[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Kacey Green

Wow you're travelling heavy! This coming from a hardware geek too.

Well, my wife is carrying some of the gear - I've got my camera bag and my laptop bag, but she's got one laptop, the Proporta battery, and a couple of other things. This is just the stuff we want to have with us when we're there, not the stuff we'll take with us every day.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by Kacey Green

Wow you're travelling heavy! This coming from a hardware geek too.

Well, my wife is carrying some of the gear - I've got my camera bag and my laptop bag, but she's got one laptop, the Proporta battery, and a couple of other things. This is just the stuff we want to have with us when we're there, not the stuff we'll take with us every day.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by bcre8v2

I would almost suggest traveling lighter and buying cool gadgets in Japan that aren't otherwise available here {wink}.

Other than a Tamron 38mm to 300mm lens that I can't seem to get here yet, there's not much in the way of gadgets that I really need/want. But I am going to Akihabara, so you never know...

Originally Posted by bcre8v2

Oh.... Will you be attending the Boston Red Sox season opener?

What a strange question...no, I don't follow baseball. Is that some inside joke I'm not aware of?

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by gasusan2006

don't forget extra headphones for you and Ashley...

Extra, you mean four sets total? You mean in case ours break? Hmm....I think we'll be ok.

Originally Posted by gasusan2006

and since you won't be around next week (25th?)...Happy Birthday!!

Thanks Susan! Hopefully even though I'm not here my team won't forget about my birthday. Haha.

[Jason Dunn]

Originally Posted by The Yaz

Looks like you're gonna need to pack an E-Vest or jacket to properly carry all of your stuff!

Heh...I'm using a Skooba 17":

http://www.skoobadesign.com/product/...-seventeen-29/

Although not that new cool one, the older one. Damn, I really want that new black/red one, that's hot! Matches my Dell laptop too.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

What a strange question...no, I don't follow baseball. Is that some inside joke I'm not aware of?

The Red Sox will be playing the season opener in Japan (against the Oakland Athletics) in late March.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...=.jsp&c_id=mlb

I wonder if it's sold out already, though I'm guessing Jason is not planning to go.

--janak

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

It pretty much is a photo shoot! I'll probably return with 3000 to 5000 photos initially, cull that down to 2000 pretty quick, and likely end up with 1000 or so keepers from the two weeks.

Great time of the year to go. Sakura makes for great shots.

[DaleReeck]

Originally Posted by yslee

I'm going to disagree with your lenses. Are you going for a holiday or a photoshoot?

My personal belief is if it's a holiday where you want to experience the place it's best to travel light, not just with the camera, but with the mind. Trying to take good photos tends to take up a lot of brain activity...

I agree, take one good walkaround, like an 18-200 if you got it. That's save you some serious weight.

[k_kirk]

Wondeful! Have a great vacation. You might want to take a copy of H&H Japan2Go... http://www.hnhsoft.com/jtgpbook on one of your PocketPCs. I have used this software with great success on a number of trips and would very much recommend it to any alien traveling to Japan.

[Rocco Augusto]

Originally Posted by Jason Dunn

Actually, that's one of the gadgets that I don't have - when I'm on a plane/train/whatever, I watch movies, read books, listen to music, write...but I don't game. I sometimes will load games on my laptop to play while on vacation, but I don't have a portable gaming unit. I keep thinking about buying one, probably a PSP, but then I remember it's a Sony product and I come to my senses.

You should get a Nintendo DS, they're fun. I mostly use mine now for all of the cool homebrew apps (who doesn't love Nethack?!) but I recently picked up the new Zelda game and the new Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and both have been hours upon hours of amusement

[Pete Paxton]

What? No iPhone? JK Have a great trip!