NOT just another camera bag query...

[hoakin1981]

Well, not exactly anyway

I will not ask the usual, what bag to buy, what I would appreciate though is some "inspiration" placement-wise. I recently got a nice Mamiya 645 Pro complete with metered prism, motor winder, 2 backs and 2 lenses.

Now, bag-wise I think I am set since I have a think-tank streetwalker hard-drive and it is BIG. At least in my years as a serious amateur shooter I never had a larger one. But, and here is my problem, I cannot manage to find a suitable place for the body-back-prism-winder-lens combo.

The rectangle shape of body+back could fit snuggly on a specific spot even with the lens attached but adding the motor winder is a whole other story.

I like the winder and obviously attaching and detaching the same all the time is not an option.

So, what do you do considering that all bags are DSLR oriented? I would be especially interested in Mamiya 645 owners.

Pics showing the bag interior and atual placement would also be great of course!

 

[benjiboy]

I suggest you take all your gear to a camera store and try it in some bags until you find the right one for you, just because a particular bag suits someone else might not be suitable for you when you pick it up and carry your equipment in it.

 

[BradleyK]

I suggest you take all your gear to a camera store and try it in some bags until you find the right one for you, just because a particular bag suits someone else might not be suitable for you when you pick it up and carry your equipment in it.

Best advice I've read anywhere - or could give anyone - on the subject of camera bags. Heaven knows how many I have gone through before finally settling on a Domke F2 for my Nikons, a baby Billingham for my Leicas, and a wonderful Lowepro for my Blads.

 

[Alan Gales]

I suggest you take all your gear to a camera store and try it in some bags until you find the right one for you, just because a particular bag suits someone else might not be suitable for you when you pick it up and carry your equipment in it.

+2

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

+3.

There are lots of bags still that have Velcro-attached dividers that can be re-arranged to suit your camera. I recently had to find a new bag for my Rolleiflex gear. Although the Rolleis are basically boxes, they do have that large protruding focus knob (not to mention the lens shades) that makes arranging partitions awkward. I found a messenger style bag though that can fit two cameras plus a stash of film in the main body, plus my meter and close-up accessories in the front pouch. I have an older Lowepro backpack that I used to use for my Shen-Hao 4x5 camera, but now I use it with my Sinar 4x5. Having Velcro dividers makes it easy to re-arrange the interior to hold whatever you want. I've got another bag, also a Lowepro (I think - might be a Tamrac) that I use for my RB-67 outfit, and a semi-hard case from Lightware that had rigid dividers you could custom cut to fit whatever you needed. If that doesn't work, try a Pelikan case with the pluckable foam. That you can easily tweak to fit whatever oddball shape/size thing you need to accommodate.

 

[Regular Rod]

I suggest you take all your gear to a camera store and try it in some bags until you find the right one for you, just because a particular bag suits someone else might not be suitable for you when you pick it up and carry your equipment in it.

+4

That's how I ended up with a Think Tank Sling-O-Matic for my folders and HolgAgon...

RR

 

[hoakin1981]

Thanks...

..to all for all the replies so far. However I am not asking what camera bag to buy, I agree that the only safe option in such a case is indeed to go to a store and try them out.

I already have the below one:

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What I would like to see is how you have re-arranged the dividers inside in order to accommodate a MF camera.

Inspiration...

 

[jeffreyg]

Everyone has their favorite bag and the advice already given is good. I second getting one with adjustable dividers and add consider a camera backpack as mentioned above. They are easier to carry especially when the equipment is on the heavy side. My Tamrac 787 has served me well for eighteen years and is still in excellent condition it also fits in airline overhead compartments.

http://www.jeffreyglasser.com/

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

..to all for all the replies so far. However I am not asking what camera bag to buy, I agree that the only safe option in such a case is indeed to go to a store and try them out.

I already have the below one:

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What I would like to see is how you have re-arranged the dividers inside in order to accommodate a MF camera.

Inspiration...

If your camera has an awkward configuration, look into getting some of that pluckable foam - you can probably find it elsewhere to fit your bag, or you can get replacement blocks for Pelikan cases from B&H. Then you can create fairly close approximations of your gear no matter how oddly shaped.