Every morning I have to extricate myself from a clowder of cats and this morning they were wanting me to stay in bed with them. I think they can sense that something is up with all our preparations to leave for France on Saturday, because they have been clinging to us a little more the past few days. Another glass got broken this morning, and it ended up looking pretty artsy. We really like the large stemware, but they have a way of making their way to the edges of counters and tables where we tend to brush by and knock them off.
Speaking of France, I have had several inquires about what photo equipment I’m taking to France. The last two photos show the lineup of bodies and lenses, sans my Fuji X-Pro1 which I used to take the photos. The two Canon 1Ds bodies, the 17-40mm ƒ/4 and 70-200mm ƒ/4 zoom lenses, the 50mm ƒ/1.4 and 40mm ƒ/2.8 lenses, plus extra batteries may seem like a lot to carry, but they are not, really. I’ve been carrying one body, either a 5D or a 1Ds, the two zoom lenses, the 50mm lens and an extra battery with me everyday for the past 6 months in my laptop/camera messenger bag (not shown). The last photo shows how the cameras and lenses all fit nicely into my Lowepro Passport Sling Camera bag that I’ve had for a couple of years now. The Lowepro Passport is a compact, yet roomy bag that is really comfortable to carry. The zoom lenses give me a range from super-wide angle to telephoto, and the 50mm gives me a “fast” normal lens. The 40mm lens is a compact lens, and while not a true macro lens, it focuses close enough to allow me to crop to near macro levels, allowing me to leave my much larger 100mm macro lens at home.
Off Center & Not Even 
That’s a really nice bag for your camera and lenses! So sweet your cats on the bed. We don’t allow our cats upstairs, because they always bring animals like mice, birds, rats dead or alive in the house. I miss my cats sleeping on the bed, but I don’t like the gifts they bring us in our bed. 😉
Love the kitties.
I’m really amazed at everything you can get into the bag, although I do think Lowepro overall is the best of the bag makers for getting a lot into a given space. I’m looking forward to seeing the daily pics of this grand trip. You guys deserve this.
Stay safe and have fun (both of which I know you will)!
Wow all the equipment you have! I love the photo of the broken glass. Very good eye.
Back in the days of film (remember that stuff?) I had medium format cameras, 4X5 and 8X10 inch view cameras — I processed most of my film and prints in my own darkroom! Now my darkroom is my computer and my prints are on my blog! I got my first digital camera in 2003 and sold my last film camera in 2006.
Sometimes I miss old film cameras.
Not me. Although, I do have to say, I have thousands of B&W negatives that will be around long after I’m gone, but the digital photos I’ve done since 2003 will be around as only as long as they can be read by a computer or the Internet. But if there is no power, there are no photos, and it all slips away into oblivion.
This reality hit me pretty hard looking at the old paintings at the Louvre. They have survived for hundreds of years. My digital photos could be all lost in after the next OS upgrade.