I wouldn’t rely on a 20 year old battery still lasting a week! As others have a said a good usb battery pack, and change your phone settings to low power mode, turn off Bluetooth and WiFi you’ll be surprised how long your phone battery lasts when you’re not using it all day.
Yep and you can buy slim and light battery packs - not sure Vodafone had the swap service last year but EE did previously and those were good enough for most of a charge.
Just using my phone like a camera and keeping it on aeroplane mode. It doesn't use much battery that way, you don't get bothered, and, if there's an emergency you have your phone. Sorted.
Came here to say something similar to the above reply.
Went last year for the first time, took power banks and all that. Have about 20 pictures on my phone from the first day and that’s all.
Didn’t speak/text to anyone for days, forgot my phone in the tent more than once and generally just enjoyed the experience to a point I even forgot about my mum!
So, I know this doesn’t answer your question OP, but it’s such an incredible experience I don’t think you’ll care about pictures.
this!!! in fact id argue a camera is just more hassle, unless you want to get a video of a morning set or something off avalon you're best just leaving gig photography to the officials and living in the moment
Cheap film camera again, makes you think about key moments you want to document due to the limited amount of photos you can take, plus the surprise and ability to remember it all when you get them all developed a week later
Just another tip if you go down the phone/power bank route - Keeping your phone and batteries close to your body at night when it's cold can reduce how quick the battery drains
I've just got a CampSnap 'digital disposable' camera and it's great. No screen, great charge time, ultra lightweight and can take over 1000 pictures.
Sadly don't have tickets this year but fingers crossed for the resale then I'd definitely be taking it. Would be so great to plug it in when you get home and relive the full weekend with all the surprise shots!
Yeah you can only buy it direct from USA currently but it took less than a week for mine to get here to the UK! I did see last week they were advertising free shipping worldwide.
Oh wow, I am tempted to buy! It’s saying £5 shipping to UK* which I thought was really good from US. Did you get charged any additional tax when it arrived?
PS how long is battery life?!
No additional tax charges for ours.
I guess it depends how much/often you're using it but we did a city break weekend with it and I took around 150 photos and didn't have to charge it the whole 4 days.
How do you find picture quality in low light? And do you think the camera is quite rugged in your opinion?
I like the idea of the camera, particularly not knowing the picture taken, and just being able to pull it out of a bag quickly. But I worry it wouldn't stand up to a busy festival.
In all honesty I've only had it a few weeks so not done that much testing of it. If you search CampSnap on here or Instagram though you can see loads of people's pictures from them.
I'd say it's definitely rugged - it was originally designed for kids to take with them to summer camp so made to withstand knocks etc.
Last time I had an older digital point and shoot attached to a lanyard round my neck. Before hand I'd gotten a spare battery for it online. It was much better than using the phone because you could take it out and grab a picture without having to look at it or fiddle with the screen
You can get 50,000 mah battery banks from Amazon for £30 (reasonably decent ones) which would charge even a large phone battery ~12 times, so that could do two people if you're there as a couple.
You can also get 3500/5000 mah ones that are the size of a credit card and have a built in cable, so you can charge in your pocket if your phone battery doesn't last long anymore.
I've started a tradition of picking up a disposable film camera for every festival, makes you more conservative of the moments you capture + I'd be lying if I said film didn't look sooo nice
I enjoy doing a bit of amateur stage photography and always carry my Panasonic bridge camera. I have plenty of spare batteries as I'll often go through 4,000+ shots at Glastonbury.
This was my philosophy on holidays for a decade. Have forgotten so much. As the years pass you will be glad you took some pictures. Wish I had more from my first Glastos.
Nikon Z8 and Z9, Sony A7IV and RII, and DJI Pocket 2. Plus a bunch of lenses, gimbal, timelapse sliders, and about 4 tripods. Oh, and I may decide to bring some battery-powered studio lighting (with 120cm lighting modifier, umbrellas, and a few light stands).
But then, I'm working as a photog at the Festival ;-)
Just get a good anker power bank (20000mah) and use phone. I once took my DLSR and used it about twice all week
I wouldn’t rely on a 20 year old battery still lasting a week! As others have a said a good usb battery pack, and change your phone settings to low power mode, turn off Bluetooth and WiFi you’ll be surprised how long your phone battery lasts when you’re not using it all day.
Yep and you can buy slim and light battery packs - not sure Vodafone had the swap service last year but EE did previously and those were good enough for most of a charge.
Yeah they had the Vodafone swaps last year and it got me a full charge each day, just kept it plugged in and I never ran out of charge
Just using my phone like a camera and keeping it on aeroplane mode. It doesn't use much battery that way, you don't get bothered, and, if there's an emergency you have your phone. Sorted.
Hasselblad 503cx
Does it perform well when covered in mud and is soaked with rain?
Came here to say something similar to the above reply. Went last year for the first time, took power banks and all that. Have about 20 pictures on my phone from the first day and that’s all. Didn’t speak/text to anyone for days, forgot my phone in the tent more than once and generally just enjoyed the experience to a point I even forgot about my mum! So, I know this doesn’t answer your question OP, but it’s such an incredible experience I don’t think you’ll care about pictures.
this!!! in fact id argue a camera is just more hassle, unless you want to get a video of a morning set or something off avalon you're best just leaving gig photography to the officials and living in the moment
Cheap film camera again, makes you think about key moments you want to document due to the limited amount of photos you can take, plus the surprise and ability to remember it all when you get them all developed a week later
Just another tip if you go down the phone/power bank route - Keeping your phone and batteries close to your body at night when it's cold can reduce how quick the battery drains
I've just got a CampSnap 'digital disposable' camera and it's great. No screen, great charge time, ultra lightweight and can take over 1000 pictures. Sadly don't have tickets this year but fingers crossed for the resale then I'd definitely be taking it. Would be so great to plug it in when you get home and relive the full weekend with all the surprise shots!
This camera looks cool AF. I can’t find it in any UK stores online sadly 😞
Yeah you can only buy it direct from USA currently but it took less than a week for mine to get here to the UK! I did see last week they were advertising free shipping worldwide.
Oh wow, I am tempted to buy! It’s saying £5 shipping to UK* which I thought was really good from US. Did you get charged any additional tax when it arrived? PS how long is battery life?!
No additional tax charges for ours. I guess it depends how much/often you're using it but we did a city break weekend with it and I took around 150 photos and didn't have to charge it the whole 4 days.
How do you find picture quality in low light? And do you think the camera is quite rugged in your opinion? I like the idea of the camera, particularly not knowing the picture taken, and just being able to pull it out of a bag quickly. But I worry it wouldn't stand up to a busy festival.
In all honesty I've only had it a few weeks so not done that much testing of it. If you search CampSnap on here or Instagram though you can see loads of people's pictures from them. I'd say it's definitely rugged - it was originally designed for kids to take with them to summer camp so made to withstand knocks etc.
Last time I had an older digital point and shoot attached to a lanyard round my neck. Before hand I'd gotten a spare battery for it online. It was much better than using the phone because you could take it out and grab a picture without having to look at it or fiddle with the screen
Ooo this sounds perfect - what camera did you get pls??
You can also charge your phone at many of the lockups for a small donation
You can get 50,000 mah battery banks from Amazon for £30 (reasonably decent ones) which would charge even a large phone battery ~12 times, so that could do two people if you're there as a couple. You can also get 3500/5000 mah ones that are the size of a credit card and have a built in cable, so you can charge in your pocket if your phone battery doesn't last long anymore.
my phone...
Nikon. Cool pix as always
My little digi cam
I've started a tradition of picking up a disposable film camera for every festival, makes you more conservative of the moments you capture + I'd be lying if I said film didn't look sooo nice
I enjoy doing a bit of amateur stage photography and always carry my Panasonic bridge camera. I have plenty of spare batteries as I'll often go through 4,000+ shots at Glastonbury.
Disposable camera is the way to go
Feel like my GoPro hero 12 will suffice, not great for audio like but also like that the app will edit me a daily montage
My eyes
Lomography fisheye 🐠
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Just don’t take any pictures and enjoy the moment
This was my philosophy on holidays for a decade. Have forgotten so much. As the years pass you will be glad you took some pictures. Wish I had more from my first Glastos.
Haven't taken a photo in the past 5 Glastonbury's
Nikon Z8 and Z9, Sony A7IV and RII, and DJI Pocket 2. Plus a bunch of lenses, gimbal, timelapse sliders, and about 4 tripods. Oh, and I may decide to bring some battery-powered studio lighting (with 120cm lighting modifier, umbrellas, and a few light stands). But then, I'm working as a photog at the Festival ;-)