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Unboxing the Mystery
Oct. 27th, 2021 04:51 pmYesterday evening, Lisa opened the mystery box.
( What's Inside )
So now we have a heavy-duty transportable and luggage-checkable case for the professional Panasonic camera. We ordered this many months ago. It's not cheap: the case cost around $650. These cases are made as one-off jobs at Thermodyne's plant in southern California, and supply-chain and labor challenges made us worry that the case wouldn't be here in time for our trip to Worldcon this December. But now came the next challenge: making the camera fit in the case.
( Customizing the Custom Case )
This case is pretty heavy, but that's partially because the camera itself weighs a fair bit and partially because the case protects the camera. Because we won't need a separate accessory case, this should result in a net reduction of space needed to store and transport the camera. While it won't matter on the train trip this December, we may even be able to check it as luggage should we decide to take it with us somewhere to which we have to fly.
I'm happy the case got here in time for us to use it this winter. We may also take it with us to Westercon 73/Loscon 47 over Thanksgiving to record the Westercon Business Meeting, which will give us our first field test of the case.
( What's Inside )
So now we have a heavy-duty transportable and luggage-checkable case for the professional Panasonic camera. We ordered this many months ago. It's not cheap: the case cost around $650. These cases are made as one-off jobs at Thermodyne's plant in southern California, and supply-chain and labor challenges made us worry that the case wouldn't be here in time for our trip to Worldcon this December. But now came the next challenge: making the camera fit in the case.
( Customizing the Custom Case )
This case is pretty heavy, but that's partially because the camera itself weighs a fair bit and partially because the case protects the camera. Because we won't need a separate accessory case, this should result in a net reduction of space needed to store and transport the camera. While it won't matter on the train trip this December, we may even be able to check it as luggage should we decide to take it with us somewhere to which we have to fly.
I'm happy the case got here in time for us to use it this winter. We may also take it with us to Westercon 73/Loscon 47 over Thanksgiving to record the Westercon Business Meeting, which will give us our first field test of the case.
