[Steve]

A little fun, simple and informative to the many nosey members that we have here

Name your (camera) bag and list all the kit that you keep in it...

[IanHoughton]

Lowepro Slingshot 100

• Nikon D50
• 18-55mm lens
• 55-200mm lens
• Spare SD card
• Manual !!!
• Lens cloth
• Hoya close up attachments
• Tripod head plate

[danpen]

Depends what I'm doing, when I'm out shooting bugs I take a Kata W-92 waist pack, generally carry the camera with 180mm macro mounted.

In the bag ...

• MT24-EX Flash (clips on quick if needed)
• Spare batteries for camera and flash
• Spare Cards
• Close-focus binoculars
• Set of Jessops extension tubes
• Kenko Pro 300 2x teleconverter

[Dabhand16]

Right, I've just dug out my old kit. In a cupboard somewhere, 35mm slide copier, various flashguns, leads, and slave units. So many other odds and sods, I can't remember what else is there.

35mm kit: Miranda shoulder bag. About 450x230x220mm deep.

Olympus OM2 SP with 28-70 Tamron macro f3.5-4.5 lens and motor drive. Tamron 80-210mm f3.8-4.0 lens. Tamron x2 converter, various lens/body caps, Cokin filter holder, two lens hoods, Cullman CX35 flash with dedicated Olympus module, Olympus dedicated flash extension lead. Olympus 'Trip' 35 compact. Various Cokin filters. Kodak Ektachrome Elite 200, Ektar 25, Kodacolour 200, Konica 100 and Agfacolour Optima 200 films. Various spare batteries and film boxes. Lens cleaning tissues, Electronic remote shutter release, cable release. This kit has been plagerised for stuff to use with my video camera.

Medium format kit: Bronica 'Safari' aluminium case 460x340x170deep.

Rollicord 5b, Bronica ETRS with 75mm f2.8 Zenzanon lens, Quick focus lever, speedgrip, AE2 metering prism finder and waist level finder. Three 120 backs, Standard and Pro lenshoods, various lens and body caps, film spools. 10 Ilford FP4 125 ISO films, Weston Master 5 exposure meter.

Slik 88 tripod. Unbranded monopod (but uses same leg locks as Manfrotto).

After getting fed up with lugging that lot around, after quite some time of no photgraphic activity:

Lowepro compact case with Nikon coolpix 885 - spare battery-lens brush-4 memory cards. Much easier to transport!

After getting hooked again, Lowepro Rezo 140 bag containing Nikon D70s, lens hood, 6 x 1 gig and 1 x 2 gig memory cards, lens cleaning brush, LCD protector.

Still travelling light.

Video kit

Canon MVX3I with 3 batteries, Rode Vidoemic with windjammer, Sony MDR-V300 headphones, 6 Sony mini DV tapes, IR remote control, lens cleaning brush and cloth, stickey labels. Various Colin filters, mini sprit level, SD card, notebook, pens, mini Maglite torch, A4 paper for WB, Olympus digital voice recorder.

[Sonsey]

Lowepro Mini Trekker AW II (got it free with a £30 subscription to Practical Photography mag )

Camera:

- Canon 350D with BG-E3 battery grip & hand strap attached

Lenses:

- Sigma 10-20mm EX DC
- Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 XR DI
- Canon 100-400L IS
(one lens will be on the camera depending in what I'm shooting first that day)

Essentials:

- Filters (Hoya UV(0) 67mm, Hoya Circular Polarizer 77mm)
- Shutter release cord (3m)
- Memory cards (2 x 2gig, 1 x 1gig, 1 x 256meg - mix of Scandisk & I-Pro)
- Canon battery + 2 extra 3rd party batteries
- Dust blower
- Lens cleaning pen & brush
- Lens cloth x 2
- Notepad & pen
- Battery charger (if I'm traveling far)
- Manfrotto 190ProB Tripod + 804RC2 Head (strapped to bag)

...all with room to spare for another lens or two

[Rob Barron]

I have a Lowepro Mini Trekker AW and generally it contains:

- Canon 20D body with
- Canon 28-70mm f2.8 L series attached
- Canon 100-400mm IS L series
- Canon 17-40mm f4 L series
- Canon 100mm f2.8 macro USM
- Canon 50mm f1.8
- Canon 550EX flash unit
- Canon EF 1.4x teleconverter
- Canon EF 2x teleconverter
- Spare Batteries for camera and flash
- Polarising and ND filters
- Epson P2000 portable storage and viewer

Having said that, I don't cart the whole lot with me on every shoot. I will leave behind stuff I am not going to use as it would be stupid to carry such heavy equipment around if I don't need it. Especially as I will also have my Sherpa Pro tripod with me but as that is carbon fibre, it isn't too heavy. The Gitzo 3-way head ways more but I am planning to get a decent Ballhead to replace that.

If I know I'll be doing a bit of macro work, I'll have my Canon MR14-EX ringflash and if I want some top quality distance shots I am likely to take my Canon 300mm f4 IS L series lens as that produces stunning images.

Like most people, I have more kit than I would ever likely need one shooting event. Even when i went on holiday to Florida, I only took the 28-70mm and the 100-400mm lenses. With the airlines being so security conscious I didn't want to take my backpack with me as it was larger than they were accepting as hand luggage and I am NOT having them throw several thousand pounds of equipment in the hold!

The Mini Trekker really is an excellent bag: holds more than it looks from the outside!

Cheers,
Rob

[P-E]

Well when on a hike it would be the following;

CAMERA BAG;
Lowepro Nature Trekker II or Tamrac Expidition 5

CAMERA BODY:
Canon 1DMKII

CAMERA LENS:
Canon 16-35 2.8L

TRIPOD:
Gitzo G1298 & G176M Ballhead

ACCES:
Cable Release
Lee Filters
Expodisc
Memory Cards
Cleaning Cloth & Blower

[fionaB]

okies..... i have the camera in a lowepro something or other which i keep in some kind of padded rucksack. which then carries.....

8 x rechargeables
1 x 512 xd card
1 x 256 xd card
2 x 64 xd cards
1 x 16 xd card
Hama Monopod, vivtar Tripod
external flash
Cleaning kit/fluid/ blower etc
all cables etc.....

Ohh yeah and my Historic Scotland Membership cards! lol ( free entry to everything <g>)

dont carry my filters etc cos they only fit my old camera!

Fiona

[dod]

too much, far too much

[Markulous]

Tamrac camera bag:
Sigma SD10
Power grip
70-300
18-50
105
50
16
Wire Remote + IR Remote
Anglefinder
Monopod
Misc filters, cloths, brushes

which, if hiking, is clipped on the front of:
Tamrac Expedition 8
Cullmann tripod
Platypus 2 litres water
Paramo clothing/Gloves/Hat
Compass/Map/Survival blanket/Rope
Food!

[stepheno]

Originally Posted by dod

too much, far too much

Nail....hit....head! But for the record.

In a Billingham 335

Canon 30D with battery grip

• Tamron 18-200 on the camera
• Canon 50mm f1.8
• Canon 70-300 IS USM
• Canon 100mm f2.8 macro

then

• Stitz monopod
• 2 spare cells
• Kiev lightmeter
• Remote cable
• 3 x assorted CF cards
• Cokin P holder and three adaptors
• 1 Cokin ND
• 2 Cokin Grad ND
• 3 x CP filters

and then it's just too heavy.

[Raymo]

Havn't got a bag yet, but when I go out I take :-

Nikon D200
Nikon 35-70 f2.8
Nikon 80-200 f2.8
Relevant uv & polarising Hoya filters for both
Manfrotto 055CL Tripod with an 804RC2 head
and errrrr.... my D200 manual I must get a bag next

[Dmodegirl]

Not enough.. yet :P

Tamarac Volicity 6 bag
Canon S3
1gig sd card
512mb sd card
16mb sd card
extra batteries
lenses
lense cloth
med sized tripod

[daveyuk]

Lowpro Nova 5
Canon 30D
Sigma 10-20mm
Canon 17-85mm
Sigma 70-200mm
Sigma 100-300mm
Sigma x2 TC
Sigma flashgun
Lens cleaning kit
Lens pen
Lens brush
Spare memory cards
Spare batteries
Polorizer
Freezer bags
Elastic bands