Imaging and Data
Cameras, drone, audio and the redundant storage that makes the archive defensible — every frame, reading and recording that becomes an entry.
- $24,380
- Estimated cost
- 21%
- Of the expedition target
- 5
- Itemised costs
- N-003 · N-004
- Published needs
Why this line exists
The output has to survive scrutiny: a printed book, a guide and a public archive that other people will rely on to decide whether to walk somewhere hot enough to injure them. That means real cameras, a drone for site context, recorded interviews, position and temperature data, and backups made the same day so nothing from a field leg exists on a single disk.
When it is spent: Almost entirely pre-departure procurement, with consumables and data replaced during the season.
What it produces
- →A consistent, high-resolution image set for every documented spring
- →Recorded temperature and position data attached to each entry
- →Interview audio behind the local stories and legends in the book
Itemised costs
Published at estimate stage and reconciled against real invoices once spent. Nothing here is a rounded marketing number.
| Item | What it covers | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Stills and video bodies with lensesTwo weather-sealed bodies (one is the backup), wide, standard and long glass, filters and tripods. | Two weather-sealed bodies (one is the backup), wide, standard and long glass, filters and tripods. | $11,800 |
| Drone and aerial capabilitySite-context aerials that show approach, scale and hazard geometry — the single most useful frame for a guidebook. | Site-context aerials that show approach, scale and hazard geometry — the single most useful frame for a guidebook. | $4,200 |
| Field audio for interviewsRecorder, lavs and windshields for recording local stories and legends outdoors. | Recorder, lavs and windshields for recording local stories and legends outdoors. | $2,100 |
| Redundant storage and same-day backupCards, two mirrored field drives and offsite upload when connectivity allows — nothing exists on one disk. | Cards, two mirrored field drives and offsite upload when connectivity allows — nothing exists on one disk. | $3,900 |
| Power, charging and connectivityBattery bank, inverter, solar top-up and data for daily publishing from the field. | Battery bank, inverter, solar top-up and data for daily publishing from the field. | $2,380 |
| Total for this line | $24,380 | |
What this covers
- 01Stills and video bodies with lenses
- 02Drone and aerial capability
- 03Field audio for interviews
- 04Redundant storage and same-day backup
- 05Power, charging and connectivity
What a sponsor receives
- Equipment credit in the book, the archive and every image caption set that used it
- Behind-the-scenes capture footage for the sponsor's own channels, licence agreed in writing
- Logo and link on the contributors page and the funding line page
Sponsorship never buys an entry, a placement, a rating or a safety finding. Every credit is disclosed in the book, the archive and on the contributors page.
If this line is only partly funded
Below full funding the drone and second body go first. The archive still ships, with fewer aerial context frames and no in-field redundancy for a camera failure.
Support in kind instead of cash
- ·Camera bodies, lenses or a drone on loan for the season
- ·Storage media, field drives or cloud backup capacity
- ·Editing, colour or archive infrastructure support
Questions sponsors ask
Answered the same way we answer them by email.
Is any of this resold afterwards?
Durable equipment stays with the project and is used for the waterfall and church expeditions. Sponsors are told which line their money bought.
Who owns the images?
The project. Sponsors receive agreed usage licences; they never receive editorial control.
Other funding lines
The full hot-spring expedition target of $115,960 is costed across five groups of published needs.