Amid the uncertainty about the camera/lens(es), it is important to remind you of some information that might have gotten buried in the camera talk.
Regardless of what camera solution you settle on — make sure you have (1) extra ‘film’ (memory cards) (2) extra battery and (3) a way to store the photos while you are in AK.
You don’t want to have to ration yourself because you don’t have enough ‘film’. Deleting images in the field is just asking for something bad to happen.
You don’t want to be caught with only 1 battery. While battery life is very good — running out of battery is not something you want to be reminded of (over and over and over again!)
Image storage while in AK — you don’t want to have only 1 copy of your photos. You could backup the images to an internet storage service - bring a portable hard drive - have a laptop with way more storage than you will need. The choice is yours. When I was in AK - I would backup my camera media to a laptop and then get a 2nd backup to a portable HD. Only after I had 2 good copies, would I reformat the camera media for the next day. Was I too careful? Maybe. But I have yet to lose an image due to the failure of camera media - laptop disk or portable HD.
Isn’t taking photos easy? ;)
Great thoughts.You don't take a photograph,
you make it.
Ansel Adams