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Category: Product Reviews

iPad Pro with a dark background

26th

Jul

Photography, Product Reviews

Choosing the Right iPad for Me

by Hiking with Camera

As a hiking photographer, there are some great advantages to having a portable, photo editing tool. With the upcoming release of iPadOS, the iPad may, for the first time, become a tool that serious photographers can use as a significant part of their workflow. Features such as external drive support and direct import of files […]

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26th

Oct

Photography, Product Reviews

A Review of Lightroom CC

by Hiking with Camera

As many of you likely know, a couple months ago, I migrated my entire Lightroom Classic library to Lightroom CC for Desktop. For a little over two months, I maintained two separate workflows for my photography, one in the Lightroom CC ecosystem and one in Lightroom Classic, completely cut off from syncing with Lightroom CC. […]

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The outdoor antenna mounted in the front of the Mantis for the cell signal booster

22nd

Jun

Camping Trailers, Product Reviews

Mantis Mods: weBoost Cell Enhancer

by Hiking with Camera

One of the early enhancements we made to our Cricket was a cell signal booster. We went on 26 trips in the first year of our Cricket. That’s every other weekend plus a few longer trips (4–16 days), and we continued going out throughout the cold winter months, so having a good cell signal allowed […]

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Three 160 watt flexible solar panels adhered to the Mantis roof

8th

Jun

Camping Trailers, Product Reviews

Mantis Mods: 480 Watts of Solar Power

by Hiking with Camera

Update and WARNING: The solar setup described below has become problematic for several reasons: The panel that goes over the aluminum strip down the center of the roof interferes with the maintenance and weather sealing of that strip. The panels butting against the strip, while not preventing maintenance, do make it more complicated. Due to […]

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Mantis parked in the trees on a sunny day with a portable solar panel setup

25th

May

Camping Trailers, Product Reviews

Tour our 2018 TAXA Mantis

by Hiking with Camera

Now that we’ve had a few weekends to take out our Mantis camper from TAXA Outdoors, we’re finally ready for the grand tour of our new home away from home. We purchased the first generation Mantis. In fact, ours is #12, so among the first to hit the streets, so-to-speak. We love how open it […]

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Glow of red light through the Cricket Canvas under the starry sky

18th

May

Camping Trailers, Product Reviews

TAXA Cricket Camping Trailer

by Hiking with Camera

I tend more towards backpacking than car camping, yet the ability to bring a basecamp—a home—with me on trips has always been appealing to me. I am lucky enough to be married to a wife who has shared that appeal, and so a little over a year ago, after watching the progression of small camping […]

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Hidden tow vehicle in front of Mantis Camper

10th

May

Camping Trailers, Gear, Product Reviews

Big Reveal: Our New Tow Vehicle

by Hiking with Camera

If you’ve followed our journey on the TAXA Trailer Owner’s Facebook group, you’ll probably know we’ve struggled a bit with our tow vehicle. What you probably don’t know is how painful this decision process has been. We started the search in February, well before our Mantis was delivered, so we had plenty of time. We […]

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Fuji X-T1, X-E1, XF 14mm f/2.8, 23mm f/2, 35mm f/2, 56mm f/1.2, 18-55mm f/2.8-4, 18-135mm, 100-400mm

19th

Nov

Gear, Photography, Product Reviews

My Switch to Fujifilm

by Hiking with Camera

Over the years, I’ve carried my fair share of heavy gear. On backpacking trips, my record is in around 14 pounds of camera gear alone. Though I know folks who’ve carried more than that. Still, my goal is not to have the heaviest load. Especially as I left my 20s, carrying a lot of stuff […]

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4th

Aug

Gear, Hiking, Product Reviews

Gregory Baltoro Review

by Hiking with Camera

Earlier in the year, I explained the limitations of my lighter Osprey atoms 50 pack. Beyond 35 pounds, it tends to get uncomfortable, and past 40 it’s downright painful. And with 8 pounds of camera gear, it doesn’t take much to hit up against the upper limits of that pack. A recent trip had me carrying […]

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21st

Jul

Gear, Product Reviews

My Outdoor Research Apparel

by Hiking with Camera

Thanks to my friend who works at Outdoor Research (OR), I’ve recently begun to acquire quite a few pieces from OR. Aside from my bias of knowing someone who works there (and getting the up and up on all the upcoming sales), I really like OR both for the products they put out and for […]

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