MattKing
Moderator
Wear it cross body at least - your back will complain otherwise!
Wear it cross body at least - your back will complain otherwise!
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.
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.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?
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.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.
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.
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
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!
You make it sound like I'm so butch. But it's cute that you think I'm that much of a boy scout.
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 ...
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.
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