Travelling light

I’m packing for a week-long assignment. Here’s what I’m taking:

Canon 1Ds Mark II camera body
28-105mm lens
70-200mm lens
17-35mm lens
85mm f1.8 lens
50mm f1.4 lens
400mm lens
1.6x telextender
15mm fisheye lens
Backup camera: Canon 20D
17-85mm lens
Gitzo carbon fiber Reporter style tripod
Speedlight 580EX
Color filters for Speedlight
7 2gb cards and wallet
4 1gb cards and wallet
Sensor brushes
Blower
Cable release
Lens cloth and cleaner
67mm and 58mm polarizing lenses
Gaffer tape
Allen wrench and 10mm spanner, for tripod (have to pack these in checked luggage, or TSA will confiscate)
Mark II instruction manual
Sanho 80gb card reader and hard drive
Cords and charger for Sanho HD
8 AA Rechargeable batteries for Sanho
Alkaline AAs for Speedlight
Charger for rechargeable batteries
MarkII charger and extra battery
20D charger and 2 extra batteries
Power strip for all of this
Empty bag for dead batteries
Kinesis harness for camera
Lowepro Stealth Reporter 400 AW w/ waiststrap
Model Releases
Pens, Sharpies
Business cards, samples of work
Fujitsu Lifebook laptop computer
AC cord for laptop
Computer eyeglasses
Cordless mouse
12 blank DVD disks
Folder with client contact info, hotel and plane reservation, equipment list, wallet contents, TSA camera equipment rules
Book for plane (Thomas Friedman’s "The World Is Flat")
Map of Chicago

And, oh yeah, clothes.

Comments

[Chris Junker]

That is packing pretty light considering you're going on a week long shoot! And no film camera to back-up your digital back-up body, I'm impressed. Have a great time in the Windy City!
Try to see Grant Park if you get a chance, I think that's the one with the new huge sculptures, they look impressive online at least.
-Chris