What's in your camera bag?

Ah a willy waving thread?

Depends on what I'm doing.

Usual
Lowepro Computrekker
Canon 50D with 24-105
70-200 f2.8 IS
100-400
50mm f1.4
10-22
2x & 1.4x TC
580Ex2
Plus about 80gb of CF cards, 3 spare batteries, battery charger, hat, notebook, pen, epipen and anti hystermine tablets (allergic child), cleaning cloths, puffer etc etc.

Then depending on needs either a laptop or ipad in the slot.

If I'm lighting outdoors or rigging I've a huge lighting bag with a car rig kit, 2 extra 420 flashguns, brollys, lighting stands, Redsnapper carbon tripod, remote triggers, ST-E2 wireless trigger, flashgun modifiers etc.

Backup kit in a Tamrac expedition 5 is a 400D, 18-55 kit lens, 70-200 f4, 100-400, plus spare cards, batteries etc plus a set of extension tubes.

I totalled it all up new to replace and it's nearly £10k worth of kit (Gulp)
 
Domke F6 when it's the 24-105, but rarely go out with that combination.
Lowepro Flipside 300 when it's the 100-400 and I'm off to the zoo.
Otherwise, it's the iphone in my pocket.

All is about to change.. G12 will replace the 24-105. So, it'll be nicely worn Domke bag with a G12. A few sundries in there, too - sunglasses, spare cards and batteries, a lens cloth and a few close-up filters.
 
Byker28i said:
Ah a willy waving thread?
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:eek: That wasn't a sexiest remark was it (as what about the female toggers - as what would they wave :naughty: :$ :lol:

Did Like it thou as it does seem to be one doesn't it..... :lol:

See the sig below for the main gear thats in mine - as it could/does change over time.....
 
The video with Kai and Lok was awesome, love you're videos and happy New Year to you all your crew! :)

I've got a Lowepro SlingShot 200AW which my camera doesn't really fit in. So, my main 'bag' is a Black Rapid RS-7.

Camera - Canon 1D Mk3 ("ooh 10 FPS the essence of man" Kai :lol:)
Lenses - Canon 35mm f/2, Canon 24-105 f/4L, Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 (latest one, name is to long to remember)
Flash - Canon 540EZ, used in Manual with RF triggers
Memory - Sandisk Extreme 60Mb/s 8Gb CFs and Extreme 30Mb/s SDs.
Filter - Polariser
Accessories - Hot-shoe cover with spirit level. :D

Really want a Billingham bag, but need a UWA lens first.
 
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Byker28i said:
Ah a willy waving thread?
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I'm up for a bit of waving :lol:

My bag is a Think Tank Urban Disguise 50

Main camera is D300s with a smaller back up D5000

Lens collection consists of Nikon 18-70 (soon to be replaced with 17-55 :)) 35 1.8 and a couple of Tamrons, 55-200 and 70-300

CFs are all SanDisk, batteries are all Nikon

Normally only take what I think I need along with the obvious bits, lens cleaning stuff etc.

And a surprisingly often used item in my bag is my Maglite AA torch :)
 
WP-UK said:
And a surprisingly often used item in my bag is my Maglite AA torch :)
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I have one of those tiny button cell torches which I've slipped into one of the pockets and it's amazing how many times it comes in handy. I also have a larger windup torch in the big lighting bag.
 
I have a 500d with kit lens, 430 flash, 55 to 250 lens. Just got a lowepro fastpack 200 today. It's great bag
 
Bag: Lowepro something-or-another 250
Camera: Nikon D300s
Lenses: Tokina 11-16/2.8, Nikon 35/1.8, Nikon 50/1.8, Nikon 70-210/4.
Tripod: Giotto and Redsnapper ballhead.
Accessories: Lee Filters NDs, ND Grads and Big Stopper, B+W ND110, cleaning clothes, timer remote, custom WB lens cap, little P&S canon and some small stock of food.

Also have a Sigma 10-20/4 which lives at home.

To get next? A Nikon 24/2.8, I'm a bit of a lover of primes. Maybe a 70-300VR too.

Sometimes when I want to be inconspicuous, I take whatever I want in a little bag or my rucksack.
 
Byker28i said:
I have one of those tiny button cell torches which I've slipped into one of the pockets and it's amazing how many times it comes in handy. I also have a larger windup torch in the big lighting bag.
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I saw one of those in Poundland the other day, it seems like a pretty nifty gadget that can be put on a keychain or zip etc, I'll be buying one in the week on my way back from college because it's a pain looking in my bag on the night shoots :)
 
Tamrac Adventure Messenger 3

Nikon D300, Nikon 85mm f1.4, Voigtlander 58mm f1.4 and Voigtlander 40mm f2.

lens tissue, Two spare memory cards, spare battery and close up lens for the 40mm, four model relase forms that I have never used and unlikly ever to! :D

Stuart
 
mastertrinity said:
I saw one of those in Poundland the other day, it seems like a pretty nifty gadget that can be put on a keychain or zip etc, I'll be buying one in the week on my way back from college because it's a pain looking in my bag on the night shoots :)
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The very best fill light/off camera light - especially for macro - is a cheapie LED torch, like these ones from Clas Ohlson...

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/Product/Product.aspx?id=154378370

then, using either milk bottle plastic or similar, cut out a small fitted cover to diffuse the light. Instant LED cold lighting, and a torch in your bag to boot.

It's fairly easy to overcome any WB issues [I shoot Jpeg mainly] by using custom WB's in mixed lighting [shouldn't we be all doing that anyway?]. Shooting RAW enables you to adjust the tonality after the fact.
 
- What bag do you use?

Lowepro Vertex 200 for bad weather when I need good protection; a big, heavy bag that's not spacious for accessories bur it carries main equipment well.

Also have a Burton Zoom Pro 28L for snowboarding and when I need a comfy bag for carting lots of stuff around on long hikes. Rear entry makes it a great travel bag.

Walkabout bag is a Kata DR465, a nice little pack for a body, lens and a few bits. Perfect for days out.

- What camera do take with you?

2x Nikon D2X bodies. Old tech but up to ISO 800 it's as good as anything. Really reliable and super tough.

- What lenses do you take with you?

Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 fisheye
Sigma 14mm f/2.8
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8
Nikon 50mm f/1.8
Nikon 85mm f/1.8
Nikon 60mm f/2.8 micro-nikkor
Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 VR

- What accessories or other items do you put in your bag

2x Nikon SB800
Nikon SB28
Nikon SB24
Elinchrom skyport triggers
x8 screw-in Hoya ND
x4 Cokin ND grad
x2 Cokin ND grad
Gels
4x Nikon EL-EN4a batteries
30x30cm softbox
Konig tripod
Spare iPhone battery
Electrical tape
Lighter
Pen
Camera + flash manuals
Lens cloth
Remote release
11x 4gb Sandisk Extreme III CF cards
USB cable
Clip-on polarised sunglasses
 
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danbroad said:
The very best fill light/off camera light - especially for macro - is a cheapie LED torch, like these ones from Clas Ohlson...

http://www.clasohlson.co.uk/Product/Product.aspx?id=154378370

then, using either milk bottle plastic or similar, cut out a small fitted cover to diffuse the light. Instant LED cold lighting, and a torch in your bag to boot.

It's fairly easy to overcome any WB issues [I shoot Jpeg mainly] by using custom WB's in mixed lighting [shouldn't we be all doing that anyway?]. Shooting RAW enables you to adjust the tonality after the fact.
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I used my little brothers LED Lego man light and it gave some great results! I'd say LED's are the best way for people to try lighting techniques before they even consider flashguns or studio strobes, it's amazing what you can do with such simple torches :D
 
I have an old backpack which currently holds:

Nikon D3 (my new love)
Nikon 105mm f/2.8 VR
Nikon 50mm f/1.4G
Sigma 24-70 f/2.8 HSM

2 x YN-560's
Bits and bobs such as RF-602's, Stofens, grey card and Lumiquest softboxes.
 
DigitalRev TV has decided to give away some stuff to our fans on YouTube. All you need to do is to show us what's in your camera bag and tell us any story behind it. The best video will get a big prize, and there are 10x runner-up prizes too! Here are the rules:

- The video has to be a simple video telling us what's in your camera bag, and any story that is related to the camera.
- Maximum duration: 5 min. No minimum duration.
- Must be uploaded to YouTube.
- Must be a subscriber of our channel.
- Must post as a video response to our contest announcement video. - http://www.youtube.com/video_response_view_all?v=rOYyhE4Y4tg
- Open to anyone in any country. Under 16 needs parental consent.

Closing date: 21st March 2011, 9:00am GMT


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My video response was just a spoof, and didn't include any of my regular equipment. (Believe it or not, I don't generally carry the old Voightlander about)

My main day to day camera bag is a Samsonite Trekking Premium DFV 100.

It holds my Pentax K100D with 18-55mm attached plus a Pentax 80-200mm.
also room to keep the Panasonic camcorder in.

A handful of spare batteries, a tabletop tripod and a Hama flexi suction pod (to do videos from inside the car.) I also keep a Traveller Compact Pro tripod with me all the time, but obviously that doesn't fit in the bag.

That's about it.

The rest of my kit is taken as and when it is needed. Just so everybody knows. I DO NOT usually carry around that huge bag, nor the contents as seen in my video.
 
Tamrac expedition 5x
Olympus E3
12-60SWD
50 - 200 SWD
9 -18
ec 1.4
35 Macro
FL 36
Polarisers for above
Rocket blower
 
Lowepro Mini Trekker.

Canon xs30i
Canon 40D
Grip
sigma 17-70
sigma 70-200
canon 50
sigma 1.4x
sigma 500 flash
cards
batteries
manuals
 
Lowepro Fastpack 250 for when I go travelling/skiing.
Otherwise I use a Crumpler Muffintop 7500.

Usually
Gripped 450D
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 with B+W MRC UV filter
SDHC Cards
Spare battery
Lens pen

Occasionally taking
YN-468
Canon 55-250mm
Remote shutter release.
 
Usual Suspects include

Bag - Lowepro Fastpack 250

Body 1 - Canon 60D (gripped)
Body 2 - Canon 20D (if carried)

Lenses - Canon 15-85mm
Canon 70-200 f/4
Canon 50mm f/1.8

Flashes - Canon 430ex ii
Jessops 360AFD (RF triggers)

Extras - AA rechargeables & 1 hour quick charger
Small maglite
Cable release
bundle of Memory cards
Cleaning cloth
£10 (you would be amazed how often this comes in handy!)
 
Lowe-pro bags for kit in transit, for long-haul it all goes in a large Peli case along with IT kit.
Not that I go long-haul any more - I'm sat here watching Sky news from Tripoli and itching to be back in the game, but at my age I'd be an utter liablity...

Cameras:
General-purpose/press/sports - Nikon D3 x2
Portrait/studio - Nikon D3x
35mm Film - Canon A1 x3; Canon F-1 x2 & Leica M6 x2
Medium Format - Hasselblad 500 c/m & Pentax 67
Large Format - Toyo 5x4

AF-Nikkor Prime Lenses: 24mm f/2.8; 35mm f/2; 50mm f/1.4; 85mm f/1.4; 105mm f/2.5; 135mm f/2DC.
AF-Nikkor Zoom lenses: 17-35mm f/2.8; 24-70mm f/2.8; 70-200mm f/2.8 VR-II.

All my old Canon m/f lenses are still in a box in the attic, apart from the ones on the camera bodies on the shelf in the living-room; ditto the Leitz lenses and the medium-format and plate camera lenses.

Flash.
Nikon SB900 x5 + Lastolite modifiers.
Bowens Esprit 500 x4
Bowens Gemini Classic 500 x4 inc Pulsar triggers
Loads of modifiers.


In the good old days, I would have all my film cameras slung about me with different films and lenses to cover all the bases.
I was just getting into the concept of digital capture when I had my accident in '98, but it wasn't til three years later that it became commonplace for all press photographers to be fully digital and even then most PJs would stick to using film for long 'away-trips' as the batteries were useless back then.

I would much prefer to still be using Canon cameras and lenses as they're what I grew up with. Sadly, I think Nikon have the dge at the moment and so when the majority of the above listed kit was sold off by one of our photographers when he moved jobs, I had to make a tough choice. He owed me a couple of big favours, so I was able to haggle quite successfully.
The other new kit above was funded by selling-off the four super-telephotos and extenders that I didn't need.
 
Bag:

Lowepro Slingshot 302AW

Camera:

Canon 7D

Lenses:

Canon EF-S 15-85mm
Canon 50mm f1.8

Other:

Nissin Di866 flash
Gary Fong lightsphere collapsible
Spare camera battery
Camera battery charger
8 spare AA rechargeable batteries and charger
Memory Card reader
IR and Cable remote releases
UV filter
Microfibre cloth, blower and cleaning fluid
 
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Mandarina Duck bag
Olympus E-510
Olympus Zuiko 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6
Olympus Zuiko 35mm f/3.5 1:1 Macro
Olympus OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.8
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM
2gb + 8gb Sandisk Ultra/Extreme cards.
Some Tiffen/B+W Schneider UV Filters
Some microfibre cloths.
Sony multi card reader.
Charger.

There's also a Sony DSC-T200 compact in the bag too.


Don't really carry that flash around as it's a TTL for my old Canon SLR just happened to have it in my bag at the time.
 
What should be in my bag in the next few weeks!

Bag- Army Surplus Canvas Haversack.

Cameras- Nikon D100+Grip
Nikon Coolpix S630
Zenit EM


Len's- 35mm 1.8G
50mm 1.8D
18-200mm
Heilos 58mm F2

Plus len's cloths, rocket blower, a Extra roll of film. Spare body caps and Len's caps.
 
For street work it's my body (E510) two kit lenses. 14-42 & 42-150, spare batteries, polariser and that's about it. Sometimes I'll just put on the 28mm zuiko legacy lens and spare batteries in my pocket and that's it!.

Landscapes, It's the big bag, all the lenses, filters etc and the tripod.
 
Ever evolving as im sure most of yours are:

Bag- Lowepro Slingshot 100AW / Lowepro Computrekker

Body - Nikon D5000

Lenses- Nikon 18-200VR, Samyang f/1.4 85mm, Samyang f/3.5 8mm fisheye. Sometimes making an outing is the 18-55mm VR if condition's are poor although it really has not been used and will look to sell to fund something else.

Extras -

2 x lens cloths, 1x lens pen, 1x giotos blower
1x EN-L9 Genuine Battery spare, 2x EN-L9 3rd party Batteries
Spare lens cap, rear cap
Joby Gorilla Pod SLR Zoom
Hama monopod
RedSnapper 384 tripod and RHS-12




Looking to add in the very near future:

Sigma 10-20mm
Nissin Di662/ Di 866 flashgun
Nikon 35mm f1.8
 
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DigitalRevDeals said:
Let's talk about what your story is behind the camera and the gear you use.

- What bag do you use?
- What camera do take with you?
- What lenses do you take with you?
- What accessories or other items do you put in your camera bag?

Show us your gears on Flickr - My Camera, My Story.

Tell us What your choices are and Why, as well as all the things that you have to say about your lovely kit. :)
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Bag= Billingham
Camera= 1dsmk2
Lenses= 17-40 f4, 24-70 f2.8, 100mm macro, 70-200 f2.8
Accessories= electronic release, curly flash lead, rocket blower, selvyt cloth, 580ex flashgun.
 
Trekking kit:
Canon 5D Mk2
60D
450D IR converted
10-22
Zuiko 24mm f2.8
Zeiss 35mm f2
Zeiss 50mm f1.4
70-200L IS f4
Rightangle finder, Lee filters etc.
All in Thinktank Streetwalker Hard Drive

Macro kit:
Canon 100mm Macro
Ring flash
500D Close-up lens
580EX, 550EX
Reflectors etc.
All in Lowepro Mini Trekker
 
Great. now, can I have your addresses, and when you are likely to be out of the house, ha ha :)
 
Almost everything I own camera wise is in my bag....

Bag: Lowepro SlingShot 100 AW
Body: Canon 450D
Lenses: Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, Canon 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS, Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Filters: Hoya UV, Hoya FL-W, B+W ND110
Stuff: Lens Cloth, 2 spare batteries
 
- Bag - Lowepro Altus 140, neat little bag big enough for all the kit I own.
- Camera - Canon 450d, I took advantage of a great deal from Argos outlet at the tail end of last year.
- Lenses - 50mm f1.8 II, 18-55mm kit lens, 55-250 kit lens
- Accessories/other items - spare memory card (8Gb micro SD reused from an old mobile phone in a SD adapter)

I'm new to DSLRs and enjoying the learning curve.:geek:
Still got a long way to go but I'll get there (hopefully). Currently tempted by all sorts of fancy things (higher end cameras, L series lenses etc) but I'll stick to what I have, maybe I'll add a filter or two soon.
 
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Just been going throuh my camera bag as it seemed to be getting a bit heavy for tomorrows trip and removed 1 tin of tuna chunks and 2 tins of mackeral in spicy tomato sauce. :D .....
 
I don't have a bag.
Pentax K110D
most commonly fitted with an old manual focus 50mm prime (Pentax M-series F1.7)

Total cost = £75

Ok, sometimes I fit it with a 28mm mf prime, or a Sigma 28mm-105mm, or a Tamron 70mm-300mm. But I always go back to the 50mm mf.
 
Currently in my bag I have:

Bronica etrs with speed grip and metered prism

3 film backs, one with velvia, one with fomapan and the other with ektar.

Nikon fm2n with 50mm

Panasonic LX5
 
Bags- Lowepro Vertex 100AW & Rezo 170AW
Body - Nikon D5000
Lenses:

- nikkor 18-55mm
- nikkor 50mm f/1.8
- nikkor 28mm f/2.8
- sigma 70-300mm

few spare cards
cleaning kit
remote trigger
iPad 16gb wi-fi
tripods - Giottos 9361 & Manfrotto MODO
charger

and alway a flask of finnest Trentino Grappa :)
 
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