I am shooting a wedding in three weeks time. I will bring my 10.5mm fisheye.

Regards, Niels Kristian

I hope that you come to Chicago again.

Regards, Steven

Hi there Niels ..

Not from a destination wedding, but a wedding from last year where I blogged a fish-eye image. (ie, the image was ready at hand to show here.)

The photo at the top is with the Nikon 16mm f2.8 fish-eye, and the 2nd image with the Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 .. that should give you an idea of how they differ in their look. Both were taken with the Nikon D3 which is a full-frame camera.

Neil vN

Could you give an example of the use of a fisheye lens for weddings? Which effects do you use it for?

Steven, I can tell you now that on this trip to the UK and Ireland, they weighed my bag at two of the four airport check-ins. So they do check, and I wouldn’t want to leave it to chance again.

RE the Pearstone battery charger, it works on 110 / 240V
You would just need an adapter for the UK power plug. But the charger itself is happy with 240 V.

Neil vN

I was looking at the 8-Bay Pearstone AA/AAA battery charger. I actually called B&H to try to find out if it works 120/240 or does it work in Europe. I also wanted to know the weight of the AC adaptor. B&H didn’t know the answer and Pearstone’s email contact bounced back. Sigh.

Steven … they stowed it because of the weight.

For the flight to Ireland, I carried the camera bodies and lenses in the Crumpler bag, and checked the rest of the equipment in the Airport Security roller. A compromise, but at least the most valuable equipment stays with me.

Neil vN

One way to solve the problem is divided and conquer … by that I mean take an assistant with you and they can also carry some weight…. but that seems an expensive way to solve the problem…..

Steven .. I just hit that snag on my trip to the UK. The bag is heavy .. but that comes with it being a durable bag.

This time I got lucky, and they stowed my bag for me elsewhere in the cabin. (Virgin Atlantic were super-nice about this.)

I think what I will do in future is just keep my expensive items in the bag, such as bodies and lenses – and keep the batteries and chargers and so in as separate items in my luggage.

Alternately, perhaps have the roller case as checked luggage, and keep the cameras in a light-weight shoulder bag like the Crumpler bag .. or something that doesn’t look as heavy or will attract attention.

This is a tough question to answer … I will have to rethink and consider my options here. It will remain that tough battle between wanting to protect your expensive equipment (which is also heavy) … and being able to take it as carry-on luggage.

Neil vN

So, I think someone asked about the weight of your bag, and now I am very curious about it. And I am wondering whether there might be a lower weight alternative?

Any and all advice would be deeply appreciated.