What's in your bag? (LF)

jp80874

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jp80874 said:
In the car I carry a two part five minute epoxy plunge dispenser and sand paper.

John Powers
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The edit feature was gone when I remembered you need something to hold tight what ever you are putting together with epoxy. I carry two small C clamps. This is for a quick fix of small things. Major repairs wait until I am home with a larger range of clamps.

John
 
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Shawn Dougherty

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Two small, lightweight C clamps is a great idea, John. I'm going to have to stop at the hardware store.
 

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I have 6 film holders, a filter holder with 7 filters (#s 8, 12, 15, 25, 58, 81A, and CP) and 2 step up adapters, a couple pens, a spare pack of cigarettes, meter, loupe, small straight/philips screwdriver, zip strips, and steel clipboard. The clipboard holds my shot record, but has some laminated information. That information is light color, reciprocity information, a Planckian color chart, and my homemade filter/color chart. The filter/color chart shows the scale of colors from 430-720nm with the color gradient, and the data from the book on Wratten filter transmission for each range. This helps me decide what factor to use for each filter based on the color/wavelength and filter transmissions.

I use a laptop case for all that, and carry my camera separate. I only have 1 lens, so I don't need something to hold more. I'm not hiking far, or climbing mountains, so it's not too bad.
 

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NancyP welcome to APUG
 

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How do you like your F1? I was considering getting the average no-back-movement folder like the N1, but wondered if I would miss back movements. I am a COMPLETE NEWBIE to LF. All I know is from reading Leslie Stroebel's view camera technique book and Dykinga's LF Nature Photography book, and imagining the geometry of shooting trees, shooting cliffs from close to the base, and so on.
 

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I've found these items indispensable when shooting at night:

Red LED light: to set aperture/shutter speed at night and not loose night vision, Dead Link Removed

Green laser pointer: I can point the laser at the subject and focus till the beam is a pinpoint on the ground glass, very helpful in dim light or when using slow lenses. http://www.laserpointerpro.com/2pcs...idoscopic-green-laser-pointer-pen-p-1237.html

Night vision goggles/monocular: when I need to hike a few miles in the woods at night to get a sunrise shot and general nighttime use. http://tnvc.com/shop/anpvs-14-milspec-gen3-pinnacle-special-forces-kit/

Gerber multitool: A must have! Dead Link Removed

Chemlites: If I need to mark a hard to find trail out of or into the woodline, just hang them on a tree and they can be seen for a good 300-500 feet. They are also good for keeping in your bag to light it up at night. http://www.emergencyresponderproducts.com/6grchwiroho.html
 

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I use one of four view camera, all of which are packed in their cases ready to go with a 24 hour notice. There's really nothing special to note regarding items packed. The Camera and it's lens, the required stops, three plate/film holders, a focusing cloth, a stop watch, some wooden clothes clips, a tilt plate & the tripod. The only thing I carry now, that is different from the past, is a piece of sheet-plastic that is about 1.5'x1.5' square. Instead of setting the camera bag in the wet grass/ground, I place it on the sheet instead. Wet camera bags . . . not good.
 
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DannL. said:
The only thing I carry now, that is different from the past, is a piece of sheet-plastic that is about 1.5'x1.5' square. Instead of setting the camera bag in the wet grass/ground, I place it on the sheet instead. Wet camera bags . . . not good.
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It's a great idea. I carry a small tarp in the bottom of my pack as well, it fits in where the rain cover is stored. Keeps your bag and gear dry plus you don't get your back wet when it's time to pack up.
 

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Shootar401 said:
I've found these items indispensable when shooting at night:
.....laser pointer: I can point the laser at the subject and focus till the beam is a pinpoint on the ground glass...
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With a Crown/Speed Graphic or other range finder camera, shine the laser pointer through the eye sight hole of the range finder and focus the spot.
 

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A spirit level
 

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A big bar of chocolate
 

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Lord, the junk I have in my bag. Just off the top of my head...

Flashlight with a little clip on red filament for low light where I don't want to spend ten minutes getting used to the low light again.

First aid kit, a couple tissue packs and flint and steel. Well, you never know.

Battery operated pocket claculator.

Handheld compass.

Pocket knife, more for sharpening pencils than anything else.

Roll of duct tape, black.

Two or three handwarming pouches (Hot Hands), mittens, winter cap, sunglasses.

I take some trail mix in pouches to munch on if I am out all day.

Mini tool kit that includes bits and a screwdriver handle and wire cutters.

All of this goes in the framed army backpack. I don't have any musette pouches as there are external pockets all over the thing. Hard case for lenses and filters and the camera will go in the main body. Film holders and film and changing bag into a garbage bag. And tripod ties to the bottom easy enough.
 

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I've found those chilled zip-up lunchboxes really handy, as they're padded and modular when you pack them into a bag together. I decided against a super expensive lowepro (was looking at $400!!) and just went with a $60 backpack from some backalley bag shop.


(no idea why tinypic kept flipping these pics around )







In small blue lunchbox: perfect size to hold 7 film holders

In red lunchbox:

Blue, orange, red, green, IR, dark red & Joel Tjintjelaar 3,6&10 stop IRND filter set.
LEE GND filter kit
LEE filter holder
Skink pinhole kit (still to figure out how to use the bloody thing)
6x Loupe
90-210mm viewer

Large blue PROVET chilled lunchbox:

Schneider 90mm 5.6
Schneider 135mm 5.6
Rodenstock 150mm 5.6 Sironar-N
Nikkor 210mm 5.6
Nikkor-M 300mm 9
FIlter rings for each lens

Also the backpack holds my dark cloth, notebook, the Sekonic lightmeter in it's pouch attached to the side, a LEE Lens shade, Toyo 45AII, and Manfrotto carbon fibre tripod & tripod head.
 
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My 4x5 field kit:
Schneider 90mm SA, 150mm Symmar-S, 210mm Symmar-S, 305mm G-Claron.
Zone VI Vermont 4x5 and bag bellows.
6-8 film holders
small level
tiny 3' tape measure
notebook with reciprocity tables and other information for various films
pencils wound with gaffer tape
sharpie
Toyo 4x loupe
small flashlight
lens cleaning kit
microfiber cloth or old cotton dish cloth
white kitchen garbage bag
Pentax V spot meter
UV, 8Y, 12Y, 21O, 25R, Polarizing and 81C Tiffen 77mm filters and various adapter rings
Lee lens shade
BTZS dark cloth (compact and very light)
All this fits in a Zone VI white "cooler" shoulder bag.
I carry a couple of compact "ice cream coolers" or insulated fabric lunch boxes in the car for additional film holders.

For longer road trips I have a huge Tenba 4x5 bag that holds all this plus a 360mm Tele-Xenar and a 120mm Super Angulon, and a few more holders. This starts to get really heavy. The bag itself weighs a lot, and even with the built-in collapsible backpack straps, it's a bit much. I'm contemplating switching to a PhotoBackpacker setup.
 

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Here the Technorama 617S.
One has to feed a lot of film to a panoramic camera, and time is crucial too...
 

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I have a Norma chucked in a 17 inch notebook backpack so I travel light. Apart from the actual camera and lens I bring a cable release, light meter, folding magnifier, spirit level, notebook and pen and a small tool pouch. A black t-shirt as hood, a few film holders and a bunch of square P size filters rounds it off. That's it.
 
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Modified Anniversary Speed Graphic (Moded: No Rangefinder/viewing tube, no focal plane shutter)
Kodak Ektar f:7.7 203mm
Schneider-Kreuznack Angulon 1:6,8/90
Fuji Funjinon-W 1:5.6/125
Filters (Yellow, Orange, Red, ND 4x, CPOL, Green, 89b) - Considering adding in a 81b
Pentax Spotmeter V, Gossen Pilot, Sektonic L-358
Cable Release
Manfrotto Tripod
10 Holders
 

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I try to keep things basic, but it's still a pretty heavy, full bag.
Arca Swiss F Metric 4x5
Schneider 110mm Super Symmar XL
Rodenstock 240mm Sironar S
Sekonic 758
10 film holders
Changing bag
Full and empty film boxes for reloading.
 

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my most recent 4x5 outings didn't include a bag
but a camera armloads of film ( in pockets ) and that's it
i've given up on high tech and camera bags.
 

sarahliang20

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there are a lot of items in my bag, lol
Thanks for good share!
 
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