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What would you bring?

List an entire setup if you want – I’d love to read what the regulars & experienced travelers in this section would bring!
Or just suggest a specific lens, a third party neck strap/ wrist strap, a way to get all the shots home safely, your favorite GPS solution. Would you bring a flash gun? A battery grip? Provide all the suggestions you want – I’m eager to hear them!
Fhotoace, thanks for the info. A flash is one of my main concerns and your answer has strengthened my instinct to rely on the pop-up. I see you didn’t bring anything faster than f/2.8. My 50mm f/1.4 is another question mark. I’m tempted to bring it.
I have a feeling that I’ll need a lot more CF cards (currently have 4GB). But this is something that I can easily pick up along the way.

Sam, what is this “film” that you speak of Actually, if you have a tip for a good neck strap, I’m all ears. The standard strap chafes in hot weather and it possibly draws as much attention as the camera itself.
Whoa… a quick search turned up several padded yet bland and super duper slash proof straps. Just the thing. The hits also included this page http://www.shutterbug.net/equipmentreviews/accessories/0107weird/index1.html which led to this page for an extra terrestrial ring flash: http://www.doctorseyes.com/php/startseite.html You might want to order that for your office, just to see the terror in your patients’ eyes when you point that it in their face.
Vienna, Thank you for all the input. We’re leaning towards 2 normal zooms and possibly a 50mm for redundancy/ low light. I’ll have to think if I want to replace the 50mm with a super wide… and if I really want to drag a 3rd lens along at all. I agree that we’d sooner want a super wide than a tele, but I hadn’t considered super wide vs. f/1.4

I’m curious if you and Fhotoace would still feel the need for a super wide if your normal zoom started at 18mm.

Two votes against a flashgun now.

Still looking for (more) storage & geotagging suggesions.
Terisu, Thanks for the additional gear tips and for the general travel advice. Regarding war-torn countries, we’re staying well away from conflict areas. Our biggest safety concerns are malaria, thieves, and surviving the Mongolian cuisine for three weeks… they say it’s worse than British food. Thieves/ muggers is one reason I won’t even consider a Domke vest. Nah, that’s the only reason - I don’t mind looking silly.

By: OMG, I ♥ PONIES!!1

Now for my question…I have noticed that on the first bullet in the mag the projectile has been pushed down deeper into the shell than it was originally, I assume from the constant, almost daily cambering and unloading. Will this cause the round to harm my gun or myself if I fire it? It seats just fine into the barrel and chambers and extracts just fine but I don’t want the thing to blow up inside the gun if I have to use it. Also, what might be causing it to be pushed down like that? Is this normal wear and tear or is my gun feeding poorly?

I took some pictures of the round in question and another from the same box as well as the bullet in my gun and the gun empty:

http://s300.photobucket.com/albums/nn2/Gilgland/Bullet%20Problem/

Any answers would be greatly appreciated.

By: gilgland

People serve more time for for tax evasion (unless your rich or a politician)! Where im from (in virginia) its a mandatory jail sentence of at least 5 years in prison for illegal possession of guns.

This brings me to my point. In real estate when trying to figure out prices they use comparable to come up with a price! Should courts start using comparable when sentencing people!

I know our court system is the best we can do for now, but I would be upset if im in jail for 8 years when someone else who was convited of the same thing only recieved one year.

Any thoughts?
I thought justice was suppose to be blind!

By: J