Whats in your camera bag?

scottmj · May 7, 2010

Wow! what a topic, just modifying my travel bag for my upcomming trip to the phillipines this month. But my basic loads for my two bags always ready to go are;

My get up and go bag: has a Nikon F100, 35 - 70 2.8 D, 80 - 200 2.8 D, SB - 80, 5 rolls FP4, 5 rolls Delta 400 in zip lock baggies, Black electrical Tape, batteries, note pad, Business cards, model and property releases.

Travel bag: RZ67PROII, AE Prisim finder, 110mm, 140 macro, 250mm, #1 & #2 extension tubes, (4) 120 mags, ND/green/red/yellow etc; filters, Film Delta 400, FP4, PanF 50, cable release, light meter, Black electrical Tape, batteries, note pad, Business cards, model and property releases.

Marc Akemann · May 7, 2010

Bag #1 - Nikon F100/MB15, 50/1.4 AF-D Nikkor, lens hood, yellow filter, Ilford Delta 400 (currently),...is with me all the time.

#2 - Nikon FA/MD15 black (2) or an F3HP or an F4E, 28/2.8 AIS Nikkor, 35/2 AIS Nikkor, 55/2.8 AIS Micro-Nikkor w/PK-13, 105/2.8 1:1 Kiron or 105/2.5 AI Nikkor, 135/2.8 AI Nikkor, 180/2.8 AI Nikkor or 200/4 AIS IF Micro-Nikkor, 300/4.5 AIS ED-IF Nikkor, Nikon TC-14B teleconverter, various filters, release cable, film retrieval tool, mini-maglite, compass, lens cleaning accessories, small Westcott reflector, Black Cat Exposure Guide, plastic bag for rain, small towel for rain and some of my published work like a calendar or something thin and related to what I'm shooting. This has come in handy when approached by police or other curious authorities, property owners, customs officials, etc. (Lowepro Trekker AW)

#3 - Bag full of Minolta SRT-102 era cameras & lenses. For when I feel nostalgic. (Lowepro Nova 5)

#4 - Bag full of Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super BC (black) era equipment. 35/3.2, 50/2.8, 85/3.2 & 115/4 plus accessories. For when I feel even more nostalgic. (Tamrac)

#5, 6 & 7 are bags with older medium format equipment (Bronica EC-TL, old folders, TLRs, etc.).

Marc

paulie · May 7, 2010

300 camera straps from many different manufacturers, i dont use a camera bag i just own a camera that i carry in my hand ,if i cant carry it i wont take it with me

ive seen guys with camera bags and inside there camera bags are other bags with lenses in and it takes them ten minutes to get there camera ready to use . lol so funny

Marc Akemann · May 7, 2010

paulie said:
300 camera straps from many different manufacturers, i dont use a camera bag i just own a camera that i carry in my hand ,if i cant carry it i wont take it with me

ive seen guys with camera bags and inside there camera bags are other bags with lenses in and it takes them ten minutes to get there camera ready to use . lol so funny

Everyone has their own way of doing things.

-Marc

paulie · May 7, 2010

yup no wonder they all turn digital, they spend 90% of the time unzipping their precious cameras and 10% of the time using them.

so the time saved using a computer is quite useful for them

TSSPro · May 7, 2010

Actually just ran home to grab a bag to bring it to work-

What I have with me:
Bronica SQa
80mm 2.8
50 3.5
220 and 120 backs
NPH 400x2 Foma 100 and 400
Roid back
Fuji 100b maybe 7 sheets left
Minolta meter
Cable release
ZS wheel for when my brain hurts and cant do math in my head
ZS tonal scale
SB26 flash
$10+ in Quarters for some reason, my guess is at one point in time I thought that I would be paying for a lot of parking meters.
Dead AA bateries
One Petzl-Attache 23 kila-newton caribiner that I dropped on the concrete, so I can no longer use it for rigging anything, but rather it holds my Nalgene on my bag.
One stray Rosco gell
One .6 grad ND
One circular polarizer

Damn....I didnt realize that I had this much stuff in here. I must have left some stuff from when I packed it for 35mm. My bags for wedding stuff are too full of stuff for me to remember. I learned to pack not only for me, my gear and my evenual mess-ups, but also if something goes wrong with the wedding party. Just incase buttons pop off, the groom is covered in dog hair and lint or a list of other things that have gone wrong in the past I now try and be prepared for it all, or atleast as best I can.

paulie · May 7, 2010

also have a camera bag full of tape, clear, litho,masking electircal

paulie · May 7, 2010

and another full of instruction books for cameras

paulie · May 7, 2010

i have a aluminium camera case converted into a 10x8 pinhole
and two others i use to seal up my stand develop trays

colinRTM · May 9, 2010

I like to travel light and not get bogged down with too much stuff. I mainly am a 35mm shooter so my bag normally consists of my OM-2n, 50mm f/1.4, 28mm f/2.8 and 8-10 rolls of film. I can carry that on my back all day and hardly notice it's there.

2F/2F · May 9, 2010

I have two "levels" of camera bags when/if I pack a bag to actually carry around with me while shooting.

One bag is a small men's shaving bag with a shoulder strap. It has a big top-loading pocket with a dual-zipper flap, a velcro divider in the main compartment, and a side zipper pocket.

The side pocket has business cards, pens, pencils, Sharpies, a retractable brush, lens caps, sometimes filters, sometimes film if I need to make some room in the main pocket. There is a small cable release in there as well and an old mechanical delay for it, though I rarely use either. Sometimes batteries go in here as well, and CF cards when needed. Sometimes I put my Brockway (Sekonic) incident meter in there for quicker access.

The main pocket usually carries a lens on one side and film on the other, and a light meter (or two), though it has been rearranged every which way that I can imagine. I have even put camera bodies there, and occasionally a speedlight.

This is usually the bag I use.

The other bag is at least twice as big. It is an Amvona bag (read CHEEPIE) that was given to me by a friend a few years back. It has a deep main pocket with a velcro divider or two. It has two big side pockets, a zippered mesh net above the main pocket, a front zippered pocked on the top, a front zippered pocket on the body, etc. I like that you can really stuff a lot of crap into it, even though it is not a huge-looking bag. I use it for when I might be going on a short trip, when I simply need to carry more than the shaving bag will fit, or sometimes when I am walking around using medium format instead of small format.

I have several stepping rings and some filters, cable releases, tape, Sharpies, cards, a brush, and usually lots and lots of film.

When on a big trip, both of these are usually "satellite" bags to the main bags and cases that are used for storage of the equipment.

hansutrecht · May 9, 2010

Well, I'm in the 2 bag arena as well: the first is always a Zeiss Ikon related (small) bag, now filled with a Ikonta postwar with Tessar, a Gossen Sixtomat digital, a sunshade, a Watameter and a booklet/pen to make some notes (if necessary).
The second bag is somewhat larger and contains (today) a Canon T90, FD 2/35, FD 3.5/35-105, FD 2.8/20, Cokin A system with some 10 filters.
Hans.

magkelly · Jun 15, 2010

I have two camera bags. One has a Fuji S7000 digital and it's stuff, memory cards, etc. The other has my old gear, a Pentax SP1 that's unfortunately in pretty bad shape, and a black Canon AE-1, several lenses, filters, film, flashes, etc.

benjiboy · Jun 15, 2010

I just came back from some street shooting I was carrying a Canon EF with a FD 35mm f2 lens attached in a small Lowe pro Top loader bag that contained spare batteries the hood for the lens on a Lowe pro waist belt that also has on it a Think Tank pouch that contains FD20mm f2.8 lens with hood, and a Sekonic L-358 meter plus two spare rolls of Fuji Provia, I keep my gear simple for shooting street.

darinwc · Jun 24, 2010

Last weekend I went out with a Pentax Spotmatic F, 50mm f1.4 SMC Tak, Asanamua 21mm f3.8, and Vivitar 200mm f3.5.
I also had an extra sr44 battery, a Gossen Luna-pro which I used for a couple of shots, and both warming and cooling filters for the Tak.
1 roll Kodak Ektar 100.
All in a soft leather shoulder bag with some buble-wrap on the bottom for extra cushoning.
Film is being developed.

benjiboy · Jun 24, 2010

I'm on my way out for a days shooting It's a very warm sunny day,and don't want to lug too much gear, I'm taking a Canon T90 with FD 20mm f2.8, 35mm f2 and a Vivitar Series 1 70-210 f3.5 zoom , five rolls of Fuji Velvia 100 , and a Sekonic L-358 meter with the 1 degree spot attachment, all in a Billingham 335 bag.

totalmotard · Jun 24, 2010

I don't bring a bag...

...unless I'm shooting a wedding. Normal shooting I just go out with one camera with one lens and an extra roll of film or battery.

On bike, I'll bring the Nikon FE with slow film and a 24 2.8 for landscapes.

Out with friends I'll bring the Nikon N80 with 400 Tri-X and a 50 1.8 for candids.

Chasing grandkids I'll bring the Canon T2i and a 50 1.4 for shooting video and stills.

Shooting low-light city shots I bring the Nikon D700 and a 50 1.8.

Lanline · Jun 24, 2010

I stopped carrying camera bags a long time ago. I usually bring 1 to 3 cameras with lenses that I might want to use and my incident meter.

(I do keep a lot of extras in my trunk... film cooler, tripods, monopods, batteries, darkbag, spare gear, etc.)

chriscrawfordphoto · Jun 24, 2010

Two Leica M6 classic bodies, one silver, one black, two 50mm Summicrons and a 35mm Summicron. Lots of film and a Moleskine notebook.

bblhed · Jun 24, 2010

I gave up on a bag some time ago. I used to hike a lot more than I do now, and I carried whatever pocket digital point and shoot I was not going to worry about destroying, so I got in the habit of working with very little. When I decided to take the plunge and just bring an SLR and live with it if I ruined it I was using a Kodak C310 and was getting great shots so I know I can deal with not having a huge setup with me.

When I go out these days, I have three setups I like to use, also I wear a Camelbak backpack with water, clothing, and I will toss in any gear I am not using, lenses, flash, filters etc. if I have it. I sometimes toss in a spare specialty camera, 3D, Brownie folder, point and shoot digital, or something fun like that.

If I have been there before I bring a camera set up with a lens and filters for what I believe I will do the most of that day, and some extra film, and a flash only if I know I will need it.

If I have not been there before, or shooting will be varied I bring a camera with a general set up like a Nikon film camera with two or three speeds of film, or maybe the D70 with 18-200mm zoom lens, and a flash.

If it will be wet I bring my Nikonos V with the 35mm, and some faster film as the flash set up on that camera just looks silly, if I will be underwater I bring the flash and slower film because I will need it.

I can do a lot with next to nothing so I am lucky that I don't need to carry a large kit for what I do, also I am not a pro so time is not money for me. I have the gear that will allow me to compose a shot quickly and I do use it when I need to do that, but if I don't have the exact gear I need to get a shot, generally I can do quite well with the gear I have with me.

benjiboy · Jun 25, 2010

I'm street shooting today I just taking my Canon EF with the FD 35mm f2 lens fitted, in a small Lowe Pro Top loader bag, a Gossen Digipro light meter, and a couple of rolls of Fuji Pro 400 H.

dynachrome · Jun 25, 2010

What's in your camera bag?

Last week I took my Canon equipment out of my favorite bag to do some Konica shooting. I put in a black FT-1, 28/3.5 Hexanon compact, 45-100/3.5 UC Hexanon, 55/2.8 Vivitar macro, 135/2.8 Vivitar Close Focusing and Vivitar 200/3 Series 1. My friend was in from Japan and we spent the day at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He used a black FT-1, a 28/1.8 UC Hexanon, a 50/1.4 Hexanon (2nd version) and a 45-100/3.5 UC Hexanon. I shot one roll of Ektar 100, one roll of CVS 200 and half of a second roll of CVS 200. My friend was shooting Elite Chrome 100.

benjiboy · Jun 26, 2010

Today I'm taking a Mamiya C330 F with standard 80mm lens, the 55mm Wide angle the lens hoods, a Gossen Digipro meter,and three rolls of 120 Ektar in a small Hama Caddy bag.

John_Nikon_F · Jun 26, 2010

Today, F2A with 85/1.8 AI'd Nikkor, Nikomat FTn with 20/3.5 UD, and Nikkormat FT2 with 300/4.5 EDIF AIS Nikkor, all in a Domke F-2 bag. F2A has an expired roll of Kodak UC100 loaded, FTn is empty @ the moment, and the FT2 has a roll of Fujicolor Pro 160C in it. Will likely load a roll of Super HQ200 into the FTn, before I leave. Headed to the Juanita Bay Park in Kirkland, WA - after I hit up both Camera Clinic and Kenmore Camera.

-J

Sirius Glass · Jun 26, 2010

benjiboy said:
Today I'm taking a Mamiya C330 F with standard 80mm lens, the 55mm Wide angle the lens hoods, a Gossen Digipro meter,and three rolls of 120 Ektar in a small Hama Caddy bag.

The 55mm lens is good with the 80mm lens. I had the 65mm, 80mm and 250mm and I found that the 65mm lens was too close to the 80mm. I was thinking of dumping the 65mm and getting the 55mm, but I found a better MF camera for me. I think you will really like the 55mm and 80mm combination.

Steve

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