Ok, so we wrapped the job for Nike on Monday in Sao Paulo, flew up to Mexico City over night, then I hopped a plane back to LA. Here’s a note to self and those who are listening. Be sure and register your equipment thoroughly with customs when traveling internationally. I got reamed by the customs officer when coming back into the states. Luckily I had some of my gear listed, but apparently you’re supposed to create a form specifically for the gear you’re carrying on that trip when you leave the states. I "could have bought" something and brought it back across and would had to pay duties and taxes. A little overboard I know, but that’s our government for you. Electronic gear is cheaper in the states anyways, why would I want to go overseas and purchase something that costs 50% more then pay even more taxes on it? Apparently US Customs does. Lesson learned.

My first Leica. Probably the best point and shoot camera on the market. I’ve been looking for one of these for a while. It has full manual controls, shoots RAW 10.1 megapixels, and you can change the aspect ratio on the fly from 35mm ratio to wideframe landscape ratio. It was a total impulse buy yesterday. I trekked around LA trying to find a black one because everyone was sold out. Makes for a great little spycam. More info on the Leica Website.