{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blogposting-js","path":"/blog/minimum_gear","result":{"data":{"mdx":{"body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"date\": \"2009-11-24T19:26:45.393Z\",\n  \"updated\": \"2009-11-24T19:26:45.393Z\",\n  \"type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n  \"title\": \"Recent thoughts on the minimum amount of gear\",\n  \"entityId\": \"04e1f840-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionId\": \"04e1f841-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionNum\": 1,\n  \"tags\": {},\n  \"sidebar\": \"[Going from Canon's software to Hugin](/blog/hugin_tute/) is huge. 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I\\u2019ll get a fairly high-resolution image out of it and, as long as I\\u2019m careful, it\\u2019ll look quite seamless.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"I think that organization plays a role. See, I\\u2019ve always got a backup for my memory card on my camera because I stuffed a Micro SD to SD adapter in the digital camera\\u2019s little velcro compartment and I\\u2019ve got a Micro SD card in my phone. If I can grab a single case for some batch of gear, it works out better than individually picking the pieces I want to bring today. Because the FlashZebra adapters are so tiny, I tend to just leave them mounted to gear when I put it away.\"), mdx(\"a\", {\n    href: \"/blog/panorama_obsessed/biking_panoramas/\"\n  }, mdx(props.imgs.Img2, {\n    width: \"640px\"\n  })), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Upon realizing this, I decided to start work on this problem more carefully. I think it\\u2019s an optimization problem. 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