Weight restrictions. Geez Louise, weight restrictions. How do you carry a kazillion pounds of camera equipment when the airline says you can only bring 17.6 pounds of carry-on baggage onto a plane???
The test packing yesterday and today was a marginal success. Marginal, because I have no real trouble getting to the 20kg (44 pound) weight limit for checked baggage. Even with the camping gear — sleeping bag and all — I’m managing to come in at or under the limit there, and if I do what I’m thinking of doing and trade in the full sized tripod for a small tabletop unit (there’s really not all that much use for a tripod anyway), I should be just fine on the checked baggage.
But the carry-on is another story altogether. I want to carry on every bit of camera equipment that I would be absolutely devastated if I didn’t have. That means, in addition to cameras and lenses, the storage unit, batteries for all, and chargers for all. And getting all of it into one bag and under the weight limit is NOT going to be easy…
Sigh… off to see what else I can jettison or move into checked luggage without causing a panic attack…