IjabaFilms
Well-known member
Hi everyone,
I leave for Germany and Ireland on Thursday and I'm at a stand still on this packing thing.
I went out and bought a bigger suitcase to fit all my stuff in. My thing is, I simply must travel with one wheeled bag and my backpack. So I've spent two days attacking this packing situation like a crazy dictator. It's almost there, I can actually fit everything into one bag BUT its too snug for my comfort. So... This is what I'm considering and I'm puting it on the board to get other thoughts, in case I've been working this thing too long and can't see any new solutions.
The biggest issue with this packing is that I have my tripod in the bag. It is a good one and I've taken the head off so the legs could also fit in there easily. Part of why I put it in there is because it only has a soft case and I wanted it protected so its surrounded by my coats.
All of my clothes are in 2 of those vaccuum bags so they take up very little space (yeah 3 weeks worth of clothes, those things are awesome).
But I could eliminate the snug problem if I simply removed the tripod legs out of the case. So I was thinking of just saying screw it and just checking the tripod in it's soft case... that was one option....
My other option is, I could also get more space if I took the tripod leg bolts out to remove the legs from the spreader and top part and laid everything down flat.
What do you all think? Can you think of any other way?
And no there is no time for me to get a hard case and just check the tripod. I have another smaller tripod and a dinky cheap one but I don't want to take either. I plan on doing some video work on top of one of those topless buses in Dublin and I'll need the good tripod for that.
And does anyone know if I would have problems having my light bulbs in my carryon? They are wrapped in bubble wrap.
Thanks!
I leave for Germany and Ireland on Thursday and I'm at a stand still on this packing thing.
I went out and bought a bigger suitcase to fit all my stuff in. My thing is, I simply must travel with one wheeled bag and my backpack. So I've spent two days attacking this packing situation like a crazy dictator. It's almost there, I can actually fit everything into one bag BUT its too snug for my comfort. So... This is what I'm considering and I'm puting it on the board to get other thoughts, in case I've been working this thing too long and can't see any new solutions.
The biggest issue with this packing is that I have my tripod in the bag. It is a good one and I've taken the head off so the legs could also fit in there easily. Part of why I put it in there is because it only has a soft case and I wanted it protected so its surrounded by my coats.
All of my clothes are in 2 of those vaccuum bags so they take up very little space (yeah 3 weeks worth of clothes, those things are awesome).
But I could eliminate the snug problem if I simply removed the tripod legs out of the case. So I was thinking of just saying screw it and just checking the tripod in it's soft case... that was one option....
My other option is, I could also get more space if I took the tripod leg bolts out to remove the legs from the spreader and top part and laid everything down flat.
What do you all think? Can you think of any other way?
And no there is no time for me to get a hard case and just check the tripod. I have another smaller tripod and a dinky cheap one but I don't want to take either. I plan on doing some video work on top of one of those topless buses in Dublin and I'll need the good tripod for that.
And does anyone know if I would have problems having my light bulbs in my carryon? They are wrapped in bubble wrap.
Thanks!
You just need a physical adapter for the plugs to make them fit the holes, no active adaption/conversion needed there.