What's in your camera bag?

I'm in Fayetteville for the weekend. I've got D200(x2); SB800; 16-85VR; 70-300VR; 35/2 & 85/1.8. All in a Domke well worn F2 (olive). Also, Bogen 3221 with Kirk BH-3 and camera plates.

Heading out to shoot shortly.

Cheers...

My newspaper setup is:

+ Nikon D2H (x2) + Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 + Nikon 80-200 AF-S + Nikon 10.5 fisheye + Nikon 85 f/1.8 + Nikon 60 AF-S micro + Nikon SB-800 (x2)

All in a Domke F2-b and a ThinkTank Speed Demon

Bag is Lowepro Slingshot. It includes Nikon D80, 12-24mm, 18-135mm, 70-300mm, and a 50mm f1.8

For newspaper work i carry a Nikon D200 with the 17-55/2.8 attached, a 70-20 AF-S VR, the 10.5 Fisheye, a Sigma 10-20, two SB-800, a SU-800, a 50/1.4 or a Sigma 30/1.4 and a Ricoh GX-100 in a Billingham 550 (add some batteries, tabletop- tripods, cables, filters and a lot of other stuff to get an idea of my masochistic nature). I also use Tenba-bags from time to time but the Billingham is the best bag i have ever used. A couple of Metz-handlemount-flashes with Pocket-Wizards and other lighting tools is in a second bag in my car. Sometimes i carry only a Nikon with tele and the Ricoh GX-100 or a Nikon 8400. Cheers, georgs.

currently I have a d200, d40x, 18-55mm, 50mm f/1.8, 70-300mm VR, & sigma 10-20mm, with an sb-26 & sb-600. eventually i will sell the 70-300mm and purchase a 70-200mm with a TC-17E :)

I just went to Cape May for a few days. I had intended to shoot mostly with a Canon F-1. The problem was that I had Fuji NPZ in one of my F-1 bodies and I didn't have time to get my other F-1 out. I put a black Nikkormat FT2 in a separate napsack with a 28/3.5 AI, a 50/1.4 S (pointy prong) and a 135/2.8 'K' lens. The idea was that I would use the Nikkormat at the beach. What was in the regular camera bag? A Canon F-1 with the standard prism finder and LD focsing screen. Lenses were a 28/2 FD SSC, 35/2 FD SSC (first version), 50/1.8 FD SSC, 135/2.8 Vivitar Close Focusing and 200/2.8 New FD (1st version). I forgot to take a 2X. I also had a Vivitar 252 flash and a Flash Coupler L. I wound up shooting four rolls of print film and one roll of EBX. If I had been thinking more quickly I would have taken an extra Canon body instead of the Nikkormat and the three Nikkors but I had fun using both systems and on Monday I will get three rolls of the print film back. the EBX will come back from Dwayne's in the usual time. In three days in the Cape May area I think I only saw one other person using a film camera.

Now I remember that I also had a 50/3.5 New FD in the bag. Carrying all of this up to the top of the light house really gave me a workout. I counted all 199 steps on the way down.

With the D2H:

Midrange zoom attached to the camera.

50/1.8

Pocket lint.

Another small prime, varies depending on what I anticipate. Sometimes a 55/3.5 macro. If the midrange zoom is the slowpoke 18-70, I might pack something to compensate for the speed, either a 24/2.5 Tamron or 85/2 AI-S. Or the Spiratone Portragon.

SB-800 with pop-on diffuser dome. I don't usually tote the entire pouch with filters, etc.

Spare EN-EL4, AA's, CF card, caps, pens, cleaning cloth, etc.

No tea.

Protective filters for photographing small kids, pets, in adverse weather (lotta gritty wind blowing in Texas, as well as sap dripping from trees). Easier to clean a filter than the lens.

Those laminated cheat sheets for the D2H and SB-800.

Ibuprofen, Benadryl, eye drops, Atomic Fireballs and Lemonheads.

A dozen small prints of typical stuff I shoot to disabuse the officious of the notion that I am a terrorist or pervert.

A random cognitive dissonance generator to confirm their suspicions that I might still be a bit off.

My Initial Gear... D80 Nikon 50mm 1.8

Nikon 24mm D

Sigma 10-20mm HSN DC EX (With Nikon Lens cap, as Sigma's too cheesy)

Nikon 18-70mm AFS DX

Nikon 70-300 \mm VR

SB-800

C-PL Filters

IR Filter

Warming C-PL filter

Lee Filters Plus Rings

Charger, Extra Battery, remote (Both types), Cleaning supplies, Lens Hoods

No Included (Nikon N80, 35-70mm AF, 70-210mm AF)

Never intentionally took a photo of the interior of my camera bag. Yesterday it was F100, 24-85/2.8-4, 50/1.8 and 20/3.5 with Provia 400f (almost out) plus spare batteries, Sekonic 308S meter, a sandwich, cell phone and can of Red Bull. Only the 50 and 20 didn't get used. The bag is a Domke F6.

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Comments invited.

Which camera bag?...I have a bunch of 'em. My main 2 have:

Bag 1:

Nikon F3HP with MD-4 Motordrive. Nikkor 43-86mm f/3.5 lens. Tokina 35-105mm f/3.5-4.3 lens. Tokina 70-210mm f/4-5.6 lens or Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f/2.8-4 lens. Nikon SB-12 Speedlight. Nikon SB-16A Speedlight. Misc...

Bag 2:

A pair of Nikon N90s with MB-10 Power Grips, and MF-26 Back on one. Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8-4 lens. Sigma 28-105mm f/3.8-5.6 lens. Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6 lens. Tamron 1.4X Tele-Convertor. Nikon SB-23 Speedlight. Nikon SB-27 Speedlight. Misc...

Bag 3 is filled with a bunch of Olympus OM equipment, bag 4 is filled with misc photo equipment, and bag 5 has Sony Mavicas, and other digital equipment.

Note that ALL of my camera bags are LowePro.

In my main bag yesterday was a Canon 1vHS with 70-200 f/2.8IS, a 10D with 17-40 f/4L, a PowerShot A720IS for digital grab-shots, a 550EX flash, and a couple of older rangefinders--a Fujica Compact Deluxe and a Minolta AL. In my 2nd bag are two Nikon FEs, one with an MD-12 motordrive and a Nikkor 35-135 f/3.5-4.5 and the other with a Nikkor 50 f/1.8. In my 3rd, small 'vintage' bag are a Kodak Retina Reflex III with a Schneider-Kreuznach Retina Xenon 50mm f/1.9 and an Agfaflex IV with an f/4 135mm Agfa Color Telinear, plus a Voigtlander Vito II. Bag #1 is a Tamrac Pro12, bag #2 is, ironically, a Canon bag (no wonder there's static electricity in it!), and bag #3 is a very old cowhide camera bag that I got with the Kodak Retina Reflex some time ago.

I have Two Nikon D-200s, 1 nikon 70-200 ED IF VR, 1 Nikon 50mm 1.4, 1 Nikon 17-55 2.8, 1 Nikon 70-300 VR, 1 Nikon 18-200 VR, 1 Nikon 24-120 VR, 1 Sigma 150mm Macro 2.8, Three Nikon S-800 Speedlights. Tri-pod is a Manfrotto 190f3 Magfiber. And a Lowepro Slingshot bag. Soon to be a Nikon D-300 owner i hope.

Toilet paper, flannel cloth in ziplock bag, windbreaker, flashlight, ND filter, lenses, and etc.

Sorry, I Forgot to tell you this does not all fit in one bag. My Wife gets To carry Some of it.

I must say I am surprised by the relatively high number of people who have responded with film cameras. I walk around with a Domke 801 and will typically carry a combination of: 1. Canon EOS 3: 17-40L, 85/1.8 (Rarely the 24-105 or a Sigma 70-300) 2. Canon A710 3. Nikon FM2: 24/2; 50/1.8; 105/2.5 4. Yashica P&S 24-70. One day I'll surely add a DSLR body to the mix. Cheers

For a week in Maine last year, a Lowepro Nova 1 containing a D200 with a 50mm f/2 Nikkor H.C (AI'd) and an L bracket. Also, a lens hood, polarizer, ND grad, 4T closeup, 3 x 2GB cards, a spare battery and a spirit level. Outside the bag, a Velbon EL Carmagne 630 tripod fitted with a Leitz ball head. I try to go light these days.

I get 45 minutes during lunch that I can go to the river or botanical garden, I will have an innocuous white cloth shopping bag. My D200 and a 'lens of the day" + my flash.

On weekend If I can go for the whole day then I have a Nikon bag, d200, 18-200 vr, 70-300-vr, 50mmm nikoor, 105mm macro, 24-85 nikkor and 400mm sigma. A flash, Gary Fong diffuser, Extra memory cards are always attached to neck strap. Manfrotto monopod with a Gitzo head. Umbrella and couple towels. Part of the equipment in a box and I always leave the bag in car and go back and forth as needed.

Pentax LX, with SMC-M 28/2.8 attached. SMC-M 50/1.4; SMC-M 135/3.5. Two or three rolls of Tri-X, a couple rolls of TMX.

Business cards, a couple batteries, a small notebook and pen and a medium yellow 49mm filter.

All in a Lowepro Orion Mini waist pack.

Bag 1: Tachi 45, Nikon 8/90, Ektar 7.5", G-Claron 8/210; Lee filters system (Pola, ND, GND, B&W, 81A), Spotmeter, Quickload holder, 5 film holders, loupe, flashlight, tools, tape, notebook, . Pan F, Velvia 50

Bag 2: Hasselblad 503cx, 50, 80, 150 mm, PME45, same Lee filters system

Bag 3: D300, Zeiss 2.8/25, Voigtlander 4/125 Apo-Lanthar

Bag 4: Fotoman 617, Rodenstock 4.5/75, Rodenstock 5.6/150, same Lee filter system

Bags 1 and 4 stay in Switzerland, Bag 2 and 3 travels.

More of a trunk than a bag,

Each box also contains

D3 D300 or D200 2 sb800's 120-300 2.8 sig and either a 80-200 or 70-200 (nik) 28-70 and a back up whatever usually something cheap like a 28-105 2 x mono heads trigs and stuff Heaps of batteries, chargers and cards, spare shinko kits and we are good to go

Most of the camera gear fits into te hole left of the computer, heads and background come in seperate bags.

closed up

Bag 1: Event bag- paying customer; Tamrac velocity 9 bag, D300, D700 (pretty soon), SB 800, 24 - 70, 70 - 200 VR, tc - 20 e

Bag 2: the walk around bag; LL Bean Fanny Pack, 35 2, 18 - 135, SB 400, D 300 from bag 1.

Bag 3: Always with me bag; Walmart $5 p&s bag, GX 100.

Leica R9 camera with Summicron R 50 mm f2, Summicron R f2 90 mm APO lenses and a Contax G1 camera with a 21 mm Biogon lens. with plenty of Kodachrome 64 and Provia 100F slide films.

D80, 17-55mm 2.8, 10mm 2.8, 80-200mm 2.8

or

D80, 18-200mm

always have a polo filter and a lens cleaning cloth bought but almost never use the 50mm 1.8, SB-600 Flash, vertical grip/extra battery holder.

i dont think i ever pack the same, every time i go out its a bit different, either a different type of shooting situation, or new lenses/flash, or who know....

my main day to day bag is a crumpler 5mil packed with a d200, sigma 18-50/2.8, sb600, 105/2.8 vr, and 80-200/2.8 two ring.

if im going really heavy its usually my crumpler, a lowepro pack, and some Rubbermaid containers for cords, batteries, chargers, umbrellas, diffusers, etc.

sorry, its a crumpler 6mil, not 5...

heres me packing for a trip....

and the lowepro

F-100, Tamron SP-24-135, lens brush & cloth. Debit card for necessary purchases of focusing fluid at Pubs.

Russ

In my big bag...

D300: Sigma 18-50 f/2.8; Sigma 70 - 200 f/2.8; SB 600; Filters for both, Battery Grip, lens wipes, memory card, & D80 Just in case.

I only have a Lowepro Photo Runner (belt / sholder bag).

If I travel, std daypack with a D70, Sigma 10-20, Nikon 18-200vr, polariser and a ND filter (solid). Tripod in bag hidden. Casually - Lowepro Photo Runner, with above without the tripod. If I go out at my home city - D70, Sigma Sigma 10-20, Nikon 80-200/2.8 AFD and just my std daypack, tripod hand carried.

I intend to get the Lowepro Primus thou .. I hardly use flash. Most times its 2 zooms or 3 or 4 primes. If I travel for a few days in the past I took one battery only without the charger, I intend to carry a few batteries for a 3 week trip and try to wing it without it too ... I also am not a high volume shooter.

R.

Just back from a Singapore and Paris trip and took a setup that absolutely delighted me (remembering of course that I am an amateur and relative newbie).

Tamrac Express Pack 8 - in my mind the ultimate small carry-on bag for light camera setup and travel items, also great for city strolling

Velbon Ultra Luxi tripod with QD51Q ballhead - attached to side of pack with custom-sewn quick release elastic straps

Nikon D80

Nikkor 35/2 and Nikkor 85/1.4 prime lenses (35 mounted ~75% of time), lens hood for 85 lens

SB400 flash (used very rarely, almost only for fill) and matching sto-fen diffuser

UV filter onboard each lens, circular polariser carried for each, 3x4GB Lexar cards, cable release, remote control release, spare charged batteries for camera and lenses, lens wipes

In suitcase (not carry around) - chargers, portable storage hard-drive device, sensor cleaner

Am spending a month in Asia starting in August with Olympics and then travels through China and Nepal on the agenda. Am planning to exactly replicate this kit, with the one addition of my 18-200VR for general daylight use and reach. I also have 70-210 and 50/1.4 at home and 80-200 on long-term loan to a friend, but cannot justify taking any of these - after my recent trip the benefits of light weight far outdo the added choices that any of these would give me.

Mark Newcombe wins.

Where's the printer and cash register?

But Lex.....He cheated......That's not a bag.

Joe, who is to say what his bag is ? :-) BAG - from the dictionary . . . not to split f stops. : something one likes or does regularly or well; also : one's characteristic way of doing things : portable case designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles . . . (Some are soft and some are hard.) Lex is defended squarely. :-) OK LEX ?

My general photo bag: D70, SB600, 17-50mm f2.8, 80-200mm f2.8, 50mm f1.4, 20mm f3.5, 60mm Micro f2.8, 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 Macro, x1.4 teleconverter. Second body is either my Voigtlander Bessa with a 35mm f1.7 Ultron, or my old Minolta XG-7 with a 35mm lens. I also carry instruction manuals, utility knife, gaffer's tape (stuck to the outside of my camera bag), aspirin, sunscreen with bug repellent, push pins, a sheet of aluminum foil folded up, extra batteries for everything, a small metal ruler, mini-mag flashlight, business cards, spare car key, mini-tripod, strofen flash diffuser, 1 extra large heavy duty trash bag (it tends to rain a lot here in Seattle), and an assortment of filters, step rings, and lens hoods. In the trunk of the car there is always a rain coat, a jacket, a tripod, and a red umbrella.

I forgot. I also carry several copies of a printout from the American Civil Liberties Association stating the rights of photographers in public. These have been very handy when confronted by uninformed official people. I also keep some model releases just in case.

>> A small bag, Nikon N75/F75, Nikkor 28-80 f/3.3 - 4, Nikkor 70-300 lenses, some films (ISO 100-400), some CR2 batteries, camera guide, sometimes a lightweight tripod, pen and notebook and enthusiasm. Thats all.

In my Crumpler Brians Hot Tub I have a

Canon EOS 5D with batterygrip Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5-5.6 EX HSM Canon 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Canon 400mm f/2.8 L IS USM Canon 2xTC Canon 550 EX flash Batteries x4 Cards x4 On occasion a notebook multitool, earplugs, etc. And then I attach a Manfrotto 681 monopod, a Manfrotto 055 Pro B tripod with wimberley head and carry an extra 486RC2 head in the bag.

My bag is CompuTrekker AW

It contains : Nikon D300, Nikkor 16-85 VR, Nikkor 70-300 VR, Nikkor 14-24 mm, SB-800, Circular Polarizer filter, CF cards, charger...

I forgot it. Also a battrey grip for Nikon D300

An Ebony 45SU, 2-6 loaded filmholders, 2-3 lenses (55, 75, 135), Minolta flashmeter, darkcloth, pens, post its, lens tissue. Gitzo carbon fiber in hand.

My bag is a Domke F-1X. Used to carry a ton of stuff but began removing stuff because it was either that or buy a donkey to carry it.

Canon 40D with 28-135mm IS, 70-300mm IS lenses. A 199A flash and a sync cord to run it. Two Tiffen wallets of filters. A Gossen Luna Pro sbc or some other hand-held meter. Various batteries, cleaning cloths, a spare camera neck strap, a can of quarters for parking meters or tolls, a Swiss Army knife, paper clips and sundry little junk for makeshift stuff, a gray card for white balance. And sometimes an old Kodak Stereo camera just for fun.

I've got an old Domke that I bought used for $40. It's built very well and will probably outlast me.

OK this is from memory, I don't have the bag in front of me.

I've got a Nikon D300, a Rolleicord III TLR, Canon A620, Rollei 35T, Yashica T4, and a Canon Elura 100 camcorder. Nikon 16-85mm zoom, Nikon 70-300mm zoom, Nikon 28mm f2.8 AIS, Nikon 35mm f2 AI, Nikon 50mm f1.8 AI, Nikon 55mm f2.8 AIS, Nikon 105mm f2.5 K (with factory AI ring installed). Nikon SB-600 flash, Vivitar 285 flash, Nikon TTL cord and a Stroboframe bracket. Various shades and filters and doo-dads floating around in the various pockets.

Which bag? I have one I take everywhere, one that has my flashes and 35mm gear, one with my Mamiya TLR kit, and one with my 4 x 5 kit.

As for the take everywhere, it has the D300 with the 18-70 mounted, a 70-300 VR, a 67mm CP filter, lens cleaning microfibre cloth, D300 manual, memory chips, and a spare charged battery for the D300.

and an Olympus XA2 in my pocket

Hey lex printer is the blue thing bottom right, cash register comes in its own case two touch screens that pop up in front of the customers and a small laser underneath for reciepts. Come on mate you knew had em didn't ya.

Cheers Mark

Heh. Mark, I haven't seen a better organized on the go, cash and carry photo system since the old days in Mexico when a guy would take your photo, develop it on the spot and hand you the print within minutes - no Polaroids.

All you need now is a push handle, umbrella, colorful decals and musical theme played over a tiny speaker.

For those who haven't already checked him out, Mark is a sports photographer who has mastered the business end of making it work. I can take photos as well as the next guy but his business model and organizational skills make me dizzy.

What bag? If the weather permits it's a cheap vest with a few big pockets. Standard kit: Olympus Pen f, 20mm f3.5, 38mm f1.8 and 100mm f3.5 Zuikos, Vivitar 2X, 43mm yellow filter, few rolls of Tri-X, Sekonic L-28c. If its too hot for the vest (75 degrees for me, I don't do heat) then I stuff the stuff in a bag. This is the kit I grab the most. If I want to be real light then its a Pen S 3.5 and eyeball exposure. If I want a bigger neg I have OM stuff. Bigger still? Mamiya C220 and some lenses and prism finder. The Mamiya needs a tripod for sure and I have a gitzo that should be in a museum (or scrap yard). Every once in a while I get real weird and just slip a Mamiya 16 or Minolta 16II in a pocket. For the past 10 days I had a Olympus E300 but its going back to KEH tomorrow, bad sensor. Someday I'd like to learn to really see, and stop taking crappy pictures.

John R>

My bag - Lowepro Nova 5

Nikon D300 with 35-70/2.8 AF-D attached, Nikon F801s (backup - soon to be replaced with a Fuji S5?), 24/2.8 AF-D, 50/1.4 AF-D, 85/1.8 AF-D, 10-20 (Sigma), 80-200/2.8 AF-S, TC-17E, SB-800, SC-17, Various filters, film (1 x Velvia 50, 1 x Astia 100, 2 x Provia 400 or XP2 400, 2 x Delta 3200), spare batteries, cards, cleaning stuff, torch, bar towel, plastic bag, rubber bands, tools, business cards, earplugs

Wife's bag - Lowepro Nova 3

D200 with 18-200 AF-S VR attached, 2 x SB-600, 50/1.8 AF-D, Business cards, earplugs, various items of randomness

F100

F80

SB-50DX

24 / 2.8 Ai Nikkor

50 / 1.8 AF D Nikkor

28-105 / 3.5-4.5 AF D Nikkor

28-70 / 3.5-4.5 AF D Nikkor

70-210 / 4-5.6 Ai Tokina

Manfrotto 680 & 234

Filters: CPL, A2, B2, Y48, R60, X1

Films: Sensia 100 & 400, Reala 100, Superia 400, FP4+, HP5+

EOS5D

17-40 / 4 L Canon

70-200 / 4 l Canon

100 / 2,8 Canon

28-135/ 3,-5,6 IS Canon

Speedlight 430EX

Let's hear it for Domke bags!!! My 1974 version carries: Olympus E-1 Olympus E-3 with battery pack 11-22 Zuiko 14-50 Leica 50-200 Zuiko 2 extra batteries battery charger Lee filter wallet & holders 3 polarizers of various sizes 3 or 4 granola bars

Shot a wedding out of town this weekend and brought the following:

Crumpler 7 mil bag:

Canon 40D / 24-70 / 17-40 / 70-200 / 50 with 2 batteries and a 380EX with an omnibounce. Canon 350D backup body w/ battery grip and 3 batteries, 2 x 8GB cards and 1 x 1GB card,Chargers, cables, heaps of spare AA batteries, flash triggers, lens cleaner etc etc etc.

Second duffel:

2 x 10' light stands, 2x Vivitar 285HV's, 2x Manfrotto umbrella adaptors and 2 x 36" Shoot-through umbrellas.

My times of using a huge camera bag with SLR equipment are over. I now mainly use rangefinder cameras and lenses, and even the smallest camera bag is large enough for one camera and three lenses. It is a great relief, and it allows me to nearly forget about having a camera bag to haul around.

Well lets see.....

Bag 1: Lowepro Commercial with Hasselblad, 3 lenses, spare film backs and light meter, rolls of 120 film B&W and Tranny. Bag 2: Lowepro Slingshot with 2x AE-1 Programs, 3 lenses and filters, rolls of 35mm film B&W and Tranny. Bag 3: Eagle something or other with Nikon D200, D50, 2 lenses, flash, lots of batteries, chargers and bits.

Raid,

I *never* haul my camera bag around, it sits in my closet. I go out with one lens and one camera body, maybe a second body and lens if I need it (usually a film camera along with my digital), but most of the time I do not. The last time I hauled a camera bag with me was when I was shooting weddings, and that was many many years ago.

Plus, it's stupid to haul or carry a camera bag. That bag says "HELLO! There are expensive things in here, please steal me!"

When I need to haul gear in a bag, it is in a normal bag, not any kind of camera bag.

Just got back from a trip to Northern Maine:

in a Pelican 1510:

D300 W/'Winder, d40x

16-85, 70-300, Macro 100, Lensbaby3 w/wide and tele attachments, 10-20.

Lots of cards, chargers, a few filters, Tripod, Spirit Level, remote releases, blower brush, assorted computer parts, b/u harddrive, ThinkTank belt system.

Now I have to sort 1400 images...

Warren

I've heard women can be like this when they talk about their purses too!

Now...what i'd really like to talk about camera straps...do you boys like the nice thin ones ...or the big chunky butch type?

#/;~)=<

The short answer is "it depends" :)

But a somewhat usual set might be something like 10-22mm, 17-40mm f/4L, 50mm f/1.4, 85mm f/1.2L, 70-300 DO, 200mm f/2.8L, a polarizer, Cokin grad ND filter + holder for 77mm, cable release, a couple of memory cards, a lenspen, plus the camera body itself. While going on vacations etc, one or more 'redundant' lenses will stay home. Haven't had any theft attempts so far, I guess I'm ugly enough to scare potential thieves.

I have two bags,

1. LowePro Slinghot 100.

2. Kata dr - 467

The slinghot is for quick trips, going down to town, nipping round a friends... anything where I wouldnt be planning to shoot anything, But obviously theres always a chance.

With it being such a small bag, I usually take my d300, and a good all round lens, used to be a sigma 28-200, but more recently a Nikon 18-200. And if i'm going to be out long, I can then fit in a decent top-flash, spare battery for cam & flash, mabye a longer 300mm lens, and obviously a few memory cards.

With the Kata 467, This is much more my work bag, If i'm intentionally going somewhere for a shoot, then The 467 is great due to the shear ammount of stuff I can get into it comfortably,

tomorrow I have a publicity shoot at a local bowling alley, and my bag set-up is pretty much the usual..........

- Nikon d300, with nikon 18-200 lens attached. - Sigma 28-200 & 70-300 Lens's. - Compact spotting scope with T attachments - Laptop with charger, cf card reader, bluetooth mouse - mini Portable printer, with spare ink cartridge and a few packs of 6x4 paper - Topflash with spare batt's - charger & spare batt for d300 - 3x 2gb cf & 1x 4gb CF (memory cards) - pens, notebook, a ton of business cards - manfrodo monopod

It all fits in well leaving just enough space for a can of coke or something,

Usually I wouldnt always have the printer & scope which gives me lots of space for lunch, a jacket, or any other extras I need to have on location

I have 1 bag and a small samsonite suite case : 2- Maxxum 700si, 1-Sony alpha 100, 1-Fuji s5200, 1-Maxxum 3200i flash unit 1- Sony HVL-F36AM flash unit. 1-Maxxum 100-300mm 1-Tamron 70-210mm 1- Sigma 28-105mm1- Sigma 24-70mm 1- Maxxum 35-105mm 1- Maxxum 50mm 1- Sony 17-70mm 1- Maxxum 28-85mm 1-Tamron 1.4x converter 1- Vivitar 283 2- 36" umbrellas 1- PhotofleX diffuser ,Misc cokin filters,Tripods & mono pods lots of misc stuff

My bag is top loading, so its hard to show how it is organized. Its a lowepro Nova 2 AW. Depending on where I am going and what I am doing I carry (left to right with 3 inserts)

Vivitar 70-210/3.5 series 1, Tamron 28/2.5 and Oly OM-1n with Tamron 35-70/3.5 attached, Sigma 24/2.8 and Zuiko 50/1.4. The zip liner on the top of the flap holds a shower cap and a large ziplock freezer bag and wide angle adaptor for my flash. The front pocket contains a 49mm polarizer, 58mm polarizer, 49mm len hood, 8" cable release a couple of spare zinc-air batteries and a few film canisters. That is my general kit.

If I am doing more indoor type stuff I'll change out my Vivitar 70-210/3.5 for my Vivitar 285hv and a set of spare batteries.

For city vacations (Europe, New York, etc) I'll change out my Tamron 28/2.5 for my Sigma 28/1.8 for the extra light gathering.

I don't have room in my bag for it, but I'll sometimes take my Vivitar 300/5.6, Sigma 400/5.6 or vivitar 2x teleconverter if I think there might be an opportunity for wildlife shooting. I'll just shot those in to a backpack which I carry my camera bag inside of as well.

When PJ and I travel to Europe for five weeks the bag will contain 2 Canon DSLR bodies (5D and 20D), EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, TS-E 24mm f/3.5L, EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, with 72mm and 77mm filter packages (circular polarizers, .6 and .9 ND) with good neutral glass on each lens. Also in the bag, two remote cords, four extra batteries, a dozen CF cards (2GB+). A side pocket holds lens cleaning equipment, a small pocket flash, screwdriver kit, glasses holders, connection cables, etc. We live out of that Lowell Pro shoulder bag!

I've watched this forum for some time and realize that the judge of a good photographer is his/her equipment. Just for good a laugh, I decided to empty my camera bag. But I'm not going to yeild to peer pressure--this setup suits me just fine: (1) Nikon D80 with Nikon 70-300 mm lens (for sports); (2) Nikon 85mm f/1.8 lens (for low light sideline); (3) camera handbook (just in case I get stumped); (4) lens cleaning equipment: blower (LOL!), brush, lent-free cloth; (5) spare battery and image cards; (6) website cards (parents always forget where to find the photos); (7) medical stuff - Bandaids, Benedryl, Gavescon, Imodium, and Kleenex (the mom in me won't let me leave home without them and, YES, they always come in handy). BTW, I stole the backpack from my son. It suits me well while I'm traipsing the sideline. I know, I know, you need some Kleenex now!

I'm not laughing Laura, only we women can properly pack a bag, having had the practise of carrying purses around all our lives! ;-)

Let's see...start with the old beat-up Black's generic bag that someone gave me when he got tired of seeing me with the even more beat-up old generic camera bag I had before. Camera is the Canon Rebel XT, sometimes accompanied by the Elph digital. Lenses are the cheapie kit lens that came with the Rebel, plus the 100mm Canon macro and the 70-300 DO IS zoom lens.

Brace yerselves guys...I have the MANUAL in the bag! And even refer to it sometimes in the field!

(Pause for a moment as we hear the audible gasps)

Other Stuff: A linen dishtowel, notebook and pen, cleaning stuff (papers, bulb dust blower), bird call, ziplock bag containing an assortment of elastic bands, twist-ties and clothespins (holds back grasses, branches, etc.), gold-foil sided card from a chocolate bar and a couple pieces of gold-coloured foil from coffee bags (reflectors), matches, Swiss army knife with an assortment of gadgets, one of those folding plier-thingies with an assortment of tools/gadgets, pocket-sized emergency poncho, 3 big plastic garbage bags, a comb (one must tidy up when coming across male photographers out in the middle of nowhere) tiny bottle of Muskol in a ziploc, couple of diet bars (the kind that tastes like chocolate-covered sawdust and last for a century, one never knows when one might actually get hungry enough to eat it), spare batteries and memory cards, fish knife, (probably landed in there during one of my fishing/photo trips down the lake), sometimes the cellphone and mini-first-aid kit,

As for camera straps: Give me the big honkin' wide straps, the thin ones cut into my neck and give me a headache. Same with vests, have yet to find one tha doesn't cut into my neck when loaded down.

Got a dual compartment Tamrac ( 7 I think...) Main compartment holds: Canon 5D, 75-300 IS Lens, 28-105 Lens, 17-35 Lens, 100mm Macro, Sunpak AF 5000 Flash, Filters, Lots of Batteries and CF Memories Cards, remote trigger, cleaning gear...

Top (secondary) compartment: Battery charger and power lead, Card reader, Jacket and gloves (when it's cold) snack bars (mine taste better than chocolate covered sawdust, Rose-Marie, though only just) note book, pen/pencil, stuff...

Give me wide camera straps too!

My Bags: 1 Lowepro Fastpack 250 for long and out-of-town trips; 1 small, very beat up, ugly, generic green canvas shoulder-bag (inserts inside) for walking around the Los Angeles area

My Stuff: Nikon D50, Nikkor AF 18-70mm DX, Nikkor AF 50mm f/1.8D (my fav), Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8, Nikon AF-D 70-210mm f/4-5.6, Canon SD1000 (a point-and-shoot), cleaning kit, first-aid kit, swiss army knife, USB cord, battery chargers, extra SD cards, kleenex, small hand towel, travel-size packet of Wet Ones.

The Lowepro holds *everything* comfortably, but it looks a tad large on my 5'2" frame. The ugly green bag usually holds the D50, the 18-70, and the Nifty-Fifty.

The bag doesn't get used very often, but, in the bag ... mpp, helier 15cm, apo tessar 30cm, no name Petzval

But I normally use a belt and a DSLR - keeps some weight off the backbone, has everything to hand, allows for carrying a lunchbag or rucksack separately as required. The army surplus pouch is exactly right for Cokin P filters and a compass. Not so good in town or indoors, bur very good out in the country.

stork sac diaper bag http://www.storksak.net/product.php?shopprodid=28

m8, 25mm, pens, notebooks, cards, blackberry, water.

SLR: Canon A-1, EOS- Rebel X, EOS A2E & EOS-1V HS DSLR: EOS D30, 10D & 40D FD Lense: 28-85/f4.0, Sigma 70-210/f5.6?mm & Vivitar 400mm/f5.6 EF Lense: 28-135mm IS, 10-22mm USM-S, 17-25mm/f2.8, 28-70mm/f2.8, 70-200mm/f2.8, 35-350mm/f3.5 & 200mm/f1.8 (large "L's" in separate containers) couple of 550EX Flashes and 1.4X & 2X extenders, monopods and tripods

and a bunch of point and shoot cameras

wow mark... that must be a BIG bag!?!?!

Juanjo, what camera bag is that in you are using (shown above)? It seems it's what I need. Thanks

Actually, Jon, a foam filled an plastic storage case....and rather large. I don't carry much more than a body, flash and lense or two anywhere I go.

Quite a reasonable amount of the time I just throw my 400D plus 50/18 into a plastic bag and put that into the "family" bag that contains drinks for the kids, facewipes and the map of the amusement park...

Every now and then I'll take my personal small backpack and only bring the 400D and my 70-200/4 IS.

Only once in a while I will bring "everything", meaning 4 lenses (18-200, 50, 70-200 and 500mm mirror), the x2 that came with the mirror plus some extra memory. And that's it.

Mamiy RB67 Pro SD with waist level finder, film back and 90mm lens fitted. 50mm and 180mm lenses packed separately together with second film back, rubber lens hoods, Polaroid back, lightmeter, filters, film, etc.

Forklift optional.