Mamiya RZ carry options

[DCB12]

I am getting a RZ setup this week and was wondering what you use to carry it around in?

It will have 1 body, 2 lenses, back, film etc...

Thanks

Peace

 

[wombat2go]

The RB67 ProS was out in this bag yesterday.

 

[Sirius Glass]

A top loading back pack such as a Tamrac 750 or 752, if you can find one. I have both types that I use for my Hasselblads, Pacemaker Speed Graphic and Graflex Model D, each separately, not together.

http://www.amazon.com/Tamrac-Super-Photo-Daypack-Black/dp/B00009UTTS
http://www.ephotozine.com/forums/topic/thinking-about-the-tamrac-daypack-750-752----26750

 

[Kevin Harding]

I use a Lowepro Transit Backpack 350AW. It holds the RB67, 2-4 lenses, film, light meter, and other accessories comfortably. I've hauled the thing from Newfoundland to Hong Kong. Recently bought a second for a 4x5 field camera.

 

[AlexMalm01]

I use a national geographic backpack. I think it's the medium one. The RZ67 with 110mm mounted, 65mm, 180, 2 120 backs, 1 polaroid back, hoods, extra film etc


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[moodlover]

Yeah pretty much anything that will hold it cause it's a mammoth. I actually keep mine disassembled in it's original box with the foam still inside, and I just wrap the box with a towel and put it inside a large luggage bag when I get on the train. I don't think the foam is particularly the safest thing in the world but it's been working just fine for now!

 

[tokam]

For storage and carrying around in the car I bought a Pelican style knock-off toolbox with the pluck-a-foam inserts. In Oz I found a variety at our big DIY chain. Mine cost about $40.00 and holds RZ67 with 120 back and WLF + 110mm, 180mm, 65mm, spare 120 back, lenshoods and about 6 rolls of film. You have to be a bit cunning in how you distribute the items in the case before you pluck the foam.

Beauty of this case is that it doesn't scream CAMERA. I do tend to also lug around a big old Manfrotto tripod.

If I wanted something for hiking I probably wouldn't carry 3 lenses so pick the bag of your choice.

 

[polyglot]

Get a backpack, not a side-carry/courier bag - the latter will give you serious back pain. I use a Kata 3N1-30.

 

[film_man]

ThinkTank Retrospective 30 for my RB67. It fits as:

1. camera lying flat plus one lens. This way you can also have a prim attached OR you can lie the camera on its side and have a grip attached.
2. camera vertical plus two lenses

You can also add two back on the front pockets plus plenty of space for film, a lightmeter and the rest.

Saying that, fully loading it with two lenses and backs and extras makes it very heavy. I usually go out with just the gripped camera and an extra back.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Very sage advice

Get a backpack, not a side-carry/courier bag - the latter will give you serious back pain. I use a Kata 3N1-30.

I got back from a trip using my LowePro sling bag that held 7 kilos. It does kill your back. The only saving grace is the hip strap that transferred the weight to my hips. Back packs that distribute the weight evenly on both shoulders and puts weight on the hips is probably the way to go for me. But I'm an old guy with more aches.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Get a backpack, not a side-carry/courier bag - the latter will give you serious back pain. I use a Kata 3N1-30.

That is why I use a backpack. I stopped using camera bags carried on one side many years ago.

 

[EdSawyer]

I keep mine in a LowePro Magnum AW (a few years old), it is heavy but has a nice strap. Shoulder bags in general are killers on your body but are much faster to work out of than a backpack you have to take off, put down, open, etc. If you are going somewhere to shoot as a destination, then leaving, a backpack might work fine, but for moving and shooting along the way, like a photo walkabout, a shoulder bag is much more practical in most cases.

There's also a leather everready-style case for the RZ, designed to be used with a short-ish lens (I use the 110) and the WLF. wraps up nicely with velcro closures, allows use of the neck strap, etc.

-Ed

 

[polyglot]

Oh yeah, and the hip-strap is important; It is meant to carry the majority of the weight instead of your shoulders. This means that the length of the pack needs to match the length of your back otherwise it won't work right. If the weight is on your shoulders, you will still get back issues but much less rapidly than you would from a side-carry bag.

 

[DCB12]

Any others?

Peace

 

[EdSawyer]

I have a LowePro AW200 belt pack I am thinking of trying out with an RZ setup + 1 lens possibly. It holds a Cambo Wide with viewfinder, a couple grafmatics and room for a meter or something else, without much trouble so it might fit an RZ setup.

 

[Lench]

Crumpler Karachi outpost (L)
Took it on a few short hikes with my RZ kit (3-4 hours) and it was.. Comfortable-ish

Much better than any messenger bag you could buy

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[k.hendrik]

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