Whats in your camera bag?

Whats in your Camera bag then?

Mine has,

Canon 400D
Canon 17-85 IS lens
Canon 18-55 Lens
Sigma 70-300 Lens

Digital Concepts 952 AF Flash
Slik Pro tripod
Slik Monopod

Remote Shutter control
Extra Batteries,
ND8 Filter
Circular Polarizing Filter

Adobe Lightroom and PhotoShop CS4.

 

What I have:

Canon 400D
Canon 18-55mm lens (kit lens)
Tamron 70-300mm (borrowed)
Zeikos Filter Kit (UV, CPL, FL-D)
Jessop 2x Tele-Converter
JJC LCD Timer (on it's way)

What I would like next:

Canon 75-300mm lens
Canon 50mm prime lens
Cokin Exterior Filter Kit
Mono + Tripod
Bigger Storage Card
Spare Battery
Canon RS-60E3 remote switch

 

Nothing! i pick a lens b4 i go and hang the camera around my neck the whole time, with UV filter, without lens cap. Which is maybe why i've managed to get 9,500 shots on my hard drive in 2009, by my standards that probably means 30,000 to 40,000 clicks on the camera

 

Sony A300
18-55 F3.5 Kit lens
Sony 50mm F1.8
Velbon CX440 Tripod
55mm Polariser
Jessops Flash Cover
Jessops Compact tripod

Adope Photoshop CS3*
Adobe Bridge*
Photomatix Pro 3*

(* all software is on a 'free' trial )

 

Nikon D300
50mm Nikon prime lens
55-200mm telephoto
old Nikon 135mm macro
Nikon s600 flash
s/h Manfrotti tripod (weighs about half a ton, but steady as a rock)
two heads for above (also very heavy!)
Manfrotti monopod
Lowepro bag
some filters (if only I could remember where I put them!)
some bean-bag things that all velcro together, for putting camera on, or kneeling on
PS CS4 and PS Elements 7

share some cheapo studio lights and Lastolite backdrop with a friend (who lives 20miles away and who's always got them when I want them or vice-versa)

Would like some decent lenses now, but unfortunately don't have hundreds/thousands to spare

Mark - I tend to do that - take what I want out of my backpack and put them in my camera bag, but then always find that I've not got what I want.

However, I've also got a brilliant Barbour coat (meant for hunting/shooting) but it has zilliions of big waterproof pockets inside and out (meant for carrying cartridges/dead pheasants/hares) but are brilliant for carrying camera gear. I'm sorry I can't use it in the summer, too. For summer, I have a Nikon bodywarmer thing, but it's not half as good and I always feel like a poser in it!

 

most of the time its my

canon 40d with battery grip,
canon speedlite 480EX flash,
canon 50mm F 1.4,
sigma 70-300mm,
falcon 8mm F 3.5 180 degree fisheye,
giotto legs with a manfrotto grip ball head,
external shutter release,
and varoius ND and polorizing filters.

and its a pain in the A*** to carry round the entire time!

 

Im my Slingshot:

Eos 450D + battery grip
Kit lenses: EFS 55-250 & EFS 18-55
Cheapy rubber lense hood
RC-5 Remote


Recent addtions: Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM, SRB Griturn NDs and soft grads, HOYA HD Cir-PL and Hoya Super HMC UV(0)

 

At the moment..

Bodies

Canon 40D + Grip
Canon 5DII

Lenses
17-85mm
24-105 F4
50mm 1.8
70-200 2.8IS
Canon 2x teleconverter

4+16 GB CF cards

Canon 430EXII Flash
Wireless release

Various filters

Manfrotto Tripod and magic arm and monopod

Various other bits and bobs

Macbook Pro + CS4 and Aperture

 

Canon 450D
18-55 mm
55-250 mm

Other bits and bobs!

 

Wow you guys carry some stuff around!

Most of the time it's just the body and a short, if I'm going somewhere that specifically needs a long I MIGHT throw the short in my pocket .... Oh an usually an ND grad (in a pocket)

Having said that, the 35mm has not come off for about 5 weeks

 

In the bag (Lowepro);

Canon 450D
Canon EFS 18-55mm kit lens
70-300mm Tamron Telemacro
Polarisers for each lens (58mm and 62mm)
Various filters and grads
2 and 4GB cards.
National PE-182S flash (Ancient; was my Dads, and is designed to fit on and be fired by old-school SLRs, but I use it as a handheld.)

Over the shoulder;

An equally ancient, but superb, Velbon tripod.

On the `pooter;

PS7 and PSElements

 

Ok... I shall allow myself to be drawn into your virtual c*ck measuring contest

My Lowepro Rover AW usually contains the following:

Canon 40D

Canon EF-S 10-22 f/3.5-4.5
Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8

Canon EF 35mm f/2.0
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 Mk1
Canon EF 135mm f/2.8

Sigma APO Macro 400mm f/5.6 (usually stays at home and only comes out for special occasions)

Canon 580EX II Flash

A couple of Sandisk Ex. III 8Gb Cards
A couple of Canon batteries

Manfrotto 785 Tripod (meant for compacts but very small and light and just about does the job most of the time).

Images are crudely bodged with the Canon software and Photoshop CS2.

I'm generally happy with the gear and hoping it'll last me for a long time, although I do hanker for a 5D II. Could also do with a polarising filter, UV filters for all the lenses, few ND grads, a cable release and some gels for the flash really. Would also like to build a light beam trigger for the camera / flash, but my cat has more skill with electronics than I do.

Now, if I could just find something interesting to shoot...

 

Well its 19 months on from when this thread was started.

What have people added to their bag and what have they ditched. New specs and upgrades with info please.

Also what were you photographing then and what images are you creating now.

 

Nice idea.

To update mine...

To begin with I`ve gotten a bigger Lowepro bag (up to a Slingshot 202AW from a 100AW)

Battery grip.
2x extra batteries
Canon 550EX flash.
Yongnuo RF-620RX remote trigger.
2x Teleconvertor
Calumet light-stand. (~7ft fully extended)
36" Calumet shoot-through/reflector umbrella.


A shot from back then(-ish);



And more recently;

 

Updated

 

Updated list

Canon 40D
Canon 17-85 IS lens
Canon 70-200mm F4 L Series
Canon 50mm 1.8

Digital Concepts 952 AF Flash
Slik Pro tripod
Slik Monopod

Remote Shutter control
Extra Batteries,
ND8 Filter
Circular Polarizing Filter

Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CS5.5 and Lightroom 3

 

Some good updates, nice one Stu.

This is what i was hoping for. A thread which not just a update of hardware but of styles, images and direction. I know my photograhy is a million miles away from what it was 18 months ago. Any more updates???

 

Well i think i should post my bag or kit so to speak! After i have asked everyone else.

Copied from my insurance quote.


Camera
Canon 5D
Canon 7D
Canon BG-E4 Battery Grip
Canon BG-E7 Battery Grip
Canon Battery magazine BGM-E2
Canon Battery magazine BGM-E6
Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

Storage
Canon M80 Storage Device & Photo Viewer

Lenses
Canon EF 50mm f1.4 II USM
Canon EF 24-105mm f4 L IS USM Lens
Canon EF 70-200mm f2.8 L IS I USM Lens
Canon EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 L IS USM
X2 Canon Tripod mount rings B (W)

Extenders
Canon EF 1.4 II Extender Tele converter

Flash
Canon 430 EX

Lens Hoods
Canon EW-83H Hood
Canon ET-83C Hood
Canon ET-86 Hood
Canon ES-71 II Hood

Lens cases
X2 Canon LZ1324 Lens Cases
Canon LP 1219 Lens Case
Canon LP 1014 Lens Case

Filters
X1 Hoya 58mm UV Filter
X2 Hoya 77mm UV Filters
X1 Hoya 77mm Pro 1 UV Filter
X1 Hoya 77mm Pro 1 Digital MC UV Filter
X1 Hoya 77mm Pro1 Digital MC PL-C Filter

Accessories
Canon Speedlite 430EX Flashgun
Canon OC-E3 Flash Off-Camera Shoe Cord
Kood 80cm 5 in 1 Reflector Kit
X8 Canon BP-511A Battery Packs
X4 Canon LP-E6 Battery Packs
X3 Canon Battery Chargers CB-5L
Canon LC-E6E Battery Charger
Canon TC-80N3 Remote Controller
Sandisk 1GB & x2 4GB card 30MBS
Lowepro PixelPak V2
Manfrotto Art 075 Tripod and Case
Giottos Monopod
Pro Blower Brush, CAMERA & LENS CLEANER

Hardware
Dell Ultrasharp 2007 24” Monitor
Canon Pro 9000 MarkII

Software
Adobe CS5 Photoshop

Bags/ Cases
Lowepro Photo Trekker AW II
Peli 1600 Case
Peli 1550 Case
Peli 1450 Case
Peli 1400 Case

 

So what was i taking then and what now. I think this is the most important part of the thread.!

I have to be honest here, the only reason i took up photography again was a kitten. I never had any decent photos of her and after 6 months she died. Then we brought 2 other kittens into our lives . It was very hard to start with not knowing how long we would have them with us. But thank god they are now getting close to 2 years old and a very close part of my life. So i thought it would be appropriate to show this here.

Chloe who loved me so much and died not long after she arrived



And Dacery He is always happy to sit there and let me play with my DOF.



.

Thanks

 

Cracking portrait, Stu

Pascal - I love your kitten/cat. Are they colourpoints or Birmans? The little bluepoint is a lovely kitten and the sealpoint has super eye-colour (one of the most difficult things to breed true in the himalayan breeds).

I used to breed and show colourpoints and in the early days, bred some of the first shorthair colourpoints. These are some (very old) pics of some of mine:

Roland (longhair stud cat)



Mimi - longhaired c/p



Her son, Harry, one of the first shorthairs