[Leica] Decisions!

[Howard Ritter]

There’s the story of the photographer whose carry-on camera bag was a couple of kg over the limit and he was told he had no alternative except to reduce its weight. He opened the case, took out the camera body, replaced the prime on the body with the heaviest zoom in the kit, put the camera strap around his neck, and closed up the bag. It now weighed under the limit and he was passed through, despite the fact that all he’d done was to transfer some weight from the bag to his neck. In the waiting lounge he probably put the gear back in the bag. 

So wear a couple of bodies and lenses as you board, then put them back in the bag!

Have a great trip, and we’re looking forward to your images!

—howard

> On Dec28, 2018, at 1731, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> LUG:
> 
> I'm packing for my trip to Bangladesh.  We are carrying only carry-on
> luggage - one suitcase of clothes (for Tom and me for 5 weeks) and one
> rolling camera bag of equipment.  Part of the trip goes through Beijing and
> we travel on China East Airlines from Beijing to Bangkok.  Everything on
> all of their sites says that any carry-on bag cannot weigh more than 10KG.
> Of course, my camera bag weighs much more.
> 
> I'm taking the SL, 16-35, 24-90, 90-280, 50/1.4, and 90/2.0.  I stuck in
> the M240 and MM with a 24 and 50 mm M lens.  Those don't weigh anything.
> I've almost decided to leave the 50/1.4 and 90/2.0 at home.  Those are the
> heavy ones that I am least likely to use.  I will miss the low-light and
> beautiful depth of field of those two lenses, though. (I will have the M
> 50/1.4 for the M240 and MM)
> 
> What do you think?  We leave early Sunday morning.
> 
> Tina
> 
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