Dan, you say > I used to bring a tripod with me, but with the tighter baggage regulations, > I gave it up a few years back,
Not sure what baggage regulations you refer to. I used to remove the head from the legs, put my tripod inside my large suitcase. Larger suitcase than I needed, but anything for the tripod… Every single time, that suitcase was spotted and opened by TSA. And they often don’t do an acceptably neat repacking job. Someone on this list, one of the other relatively frequent travelers (Mark? Ken? Paul?) said “not to worry, just carry it with you.” So, with some trepidation, I did. And have continued to do. My Lowe camera backpack has straps designed to hold a tripod. Works well. My usual first flight from our small regional airport is on a CRJ-200 50 seater commuter jet. My camera backpack will not fit in the overhead. Surprisingly it does fit under the seat in front of me. So, once aboard, the tripod comes off the pack and into the overhead, the backpack goes under the seat, and off we go! I do take the ball head off the tripod to reduce the weight and bulk of the tripod; the head goes into the backpack. The backpack often gets a 2nd or 3rd look from the x-ray guy, but I can’t remember the last time anyone asked me to open the pack to inspect my gear. Stan > On Jan 29, 2018, at 6:40 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I heard there was going to be a "Blue Moon" on Jan 31, but ignored it, > because that is not a real astronomical event. I even heard something > about a lunar eclipse, but that didn't seen to apply to me. > > So, I am here, in the middle of the Pacific, and it suddenly dawns on me > that there will be a total eclipse of the moon, right over my head, in just > 36 hours, and I am totally unprepared. Of course, the weather is still a > problem, but I would hate to miss such an opportunity. > > I used to bring a tripod with me, but with the tighter baggage regulations, > I gave it up a few years back, first substituting a monopod and then one of > those 8' models that you can place on a table or wrap around a pole. This > year I have nothing. > > Had I given it some thought, I would have brought a prime lens, or even my > old 500 mm reflector lens with an adapter. > > What I have now is: > > GoPro > Pentax WG-3 gps > K-5 IIs > DA 1:4 12-24 ED AL [IF] > DA 1:3.5-5.6 18-135 mm ED AL [IF} DC WR > FA 1:2.8 !00 mm Macro > Tamron AF 75-300 1:4-5.6 LD Tele-Macro /1:3.9 > > My principal concern of course is the weather, then staying up late to see > the event. Assuming all goes well, any suggestions as to what might afford > to best opportunity to capture the eclipse? > > TIA, Dan > > > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
