quick battery depletion. You need to charge the battery at lodges paying some money which can make the trek expensive. MMT’s expert suggests the trekkers carry a small mobile or digital camera for the easy trek. If trekkers want to have DSLR cameras with the best lens for Everest Base Camp Trek, either carry spare batteries or carry a portable solar charger to charge the camera’s battery anywhere you want.
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