Having made it through all the transit, and now gotten some sleep ... On Sep 27, 2006, at 7:34 PM, Amita Guha wrote:
> Thanks! I have decided to check my tripod and ballhead - I don't think > they'll let me bring the 'pod anyway, and it's a small, cheaper one > that will easily fit in my checked baggage. My carryon is just the > Lowepro Orion Trekker II backpack, which I know will meet any size > restrictions. I've got the Lowepro CompuTrekker and it was very full on the way here. Part of the load was a Seagate 3.5" hard drive and RAM for my friends, so it's a bit less full now. It fits through the "one carry on" sizing as long as I don't stuff the front pocket with books to read. The section of the trip I was worried about was the BA flight from London Luton to IOM. I was insistently told ONE carryon, period. Of course, as I'm getting on the plane, one guy had a doublesize rollaway and an armload of dry cleaning, another gal had rollaway, two guitars, and a music stand. The plane was only 1/3 full. If I'd just strapped the tripod to the bag as I usually do, no one would have blinked. The folks at United coming here didn't seem to care at all ... most people had two bags and I saw several with tripod cases and musical instruments in carryon bags. On reflection, I should have left the computer home. Plenty of computer stuff here on the Island, won't need it for the rest of the trip. I wanted it to do some writing work that I need to get done while I'm here, but I could have just brought the files on my flash drive. That would have saved a lot of space and weight in the bag. I also packed too many shirts/socks/etc and forgot a sweatshirt/sweater. Oh well, the borrowed tripod will do nicely. I'm happy with having less lens choices for the moment ... hopefully it will help me focus my efforts. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
