Bags...

[MattKing]

Wear it cross body at least - your back will complain otherwise!

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Wear it cross body at least - your back will complain otherwise!

yeah, I’m going to have to find a backpack style eventually.

 

[mshchem]

I think I have enough bags to fill a pickup. Acquired as really "great deal" . I'm usually carrying a rather large medium format camera. I have a couple bags where I've torn all the velcro dividers out. I don't store cameras and lenses in bags. The suitcase or backpack bags are easier for carrying extra lenses etc.

 

[Arthurwg]

I've just received a Domke F7 double AF bag to hold my Hasselblad car travel kit. This bag is amazingly large and looks like it could be configured to hold an RZ. I'm fitting my camera with two or three lenses and two backs plus filters, hoods etc. Very heavy, or course. For walking around with a smaller kit I'm thinking of a Peak Design 10L Every Day Sling.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

I think I have enough bags to fill a pickup. Acquired as really "great deal" . I'm usually carrying a rather large medium format camera. I have a couple bags where I've torn all the velcro dividers out. I don't store cameras and lenses in bags. The suitcase or backpack bags are easier for carrying extra lenses etc.

if you have anything like that tamrac pro bag you got, I’d be glad to help you thin out your collections.

 

[benjiboy]

Bags are one of those subjects that are highly subject to personal taste and preferences, I realize that, but that doesn't make them easy to shop for. Firstly, they're expensive as hell. Secondly, they can't be found just anywhere so comparing them isn't necessarily easy to do. And thirdly if there is any part of photography that contains "fandom", it's bags.

Since 2010-ish I've used a Lowepro 300AW Slingshot. I used to love it but as my lens assortments grew it got extremely heavy and completely full, and I quit using it. Over the last year, I've carried around a Peak Design Everyday Messenger 15 usually with just the F100 or F5 with the 50mm attached, however I've come to dislike that one as well. It is too thin for the camera to fit into with the lens attached, and if you keep anything in the front pocket at all, it cuts into the interior camera room.

I've been casually looking at bags that are big enough to fit the RB67 and all three lenses, but I have yet to find anything that interests me. I'd really like something that would carry the RB with lenses, and still have a little room to put the F2 with a 35 or 50mm attached to it - but not cost multiple hundreds and hundreds of dollars. Bags are kinda like boats, they depreciate 75% immediately after you buy them.

Am I looking for the unicorn in the horse pasture or what?

Don't ask me mate, I have about ten bags and haven't yet found the perfect one, but have found that no one bag is perfect for every situation, and as I get older in recent years I have sold all the largest bags and replaced them with smaller lighter bags and now carry much less gear than I Used to (just because you bought it,and paid for it doesn't mean you have to take it with you on every gig). I try to tailor what I carry to my possible subjects,and also seek subjects that suite the equipment I'm carrying. I hope this helps.

 

[Danner]

All camera bags suck. I know, I tested pretty much all of them.

 

[Kodachromeguy]

I've just received a Domke F7 double AF bag to hold my Hasselblad car travel kit. This bag is amazingly large and looks like it could be configured to hold an RZ. I'm fitting my camera with two or three lenses and two backs plus filters, hoods etc. Very heavy, or course. For walking around with a smaller kit I'm thinking of a Peak Design 10L Every Day Sling.

Can you show us a picture of the F7 with your 'blad kit? I wondered if the F7 might be a bit too tall, but I have not seen one in person. Here is my 501CM with three lenses, filters, finder, and junk in my former F2.

 

[Arthurwg]

I did try an F2 but thought it wasn't big enough. I have my camera and prism finder with back and a 60mm lens standing up with maybe 1 1/2" to spare. Still lots of room but to heavy for the shoulder.

 

[mgb74]

No one is ever "done" when it comes to camera bags!

Very true. The thing about camera bags is that the right bag is a function of what you have in them, personal preferences, AND how you intend to use it at any particular time. As a rule, a backpack style and a messenger style won't both work well in a given situation. Most of my camera bags are "purpose built" camera bags but other range from a 60s era gas mask bag to tool bag to duffel bag. No gun range bag - might as well have a sign that says "steal me". BTW, those old style video camera bags work well for large format cameras (except monorails).

Fortunately, bags are cheap IF you buy used and they're of the LowePro, Tenba, Tamrac quality level. Buy carefully and if it doesn't work out, sell it. Generally out only the shipping and a bit of selling fees.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Very true. The thing about camera bags is that the right bag is a function of what you have in them, personal preferences, AND how you intend to use it at any particular time.

The perfect bag for me would carry the RB and its lenses, a small spot for the F2, a place for my laptop and whatever book I'm reading at the time, and a pocket for my phone and keys. I might look like one of the kardashians with some super over sized purse, but I dont care. I like having that stuff with me wherever I go.

 

[BradS]

The perfect bag for me would carry the RB and its lenses, a small spot for the F2, a place for my laptop and whatever book I'm reading at the time, and a pocket for my phone and keys. I might look like one of the kardashians with some super over sized purse, but I don't care. I like having that stuff with me wherever I go.

...and a rain jacket, pocket knife, compass and maps, bic lighter, first aid kit, dry socks, trail food, water bottles, sun protection, emergency blanket, head lamp with extra battery

 

[ChristopherCoy]

...and a rain jacket, pocket knife, compass and maps, bic lighter, first aid kit, dry socks, trail food, water bottles, sun protection, emergency blanket, head lamp with extra battery

You make it sound like I'm so butch. But it's cute that you think I'm that much of a boy scout.

 

[BradS]

You make it sound like I'm so butch. But it's cute that you think I'm that much of a boy scout.

...oh, but those are the things that I want to carry
(but I don't have an RB67)

...and now that we're not in the boy scouts anymore, we can choose whatever color dry socks we like!

 

[warden]

This is the first I've heard of Tenba BYOB so thanks to all mentioning it. I have a backpack that I use poorly to carry my stuff and this ought to help.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

...oh, but those are the things that I want to carry
(but I don't have an RB67)

...and now that we're not in the boy scouts anymore, we can choose whatever color dry socks we like!

I suppose if I were with someone who was better versed in the ways of the wilderness I'd be up for carrying all that on some kind of adventure. I'm just not brave enough to do it alone. And I'll take hunter pink please! Orange makes me look to jaundiced.

 

[Arthurwg]

You make it sound like I'm so butch. But it's cute that you think I'm that much of a boy scout.

Nice dog. Nice horse too.

 

[Pieter12]

I sometimes carry 2 bags for hiking. A backpack for all the gear I feel I might need, as well as to strap a tripod, and a smaller shoulder bag that I wear cross-body with the camera and lens the I am currently shooting with. Sounds awkward, but it works. Also, a tip I picked up from another photographer: pack a small towel in your bag (ala Arthur Dent). It comes in handy to wipe surfaces you might want to sit on or put your bag on, can be used as a pad to kneel on, etc.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I prefer a top loading Tamrac photo backpack. They came in two sized and the larger one works will for the Hasselblad with the 80mm lens, 50mm lens and 250mm lens, hoods on all the lenses, several film backs, film, filters, lens clothes and a whole bunch of other things.

 

[CMoore]

I have been using this bag for about 5 years. It has been great.
I shoot film so i do not use (Thank God) the laptop slot.
It hodls A LOT of stuff, but i am not sure it will hold all of yours.
Just a thought........................you are talking about a lot of weight. It might be easier to use a backpack AND a smaller, hand carry bag.?
Good Luck

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[bdial]

I want to find a bag that is bigger on the inside than the outside, and lighter when filled with gear than it is empty.
Sadly, no one seems to make one like that.

Aside from that, I do like the Domke F2, interestingly, i just bought a very old used one, it’s about an inch smaller in each dimension than my “newish” one.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

I want to find a bag that is bigger on the inside than the outside, and lighter when filled with gear than it is empty.
Sadly, no one seems to make one like that.

Mary Poppins had one, so someone makes them.

 

[macfred]

Aside from that, I do like the Domke F2 ...

Same here! For a lttle more gear I carry my Domke F2 with the FA-100 Backpack Strap https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/16169-REG/Domke_725_100_FA_100_Backpack_Strap.html
It works for me but I guess there are better solutions for carrying camera gear on the back.

 

[unwantedfocus]

So as it turns out, I can fit the RB with the 127 attached, the 65, and the 180 in my peak design Messenger 15” bag, and still have room for a 2nd back and my light meter. I packed it up this morning and I’m headed out with two loaded magazines to try some botanical stuff at some nature and botanical gardens.

If you dropped 215$ for a peak design bag why don't you get a custom made one? I don't think a custom made bag costs more than $300-$400. You would be able to work with the craftsperson and specifically state what features you want. I would contact some people and get quotes. Best case the idea gets to reality and more people want the bag. Win for the craftsperson and a big win for the community. And most important you will acquire your dream bag.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

If you dropped 215$ for a peak design bag why don't you get a custom made one? I don't think a custom made bag costs more than $300-$400. You would be able to work with the craftsperson and specifically state what features you want. I would contact some people and get quotes. Best case the idea gets to reality and more people want the bag. Win for the craftsperson and a big win for the community. And most important you will acquire your dream bag.

I bought it used for $60.