How do you carry your camera?

[kjsphoto]

5x7 Canham with 5x7 and 4x5 back, 6- 5x7 holders and 12 4x5 holders. 6x17 roll film back and 10 rolls or ACROS, 90,150, 240 and 360 lenses, Mini Flashlight, Filters, Spot Meter, Notebooks, Cabel Release, Darkcloth, Stopwatch, Allen Wrenches, Lens Wrench and a few othe misc items in Lowepro Super Trekker. Hike everywhere with it. Only flaw with pack is that the shoulder harness is starting to seperate from the pack near top. need to fix it.

 

[Poco]

Lenses and film holders in a backpack, but 4x5 camera stays permanently attached to tripod and flung onto back seat of the car or over my shoulders for walks that never extend more than a mile. I put foam pipe insulation wrapped with black electrical tape on the first sections of my tripod, which makes it easy on my shoulders and warm(er) to the touch in winter. If I had to unpack, open and mount the camera everytime I wanted to take a shot, it'd never happen. I'm too lazy for that.

 

[Changeling1]

The problem with the nice aluminum cases is that they are a magnet for thieves. Many pros simple use plastic coolers (not the styro foam ones) and cubes of foam. The theory being that no one is going to steal your lunch.

Imagine the disappointment of the poor thief- thinking he had stolen a nice nutritious lunch just to find out there was only a couple of Hasselblad bodies and lenses inside the container. How deceitful can you get?

 

[benjiboy]

I have a big Billingham 550 Safari bag that will hold either all my 35mm Canon system, and most of the Mamiya TLR outfit or whatever mixture of them I think I will need for that day, and a medium Billingham 335 Safari Bag I use mainly for my 35mm Canon Gear, and it's a size that airlines will accept as hand luggage.
A Camera Care Systems Titan bag I use generally just for my M/F TLR gear, and finally the one I use the most a little Hama Caddy bag which is only about a foot cube in size and holds an amazing amount of stuff for it's size, ie. 2 x35mm bodys and 4 lenses a meter film etc. I carry this almost all the time.

 

[Soeren]

Imagine the disappointment of the poor thief- thinking he had stolen a nice nutritious lunch just to find out there was only a couple of Hasselblad bodies and lenses inside the container. How deceitful can you get?

Most errors are made on an empty stomach :rolleyes:

 

[seadrive]

I'm with Poco. The 5x7 is always attached to the tripod. I throw the focussing cloth over my shoulder as a cushion, tripod with camera rests on focussing cloth on shoulder. Waist pack for a few film holders and filters, and spot meter strapped to belt loop. Start walking.

What more do you need?

 

[BrianShaw]

AZLF's rig look very much like mine. Only difference is that I put film holders in a small shoulder bag and keep additional lenses in the side compartment of the travel case. I've never carried my camera on the tripod more than about 100 ft.; any further and I usually break it down and put it back in the tavel case so I can tug the whole lot with the 'wheelie".