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Always fun to see what others carry, there was a thread from 4 years ago but I'll start a new one instead. I'll get a picture up over the weekend of my bag too, what's in yours?

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I usually take one camera and lens unless I'm out by myself and have the luxury of taking my time so I'll give two bags, one for convenient fast shooting when I'm with other people and one for luxurious fun when I'm by myself :D

1. Sony A7 with 35mm f2.8 or Panasonic GX7 with 12-35mm f2.8, spare battery and cleaning cloth.
2. Sony A7 with manual 24mm f2.8, 50mm f1.2 and either 85mm f2 or 135mm f2.8, spare battery, cleaning cloth, filter holder, filters and stepping rings.

I've just about stopped using camera bags and now mostly use a cheap man bag bought from a Thai market.
 
I have a few bags/rucksacks, currently my Think Tank Urban 10 contains:-

Fuji XT-2
Fuji XT-2 Vertical Booster Grip
10-24mm f4
16-55mm f2.8
35mm f2.0
56mm f1.2

My Kata Backpack contains the following:-
50-140mm f2.8 + 1.4x TC
90mm f2
Fuji XT-2 Grip Extension

My Think Tank Restrospective 30 contains the following:-
Nissin i60a flashes x2
Nissin Air1
Fuji PSU
Spare Batteries
Flash diffuser
Cleaning clothes
Giotto Blower

My Vanguard 53F is currently empty, will get it ready soon :D
 
Whatever I got does not take good photos :dummy: I certainly need a 600mm F4, and some F2.8 zooms. Those Nikon 100th anniversary lenses and D5 are very nice. :dummy:
 
Depends what I'm going to shoot and where but usually 1 camera (1Ds Mk II or a crop Canon) and 2 lenses, Canon 24-105mm L lens and a 70-300mm L lens and a 1.4 extender.

The 2 L lenses will cover the full range from 24mm to 300mm on my FF camera and on a 1,6 crop (Canon 40D) and the 1.4 extender I have the equivalent FOV of a 670mm lens.
 
I've 3 different bags.......

1/ Full frame zoom kit. Sony A7R2 + CV10, FE16-35, 24-70, 70-300 in a Manfrotto Advanced Gear Backpack Medium

2/ Full frame prime kit Sony A7R2 + CV10, FE28, 35, 55, 90 in a Manfrotto Advanced Gear Backpack small

3/ APS-C kit Sony A6300 + E10-18, 16-70, 55-210 In a Crumpler shoulder bag.
 
It's mostly a mess in my bag.

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jonoooo125 said:
Always fun to see what others carry, there was a thread from 4 years ago but I'll start a new one instead. I'll get a picture up over the weekend of my bag too, what's in yours?

:canon:
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Camera and accesories..........mostly :) a6000, 12, 24, 60mm lenses, extra battery, charger, 2 extension tubes, bits and pieces, 2xTT685S, X1TS trigger, eneloop batteries 3(4)x4, 2x stofens, camera remote, ledlenser 7 flashlight, 2xrogue flashbender xl (1+2) and a rogue grid.. Im pretty sure I forgot something..... :)
 
In my nice new lightweight Lowepro photo traveller is a Fuji XT-1 with an 18-135 attached , a Fuji 10-24 and when I get it back on Monday a Nissin i40 with HSS.
In my Minitrekker could be any of the above with a Fuji 100-400 or a Canon 5D Mk2 with a 24mm TS-E and a tripod fastened to the outside
 
'Normally' I carry the A7, FE35/2.8 & Batis 85 plus a CPL for each. My 35mm Yashica kit also lives in the same bag, but doesn't always go out.

I sometimes may have a change & throw in some old manual lenses [Canon FD or Yashica ML or Helios] depending where I'm going & what I'm doing & if I fancy a change :)

My remote & ND's are in with my tripod.
 
The lenses carried vary, but I always have a Giotto blower brush, spare battery and of course the a7ii body
 
Being a street photographer, I tend to carry light. It does change from week to week though.

I always take my trusty Olympus OM-1 with 28mm F2. This is usually loaded with Tri-X (shot at asa1600) or Porta 400.

Currently the Ricoh GRII is my main digital Street camera (28mm f2.8). I am also taking my Ricoh GR1V film camera for today's 6-10 hour shoot session.

No spare lenses today, but sometimes I take:
Zuiko OM 24mm F2.8
Zuiko OM 35mm F2.8 (currently for sale)
Fuji X-T1 with 35mm F2
Olympus OM-2 (back up camera)

Being a street photographer, naturally I need to get in close, hence all the wider lenses.

I also take: lens cloth, lens pen, extra rolls of film, Bowers & Wilkins P5, possibly water bottle, spare battery and memory card. Also this stored in my Billingham Hadley Pro or smaller unbranded shoulder bags depending on the situation/where I want to shoot.

I always do a 'whats in my bag' on Instagape.
 
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Currently D5100 with 50mm f/1.8G, 3 batteries, hard case for memmory cards, cleaning kit, one charger, some lens hoods and I tend to attach reflector to the bag too ;).

Missing a lot of gear yet, that includes flashgun, better lenses and better body, but working on it ;).
 
Depends what I am doing.

Chasing insects - then it is a Canon 7D2, 100 F2.8 Macro and a 100-400 Mk2.

Landscapes - 1DX, 16-35 F4 L IS, 24-70 F2.8 L V2 and (maybe) 100-400 Mk2

Wildlife - if I am not walking far to a hide then it is both cameras (1DX + 7D2) and 300 F2.8 L IS + 800 F5.6 L IS as well as tripod etc + 1 liter of Tea! The most important bit! If I am walking further then it is one lens and one camera!

I have 3 backpacks, Vertex 200, Lenstrekker 600 and a SuperTrekker. I just pack what I think I need and can carry, naturally I get it wrong most of the time!:(
 
I use a Speed freak or a Speed demon - Think Tank bags - around my waist and not on my shoulder [injury]. A body -1dx2 for action, sport or BIF with 100-400ii and 1.4 converter or 300 f4 prime and if I am going to a place like Slimbridge probably my 500 but that has its own bag - a Think Tank Limo. Or 5D3 with a macro lens, or 24-70 zoom on a black rapid strap. If I am out and about, I have a smaller Lowe pro waist bag which houses my Old set up - two zooms and a pancake lens. I have a card wallet, a spare battery, maybe a cable release for landscape, a waterproof fold up blanket [dead small and very handy especially on the boat back from the Farne Islands when it rained heavily on the way back and we can the kit could hide under it. A juice box and maybe a muesli bar.
 
6d, 17-35, 35 1.4 Art, 50mm 1.8 STM, 135 f2 flashgun, remote triggers

There are other bags at other times, but that's my go-to kit.
 
A7R2 + CV10, FE16-35, 24-70, 70-300.
I like to keep my kit in the smallest most compact bag, advantages of mirrorless.

 
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Fuji X100T and a Sony RX100 in a Domke F3

The bag is way to big so will probably end up being sold.
 
I currently have six bags from a Hasselblad Press bag with a couple of bodies and three lenses to a little Crumpler holding a Panasonic G2 and three primes.

I think I'm a bit of a gear head! :wideyed:
 
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All my Fuji gear in a Peli 1510
Fuji XPRO 2
56 APD
Fuji 35 F2
Samyang 12m f2
Godox AD200
Godox V850 x 2
Other bits an bobs
 
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Sony A6500
18-105 G
Godox V860ii s + transmitter
DJI Mavic pro + controller
DJI Osmo mobile
Gopro 4 black
Filters for camera and dji mavic
Assorted mounts for gopro, suction, gorilla pod, spring clamp, selfie stick. Spare batteries for all equipment.

All in my Manfrotto tri medium back pack.
 
In my digital bag:
Canon 80D
18-135 mm Canon lens
10-22 mm Canon lens
90 mm Tamron macro lens
70-300 mm Canon lens
50 mm Canon lens
Kenko 2x teleconverter
Cable release
IR release
Spare battery
Spare card
Grad ND filter
Polarising filter
Brush
Small wildlife book
Tripod QR plate

In my medium format bag:
Bronica ETRs
70 mm lens
200 mm lens
Prism finder
Waist level finder
Cable release
QR plate
Several rolls of film - god only knows what
Lens wipes

Project bag:
Olympus OM1
50 MM f/1.4 lens
Zeiss Ikon Ikoflex
Notebook
Pen
 
Mines lightweight compared to these

Panasonic FZ1000
Flash gun
Spare batteries
4 sd cards

So light after lugging a Nikon kit around :D
 
Mine is to heavy to lug around. It sits in the car boot and I take the camera and one lens with me on foot.
 
50d, 50mm 1.8ii, 18-55stm, Tamron 70-300mm, flash trigger, flash (i don't always take this out with me), small flash modifier, wireless remote shutter release, an A4 sized piece of mount board (used as a small reflector for flowers etc), 3 plastic hand clamps/grips (not really sure what they're called), camera sling strap, cpl, spare AA batteries and a piece of parachute cord.
 
My main holding bag is a Think Tank Airport Take off, but generally I use smaller bags and just pick out what I want at the time.

Fuji XT-1
Fuji Xpro1
XT-1 grip
Yongnuo 560 flash
trigger/receiver for OCF
Fuji 35mm f/1.4
Takumar 200mm F4
Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f/3.5 (in a pouch)
Helios 44-2 58mm F2
Rocket blower
Manfrotto Pixi - mini tripod
5 batteries for the 2 cameras
spare cards in a think tank wallet
Micro fibre cloths

Crappy phone cam pic -
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That is what I'd bring for a job, along with a light stand and shoot through brolly in another long bag. I would pack it better than that, just threw the XT1 in there as I was using it just earlier.
 
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Today it's my Zorki 4k with Jupiter 8 and a Pentax P30 with SMC-A 50/1.7 and I suppose the Walz tripod I've just bought from a charity shop. It's boxed but only about a foot long.
 
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