Get The Gear

[rinue]

Preparing, preparing for the long trip. Mostly tedious. Lots of wading through phone trees to cancel recurring subscriptions or request paper copies of records.

For luggage reasons and because it was probably past time, I've bought a dedicated camera bag. I feel slightly awkward about it because the only bag with the right configuration to accommodate the number of camera bodies and lenses I use has Canon branding all over it, and I'm a Nikon girl. I'm trying to think of it like a false flag operation, the way people who street-park nice bicycles will sometimes spraypaint them to look rusty and not worth stealing. Here I am with this scuffed up used bag with a mismatched strap, labeled with the name of an entry-level small-format DSLR.

I'm trying to think of it like that mainly because although I have a NASA patch that I think would look great in the place where the logo is, I also think securely affixing it would mess with the bag's water resistance. Anyway, it's pristine inside and should make my life easier.

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[movingfinger]

I used a Canon lens cap on my Nikon (in fact, it's still on that lens...) and people were very excited by it. Did I have a Canon lens on the Nikon? How did I do that? How could it possibly fit? What what? You mean the lens caps are... interchangeable? Amazing!

Some even seemed offended that I had not taken immediate steps to get a properly-branded lens cap!

[knaveofstaves]

I read this posts title and then the Legend of Zelda got-item fanfare played in my head. I don't know what that means exactly.

[rinue]

Amazing. I've worked with Canons before, but nobody in the house owns any at the moment, which is convenient because Ciro has two coffee mugs that are built into old Canon lens bodies. I can look at anything with Canon on it and think: nope, coffee. (Or conversely: Oooh, coffee.)

[movingfinger]

Those coffee mug lens things TERRIFY me.

[liquidmorpheme.livejournal.com]

As a reminder, one of those mugs is yours. :)

[rinue]

I like to think of all of the mugs as mine. (Offer not restricted to my current household.)