Hi,
I am, once again, looking for a new camera bag. I've yet to find a system that I'm happy with.
Previously I've had camera backpacks, but I used to find them frustrating because I'd have to remove them to take photos, and that's not handy for travel photography.
So I now have a Lowe Pro Slingshot 300. It's a nice bag and I like the fact that I can access my camera without taking the back off, and it has a decent waist belt to relieve the load. Nevertheless, with a number of lenses the case soon becomes heavy on just one shoulder. I backpack would be more confortable.
Then there's the issue of usage. If I'm hiking for pleasure I probably won't have too much gear. If I'm hiking for a bigger shoot then I'll need to carry far more gear, and the sack will have to have a very good harness system to transfer all the weight to my shoulders.
And if I'm needing to take lots of gear onto a location shoot then I tend to find that camera bags in general are awkward, far too heavy, and it's difficult to get to stuff easily. Perhaps a hard case with rollers would be a better solution... A hard case would also be a practical way of storing gear at home.
So the result of these musings are my realisation that my big error has been to try to find that elusive camera bag that does everything in one handy package. This isn't possible.
The second result is my realisation that I need three bags. This could be expensive.
So, I'd like some advice before I go and spend my cash, particularly with respect to hard cases.
Pelican is the definitive reference for this type of case, however they come in many shapes and sizes and it's difficult to know what to get. They don't give any indication of the number of bodies/lenses that one can expect to fit. Here's a list of gear that I'm likely to carry, can anyone here tell me what size bag I'd need:
MacBook
Canon 5D
Canon 30D
70-200 f/2.8 IS
135mm f/2
80mm f/1.8
50mm f/1.8
24-70mm f/2.8
16-35mm f/2.8
15mm fisheye
14mm
1.4x teleconverter
Extension tubes
3 x 580EX
3 x pocket wizard
Various accessories such as filters, telecommand, etc.
The ability to stick a 300mm in there at a later date would be welcome.
Thanks,
Tim
I am, once again, looking for a new camera bag. I've yet to find a system that I'm happy with.
Previously I've had camera backpacks, but I used to find them frustrating because I'd have to remove them to take photos, and that's not handy for travel photography.
So I now have a Lowe Pro Slingshot 300. It's a nice bag and I like the fact that I can access my camera without taking the back off, and it has a decent waist belt to relieve the load. Nevertheless, with a number of lenses the case soon becomes heavy on just one shoulder. I backpack would be more confortable.
Then there's the issue of usage. If I'm hiking for pleasure I probably won't have too much gear. If I'm hiking for a bigger shoot then I'll need to carry far more gear, and the sack will have to have a very good harness system to transfer all the weight to my shoulders.
And if I'm needing to take lots of gear onto a location shoot then I tend to find that camera bags in general are awkward, far too heavy, and it's difficult to get to stuff easily. Perhaps a hard case with rollers would be a better solution... A hard case would also be a practical way of storing gear at home.
So the result of these musings are my realisation that my big error has been to try to find that elusive camera bag that does everything in one handy package. This isn't possible.
The second result is my realisation that I need three bags. This could be expensive.
So, I'd like some advice before I go and spend my cash, particularly with respect to hard cases.
Pelican is the definitive reference for this type of case, however they come in many shapes and sizes and it's difficult to know what to get. They don't give any indication of the number of bodies/lenses that one can expect to fit. Here's a list of gear that I'm likely to carry, can anyone here tell me what size bag I'd need:
MacBook
Canon 5D
Canon 30D
70-200 f/2.8 IS
135mm f/2
80mm f/1.8
50mm f/1.8
24-70mm f/2.8
16-35mm f/2.8
15mm fisheye
14mm
1.4x teleconverter
Extension tubes
3 x 580EX
3 x pocket wizard
Various accessories such as filters, telecommand, etc.
The ability to stick a 300mm in there at a later date would be welcome.
Thanks,
Tim