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07/08/2008 01:46:35 PM · #1 |
Will the charger for the battery in my D200 work in Canada? It's been almost 7 years since I've been back to Canada that I just don't know. Anyone?
On that note, I do plan on bringing my camera as a carry on in my lowepro slingshot bag. It can carry everything except my 70-200mm which my wife says she'll fit in her carry on bag somehow. Is this a good idea? I've heard good and bad stories. The photographers at the chapel I do weddings at have all said they have no problem but only on occasion, depending on the country, they make you take out your camera and take a photo to prove it's a camera.
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07/08/2008 02:06:15 PM · #2 |
Our old plugs have two flat prongs. Next gen have one prong wider than the other. Newest gen have three prongs, two flat, one round. Electricity flows through the flat ones and the round one is a ground. When I have a three-pronged plug and the wall outlet only has two prongs, I get pliers and snip off the round prong. That's about all I know about electricity.
I've had to open my gear bag to be swabbed, but it's no big deal.
My biggest issue is that I have too much stuff and not enough space on the plane to stow it all.
Once I forgot to take a foil gum wrapper out of my pocket and had to go to a 'special area'. The guy said he'd have to do a "full body cavity search", at least that's what I heard. I clarified that with him and I was mistaken. He said he didn't get paid enough to do that. Because I clarified it with him, he probably thought I WANTED a body cavity search.
Message edited by author 2008-07-08 14:10:41.
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07/08/2008 02:19:58 PM · #3 |
| You have to look on the charger and see if it can take 60Hz. In Canada 60Hz is used and in Japan both 50Hz and 60Hz is used, so I am assuming you will be all right. But just look on the charger and see if it says it will work at 60Hz. |
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07/08/2008 02:24:17 PM · #4 |
Oh, and here's another electricity tip from Slip:
If a connection seems to be shakey, you can improve it with spit. Just remember NOT to lick it if the other end is still plugged into the wall. I did that under a digitizing table once and the shock made me bang my head on the underside of the table.
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07/08/2008 02:28:00 PM · #5 |
One last electricity tip from Slip:
This is a time and leg saver. If you're doing some electrical work at home and your breaker box isn't labelled, you don't have to flip each switch and run up and down stairs to see if it was the right switch. You can flip the breaker remotely by touching the two bare ends of the wire with your screwdriver. Just be ready to dodge any flying pieces of molten metal.
I always use this technique.
Message edited by author 2008-07-08 14:28:23.
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07/08/2008 02:55:17 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I always use this technique. |
Oh, you mean like this:
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07/08/2008 04:11:04 PM · #7 |
I think slip has had several bad encounters with electricity. Thanks for the wisdom Slip.
I still have this screwdriver that got soldered onto the 220 outlet I was fiddling with. Always a good reminder for me to NOT do any electric work anymore. |
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