ku # 674 ~ a few answers
Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 12:51PM 
Nature is chaotic in the Adirondack PARK, NY • click to embiggenOver the course of the past few entries, a number of questions have arisen that were not germane to the topic at hand. So, I'll make a stab at answer a couple of them.
Bill Gordon (no link provided) asked: ... you mentioned the mCamerabag...is that the name of the bag and if not what one did you decide on that would carry the camera and two lenses?
I went to B&H to purchase a smallish camera bag for my m4/3rds gear and came away with one that sorta fit the bill but was, in fact, really the best compromise available. I felt that is was still too big for my needs but it was quite a bit better than any camera bag that I currently owned.
Then a few days later, as I was walking through a Best Buy store (on my way out to my car), I came across a camera bag section that had a number of video / camcorder bags on display. It was there that I found a near-perfect m-style camera bag - the Lowepro Edit 140.
I say "near-perfect" because: 1) it has a rather gimpy strap, and 2) it has only one divider. However, with the addition of the strap and the velcro-secured / adjustable dividers from the "compromise" camera bag, it is now "perfect".
Anil Rao asked: ...Based on the frequency of your posts, you seem to be producing a whole lot of pictures, all which look really well made (at least when viewed on the computer screen). I was interested in knowing how many of these pictures do you end up printing.
I make a lot of prints. However, the overwhelming majority of them are stacked - with tissue paper interleaving - on a work table because I have yet to find a reasonably priced solution to the presentation problem. Most of my current printing is 24×24 prints. Presentation costs - mounting, matting, framing, glass, etc. - for that size print can be staggering. Especially so considering that a matted 24×24 print is closer to 36×36 in size.
Consequently, I have taken to simply putting unmounted prints on the wall, sans mat and frame, with clear pushpins. It's not very elegant, but it works and, most importantly, prints tacked to the wall is much better than prints in a pile.
Reader Comments (3)
We need more walls.
I have to ask: what is your uprezing strategy?
Have you considered making a book or books ala Shutterfly? I have made 4 using Apple's iPhoto book service. I have no extra wall space either. This was a convenient way to make photos accessible in a different way. Heck, I might even purchase one of your ku books (or two) if they were available. Now, back to reading the EP1 manual.