"I wish sony would allow you to charge the batteries without need for the cameras"

Sony (and others) make quite a range of battery chargers for all the Sony range of batteries. Not exactly cheap but there's a fair amount of smarts required to charge Li-Ion batteries.

Bob.

Agree with all the above.

Living, as I do in a hurricane zone (yikes), I also have a "special" Pelican case for my hard drives. When the "real" hurricanes threaten, I take all my media and job-based hard drives down from their shelves and store them in the (huge) Pelican. It has wheels and Pelican is well known for facing flood and impact.

You can replace cameras, lights and sound gear. Your media is all you've got to mark your path through life (and business).

In the event of the unimaginable (now, all TOO imaginable), that's the case I will reach for.

v

"You can replace cameras, lights and sound gear. Your media is all you've got to mark your path through life (and business).

Couldn't agree more Vic - those are words of wisdom.

Dave

As the Travelling Wilburys said, "Store it in a cool, dry place"...

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Frenchy

Vic, I know that a Pelican is a big bird, can carry a lot of wieght and common in FL, but doesn't the fish smell bother you when you recover the drives, ( hopefully from the front and not the back)? Plus what do you do if the Pelican gets eaten by a gator? Or worse, gets caught by TSA and inspected?

Vic,
you could also look at the Storm cases, a little cheaper than the Pelicans, the latches don't break your fingers and um, well, the name suggests they might be more suited to your needs.

Bob.

As long as use A/C and heat in your home or office , store it on a shelf in an equipment room, no need for $$$$ weather tite cases, less you live in a tree house or somethin
I figure if my martins and gibsons are ok , my video gear can handle it.

Winrock - dude - - -

not to be rude or anything, but you're not in touch with the unfortuate realities of the current weather situation(s) - where do you LIVE?? (I want a nice safe place to settle down in - it was supposed to be Florida - HAH!!)

if you'd seen nearly as many windows blown out, roofs blown off and entire walls knocked down as I have in the last two years, you'd be thinking of MOVING INTO a Pelican case. (Like why don't they make airplanes out of the same stuff that they make those "black boxes" out of?)

Down here we ALL make jokes - it's called "Denial".

v

vic,
After being hit by hurricanes Ivan, Dennis and brushed by Katrina, I've found that you should store the equipment in a water-proof/storm-proof case, in the car, within the garage, and metal brace the garage door.

Vic, a friend who lives in Tampa last year was discussing with me, ways of protecting his equipment for FL famous weather when he home or travelling. If one's budget does not permit a special built storm room, I would suggest buying one or two large gun storage safes . They can be rigged for operating storage units for daily use. Re-fit the door seal with a water seal and they are going nowhere in bad weather. My friend also had bolts welded on, so they could be bolted to the cement floor in his office(quest house) by the pool. We designed a plastic inter door, so when the safe doors where open, a clean look was maintained.