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Originally Posted by portlandmarine
Got them both covered Klondike, I'm 30 so no problem there, plus I'll have a young female friend with me! So hopefully that will help too. I was thinking about brining a larger camera (a Sony NEX-5N) though. What precautions do you think I should take? Also, I have a flash on the camera, but never used it before and am not sure if it will drain the battery.
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I don't have any experience with photographing WNBRs, but I do know something about photography, and the NEX series in particular. I wouldn't worry about the size of the NEX-5N; even with the kinda-bulky 18-55mm lens, it's on the larger end of "small cameras", in my opinion. Probably not the kind of thing that will get anybody worried. But more importantly, the low-light performance is absolutely amazing. If you set the ISO to 12800 or 25600, streetlit photos can be clear as day. The higher the ISO, the grainier the picture, of course, so you'd want to test it out beforehand to be sure, and probably bring the flash along in case you want it in the darker areas. But if you can take clear photos without drawing the attention a flash draws, it might be very well worth it, and that's a great camera to pull it off. Using the flash would probably run down your battery twice as fast as not, but the battery life starts out so good that I'd be surprised if it ran out on you from flash photography, unless you're bold enough to take 100+ shots w/flash.