A Hammer Still Doesn’t Make a Good Screwdriver……
But there a lot of items that can serve more than one function. An example was from my trip to the Eureka Sand Dunes the day before yesterday. I had climbed about a third of the way up the dunes and the wind picked up and the sand was blowing. I had my 24 mm PC lens on and needed to change to my 28-70 mm. Not something that you want to do in a mini sand storm. I remembered that I carry a couple of 10 gal. plastic trash bags in my camera pack for emergencies……like rain. More that once I have been caught in the mountains and drenched by a sudden thunderstorm. When it starts to rain I just pull out a bag and slip it over my camera pack…….I get soaked, but the gear stays dry. I know, where is your pancho? I now carry one of those also. Back to the sandstorm. This time I used one of the plastic bags for a changing bag. It worked like a charm. Changed my lenses and went on taking pictures.
The nice thing about these bags is that they fold flat, weigh almost nothing and are easy to stash in your camera kit. I also carry a couple of sandwich bags. These are great as replacement filter cases or lens covers. I like to collect pebbles and small rocks when I’m out hiking. And the smaller bags are great for putting these in.
So if you have any neat alternative uses for items…..why not share?
