Sometimes a DSLR is a burden

I'd LOVE to have the 5D2 with me just now.  Behind me (I really should face the window) is a fabulous view of Paris.


While I'm sitting here waiting for the other people to arrive for the meeting (I arrived an hour early owing to a timezone FAIL), I'd love to be snapping away, taking in the scene which stretches from the Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye to Monmartre and Sacre Coeur.  The iPhone doesn't quite cut it.  The Blackberry certainly won't be good enough.  The scale of the scene deserves something like the 17-40mm or - if you have the cash - the 16-35mm.


The sun is out.  Not something I've said in the UK much this year.  Mind you, a colleague here at Logica in France told me earlier on that it was terrible weather yesterday in Paris, so perhaps I've just chosen the right day to visit.


But while I lugged my laptop, notepad, shoes, charger, iPad, mouse and pencil case (!) to Paris, I couldn't quite squeeze the 5D2 into the bag.

Shame - I'd love to have shot off a few frames if the meeting gets boring.