Please suggest a bag for two Nikon SLR + two lenses

CMoore · Oct 26, 2019

What is the attraction of a One Strap bag instead of a Two Strap, backpack style of bag.?
Thank You

mgb74 · Oct 26, 2019

CMoore said:
What is the attraction of a One Strap bag instead of a Two Strap, backpack style of bag.?
Thank You

A shoulder bag (whether messenger style or not) allows easy access to equipment without removing the bag from your shoulder. A backpack style bag, while easier to carry if heavy, must be taken off and set down to access contents. There are one strap sling style bags that are designed to be on your back (with one strap) then swing around for access. I have one; it's still not as accessible as a shoulder bag in my opinion.

CMoore · Oct 26, 2019

That certainly is true.
Typically, for me, i might not change a lens but 1 or 2 times in 3 or 4 hours....... so it is no big deal.
I would hate to carry that much weight all on one side....... but i could probably ditch 70% of my stuff, 100% of the time, and still make do

BradS · Oct 28, 2019

I bought a new Domke F2 over the weekend.

First impression: Holy crap! is this ever big...and light weight!

I loaded it...two Nikon F2 bodies with 50mm f/2 lenses attached, 24mm f/2.8, 105 f/2.5 and 35mm f/2 Nikkor lenses, a Gossen LunaPro SBC, a tiny Slik Mini Pro III tripod, body cap and rear lens cap, a handful of films. the Nikon F2 instruction manual...let's see what else? A couple of Clif bars, oh, and here's a Nikkormat FTN with lens...yup, it fits too (even with all this other stuff already in the bag!). This thing is like the room of requirement. It is cavernous and just seems to swallow up whatever I put in it.

Second impression: Why did I wait so long to get one of these?

I'm really stoked.

Thanks everybody for your suggestions and feedback.

BrianShaw · Oct 28, 2019

cjbecker · Oct 28, 2019

I’m a domke f2 user also, they are great bags. Mine gets multi use, camera bag one day, duck hunting bag the next, ice fishing bag, its the only bag that stays empty till i need to use it, And it gets used a lot. Still looks perfect, but could use a new insert.

Its crazy how much ya can actually fit in one. Its more then i want to carry.

Fyi, if ya close one tripod leg on both the straps, ya can carry a full-size tripod easily.

laser · Oct 28, 2019

Domke F2. I have used one for years. The durability and performance is excellent.

benjiboy · Oct 29, 2019

I think for two bodies with 50mm lenses and two additional lenses the Domke F2 is too large and that the smaller Domke F6 would be a better and lighter option https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=domke+f6&i=electronics&crid=1NE00WRVLW7FG&sprefix=Domke+f6,aps,391&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_8
The F6 will easily accommodate what you need to carry and is considerably lighter.

Vincent Peri · Oct 29, 2019

benjiboy said:
I think for two bodies and two lenses the Domke F2 is too large...

Reread the original post. He says he has 2 bodies w/ 2 lenses attached as well as 2 other lenses to put in the bag.

macfred · Oct 29, 2019

benjiboy said:
I think for two bodies and two lenses the Domke F2 is too large and that the smaller Domke F6 would be a better and lighter option https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=domke+f6&i=electronics&crid=1NE00WRVLW7FG&sprefix=Domke+f6,aps,391&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_8
The F6 will easily accommodate what you need to carry and is considerably lighter.

The F6 is one of my favorite bags - it fits more than one thinks.

But what Vincent says - for 2 bodies with two lenses attached and two other lenses it might be too small.

macfred · Oct 29, 2019

Domke F6 compared to F2 : https://images.app.goo.gl/MQRsfjwhHyRhs1L5A

benjiboy · Oct 30, 2019

Vincent Peri said:
Reread the original post. He says he has 2 bodies w/ 2 lenses attached as well as 2 other lenses to put in the bag.

I understood that Vincent, I still think that he would accommodate 2 F 2's with 50mm lenses and a 28 and 105mm lenses because the dividers in the central four-way padded divider are not sewn in now as they once were they are now fixed with Velcro and are removable.

BradS · Oct 30, 2019

benjiboy said:
I think for two bodies with 50mm lenses and two additional lenses the Domke F2 is too large and that the smaller Domke F6 would be a better and lighter option https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=domke+f6&i=electronics&crid=1NE00WRVLW7FG&sprefix=Domke+f6,aps,391&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_8
The F6 will easily accommodate what you need to carry and is considerably lighter.

Too late...I bought a Domke F2 last weekend (see post #29 above). Thanks though.

Tom Taylor · Oct 30, 2019

Now all you need is https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/16198-REG/Domke_725_310_FA_031_Shoulder_Pad.htm

Thomasl

benjiboy · Oct 30, 2019

BradS said:
Too late...I bought a Domke F2 last weekend (see post #29 above). Thanks though.

The danger is Brad with the Domke F2 is that because it will hold a lot of stuff you tend to carry too much and it becomes too heavy and I find at my age I just can't do it anymore.

Please suggest a bag for two Nikon SLR + two lenses

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