Now I figure it will pay for itself in saved film costs by about late April :) (Though with film I probably wouldn't take 200+ shots in a day!)
I've got a 400 Watt inverter for converting the VUE power points to AC. That way, I can expedition into the sticks with the camera, laptop and an external Zip the neighbor gave me and keep it all charged, downloading images on the fly to HD and\or Zip. The 400's were going for $30.00 at Kragen, and they had an 800 for $60.00 last fall. I'm considering creating some kind of business related to developing units of images and samples from various geological locales.
If you're going digital wait until you can get one of these, they ARE the schiznit. That stinkin' little memory chip (up to 2 Gig) plugs right in to a computer USB cable, and acts like an external HD. I got 1-256 Mb and it still blows my mind that that much stuff can be gotten on something that small! Additionally, the lens prices appear to have dropped like a rock after Christmas.