Whats in your camera bag?

Roger Thoms

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Ibuprofen, that a good idea. Would help with the head aches I get from photography.
 

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In another recent setup is a small Tamrac bag (model 3535) I have Nikon 6006, AF Nikkor 24mm, UV filter, and 2 extra rolls of film. Basically my P&S setup.

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My bag contents change over the course of the week. Today I packed my Canon 7D along with my Canon F-1 (original), Minolta SR-T 102 with a 58/1.4, and a Konica Auto S2. Who knows what tomorrow will call for...

Andy
 

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contax g1+35planar
rolleicord iii
sometimes yashica t4
35mm superia 200 or sensia 100
120 400nc
 

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one bag :
Front pocket: various filters all 52mm including some mad colour chromofilters which are graduated and I am playing with. sekonic flashmate light meter and a few pens and policeman style black book for shot recording.

Back pocket: 35mm film 4 rolls of HP5+ 3 rolls of FP4 and various rolls of fujicolor 200asa which is expired and I got for nothing and 120mm two rolls of HP5+ and one Ilford Delta 3200. cleaning cloths, blower, a few cable releases and some plastic cases for exposed 120 film.

Central section:strangely my two stalwarts are on the shelf and it's firstly a Nikon F75 (my back up body) with 24mm f/2.8D lens and sporting a light blue graduated cromofilter and holding expired colour film. Secondly Konica Auto S3 rangefinder with dark yellow filter, hood and HP5+
 

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Very strange. This thread briefly turned into a rabbit hole. Might be okay now.
 

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When I'm on the move doing street photography I usually just carry my Pentax 67 with 75 f/2.8 attached. For a long journey I usually take all the following in a shoulder bag/carry on luggage piece
P67II Body w/ 75 f/2.8
Either 45 f/4 or 55 f/4
165 f/2.8
Canon EOS rebel, 50 1.8
Hoya 81A (82mm for the 45)
R72 for infrared with the EOS
Plus-X or FP4, a roll of Tri-X, some Velvia, and some old film that probably is discontinued.
If I have extra room I take my little digisnapper, but usually I use my phone as my digicam
 

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A camera plus 1 or 2 lenses!
 

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Currently nothing, since all the gear is out of the bag.

Usual setup:

Domke F-2 bag

Nikon F3P body with MD-4 and 85f1.8 Nikkor
Nikon F with F-36 and 50f1.4 Nikkor-S
Nikkor 200f4
Nikkor-UD 20f3.5
Nikon F2A with 55f2.8 Micro, pointed downward on top of 20f3.5
Vivitar 283 with Omnibounce diffuser.

-J
 

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The usual, everyday Crumpler bag:

Black Nikon F2 Photomic with a Nikkor-H 50/2, yellow filter, loaded with HP5+ mostly. An AR-2 cable release and an extra roll or two in the outer pocket. That's it and that's that. Let's go photograph something!
 

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Now a Mamiya M645,and 45mm, 80mm, and 150mm lenses.
 

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Small Tamrac bag: Minolta Maxxum 9xi, Minolta 50mm f/1.8 lens, Minolta 28-135mm f/3.5-4.5 lens, Tamron 70-210mm f/3.5-4.5 lens, chamois cloth for wiping body down in dust or moisture; micro-fiber cloth, blower brush, tiny Minolta flashlight and tiny Minolta pocket knife (gifts from a friend, when he retired and sold his camera store,) filters, spare batteries, notepad and pen, remote shutter release, film. Lots and lots of film.
 

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modafoto said:
I have my Holga, Trip 35, a Canon flash, off-shoe cable, a light meter, some lenses and a camera and some accessories I will not mention here...
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Just got my new bag and upgraded my setup a bit. I carry this in my bag at the moment:

Canon EOS 5D Mark II (evil, digital friend)
Canon 24-105 f/4L
Canon 85 mm F/1.8
Canon 580 EX II speedlite
Canon 450 EX II speedlite
Off-camera flash cord
Lightmeter
Holga 120N
2 Gary Fong diffusors for the flashguns (great things!)
Manfrotto 055XPROB and 498RC2 tripod and head
Memory cards
Batteries
120 B/W film (mainly Tri-X or other ISO320-400 film)
A laptop and portable harddrive.
My Canon EOS 30 (Elan 7E) is sometimes included as well

Not awfully analog anymore, but the Holga is always with me.
 
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macrorie

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Currently, I have a small Lowepro Orion bag loaded with a Nikon FM2n, a 55mm 3.5 AI lens, a 28mm 2.8 AIS lens, and a 200mm 4.0 AIS lens. With a yellow filter and some Ilford FP4 film.
 

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These first two bags I nearly always keep at home:

Bag #1:
Canon 15mm Fisheye
Canon 24mm F1.4L
Canon 35mm F1.4L
Canon 50mm F1.2L
Canon 85mm F1.8
Canon 85mm F1.2L
Canon 135mm F2.8L
Canon 200mm F2.8L

Bag #2:
Canon 16-35L F2.8
Canon 24-70L F2.8
Canon 70-200L F2.8 IS
Canon 100-400L F4.5 IS

This bag I take on shoots:
Canon EOS 5D Mark I DSLR, 8gb card
Canon EOS 1V SLR, with vert grip/booster, 36 Exp Tri-X loaded
Canon 580ex Flash, with Omni-bounce diffuser.
5 more rolls of Tri-X film
Polarizer filter
ND Grad filter
14 extra AA batteries
GPS device (Garmin Oregon 400t)
Never more then three total lenses, and which lenses I take are dependent upon what I'll be shooting. Nine times out of ten I bring just 2 primes.
 
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filmamigo

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My main camera bag (a store-brand photo backpack) was becoming a catch-all. It took me longer to UNLOAD all the gear I didn't want to carry that day, so I stopped carrying a bag and would only carry one camera body and one lens.

Now I've switched everything into a wheeled toolchest, the red metal kind with the shallow drawers. Now all my gear is organized and accessible, and all my camera bags are empty.

That backpack is still my most-used bag, and I typically load it with an MZ-S, a K10D, a Sigma 24-135, Pentax 50/1.4, Sigma 24/2.8, Nikon SB-26 and SB-28, flash bracket, a roll of Ektar 100, Arista II (APX 400) and Superia 400, extra K10D batteries, circ pol for the 24-135 and 50, yellow filter for the 50.
 

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I normally use a billingham f4.5 bag with my Rolleicord Vb, lens-shade, several filters for bw and a gossen sixtomat lightmeter. For certain purposes I have a bilora bag with an Rolleicord Va, lens-shade and a hama selenium lightmeter.

Karl
 

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Do Canon lenses tend to reproduce themselves if you keep two or more together?
 

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If they do, I want you to teach my Nikon and Bronica glass to do the same thing! :-D
 

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In my grab and go bag at the moment a Canon EF camera with an FD 35-70 lens fitted loaded with Fuji Velvia 100, an FD 28mm f2.8, and a FD 20mm f2.8, a Gossen Digipro meter, two spare rolls of Velvia 100,one roll of Fuji Pro 400X and a few filters.
 

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Canon AE-1
Canon 50 f1.8
cheap 28 f2.8
cheap 80-200 f5.6
cheap 28-70 f3.5/5.6-usually mounted
Canon 199A Speedlite w/diffuser
cable release
Filters-assorted
notepad/pen
some film-currently B&W
Weston master II
cleaner/tissue

I usually just carry the camera with the 28-70 mounted,filters,meter,film and notepad/pen.
 

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At the moment, there is a Nikon F2A with 50/1.4 AI Nikkor and MD-1/MB-1 motor drive looking like it's trying to climb out of the bag. The rest of the gear in the bag is:

50/2 Nikkor-H AI'd
85/1.8 Nikkor AI'd
200/4 Nikkor AI
Vivitar 285HV
Nikon MC-10 remote release
Nikon AR-2 cable release with AR-8 adapter
Wideangle adapter for 285HV
Plus some other miscellaneous stuff, including a Westcott Micro Apollo softbox

Bag is an olive Domke F-2.

-J
 
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