Dennis: I understand your feelings on behalf of Trump. My experience indirectly through clients predates his Presidency and differs from your.. He stiffed a lot of people in Atlantic City that ruined people financially - I see one contractor that was affected daily on my walk.. I also knew about his f**e charity and f**e university that he scooted through with just civil rather than criminal penalties. As President he had a tax cut that was unnecessary and added dramatically to the National Debt. He missed the boat on C***D by not following Bush/Obama p******c protocols that would have saved lives; not to mention having indoor spreader events that needlessly added to the number of deaths. The 2020 e******n he lost and he tried to go around the Constitution - for example, the Pence role was ceremonial - he couldn't change a thing. Trump continues his BS to this day. From my experience, he is a master in media manipulation; he is interested in his own agenda, not necessarily that always of conservatives.

A correction is that if you are against Trump, you love Biden/Harris. I worry constantly that Biden dies and we get Harris. I disliked Biden and thought he was a talking head when he was in the Senate. His border policies are a joke - the Democrats think that we can absorb an infinite amount of migrants; we can't. The late great Robert Heinlein gave the reality as TANSTAAFL - there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. Somehow I think Biden and the Dems have forgotten this.

The Republicans have their own windmill they keep tilting at - a******n. I had a family member that could have died without one - the fetus was doomed. In a number of states the rules would cause her to go full term - and would have lost the ability to reproduce - she now has two very precocious children. It is not nearly as black and white as each side profess; there have been numerous examples in the media where a woman's life was in danger that doctors were afraid to act. I find a******n as a means of birth control to be repugnant; but I think that it should be between a doctor and a patient; and most of the country concurs. Pushing it on a national basis turns away v**ers that might v**e Republican. I'm talking reality, not morality.

I honestly feel the there is a large percentage of Republicans who would v**e for Satan if he ran as a Republican; the same is true if he ran as a Democrat.

Both Biden and Trump are corrupt; Trump got caught and it is likely he will be convicted of something. H****r is slimy and may not survive the next round of investigation; we will have to wait until Biden's Presidency is over to see if he gets caught.

Politics aside, both Biden and Trump are too old. Much the same can be said of Congress - many of these on both sides of the aisle are in their 80's - both need younger and hopefully smarter people to run this country. I'm honestly surprised that some in Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time. Candidly I think if Trump is replaced on the Republican ticket and Biden runs, I think the Republican will win in a walk.

My 2 cents.

Thank you for getting back to me on this, unfortunately (for me) the carry-on weight limit is only 8kg and I'm way over that for sure. I'll have to assume they'll weigh mine and plan for it. Oh, on your flight to Germany did you happen to see any Aurora activity by any chance? Many years ago on another flight I actually got lucky and did see them, took a bunch of shots with my 50D while trying to block the cabin lighting with my coat. It was a disaster, only a very few were ok at best, do you have any recommendations on settings I should use on my R5 if I'm lucky enough to see them again? Here's a shot that turned out ok.

I have the R5 and the R7. I also have the 800 f11, the 100-500 and the RF 1.4. If you want to see examples of the RF 1.4 on these two lenses and these two bodies, look thru my Flickr photo stream. I interchange all the time, and will say the 1.4 is very good on these two lenses, but lens is slightly better without it, as would be expected. The shooting data is on 95%+ of my shots on Flickr account.My Flickr address is below my name. My Youtube link below has videos with these bodies and lenses, but I don't think I call out which I use there.