I guess it is about time to talk about some of the gearhead stuff upon which this blog was partly founded.
CANON XH-A1 video camera: It’s been around for a while, and compared to digital still cameras, camcorders (especially at the ‘prosumer’ level, typically have a much longer product lifespan.
That combined with the fact that (again, [...]
Packing this one was a kick too. This was the Pelican with the dividers. I was able to fit a pretty crazy complement of multimedia gear in there:
Leica M8 with 15mm CV, 28mm Summicron, 35mm Summilux ASPH, 75mm Summicron, spare battery and charger
Two Pocket Wizard units and two speedlights
HV20 Canon camera with ebay lenshood and [...]
Canon USA’s Professional Services division also stepped up to honor Serious Customer Service, when I called yesterday to find out status on a body and lens we’d sent in for repair. For whatever reason, these hadn’t been initiated, even though I’d authorized the repair (and emailed a PDF of our warranty cards so they knew [...]
First big task of the packing-packing (the part where I’m actually moving stuff into containers, rather than just thinking about it):
Assembling and labeling all the various power devices. We’ve got a solar panel, about six different kinds of batteries, about nine different kinds of chargers/adapters, and an alarmingly wide variety of cables that either attach [...]
We’re in the initial stages of the final phases of putting our kit together. Today I’ll be fitting the cameras into cases and figuring out what goes where and how it’ll get there. We will need to configure three basic kits:
Travel: How We Get All The Stuff Over There
Trek: What We Carry On The Long [...]
