What's your go-bag look like?

[AcquiredTaste]

Let's say you're headed out for a full day of photography, what's your bag look like? Recently had to reorganize mine, so I thought it would make a decent thread topic!

• samsung SM-N975U1
• ƒ/1.5
• 4mm
• 1/30s
• ISO 640

 

[coldcoffee]

That looks heavy

 

[dirk]

That looks heavy

Let me release him from the pain of the Nikon Z9 weight

 

[martinocando]

This is how mine looks like. iPhone 13Pro & Kindle Paperwhite for size reference.

Gx9 with 12-60 + 35-100. 24mm through 200mm equivalent FF FOV in an ultra small and light package. Europe? Here I go!!!

• Apple iPhone 13 Pro
• iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5
• ƒ/1.5
• 5mm
• 1/60s
• ISO 160

• Apple iPhone 13 Pro
• iPhone 13 Pro back triple camera 5.7mm f/1.5
• ƒ/1.5
• 5mm
• 1/60s
• ISO 125

 

[AcquiredTaste]

That looks heavy

Kinda! But lightweight is very low on my hierarchy.

 

[nzmacro]

If it can't fit in your pocket, I don't want it. I just have large pockets is all.

• Panasonic DMC-G1
• OLYMPUS M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ
• ƒ/6.3
• 14mm
• 1/250s
• ISO 250

• Panasonic DMC-G1
• ƒ/6.3
• 14mm
• 1/640s
• ISO 250

They also come in handy for picnics

You lucky people you and that's without the Sony 200-600.

Danny.

 

[stevevp]

Good topic. It would be useful to say what the bags are - from someone who spent a year looking for a bag and still didn't get it right!

PS My first post here.

 

[nzmacro]

Good topic. It would be useful to say what the bags are - from someone who spent a year looking for a bag and still didn't get it right!

PS My first post here.

Well mine is easy. A Stanley fat max tool bag. Holds three cameras, 3 tele lenses, plus a lot of pockets inside and out and then the trunk holds big momma. Or did you mean someone else's bag

Danny.

 

[DrLex]

Being merely an enthusiast in the ever shrinking group of people who don't believe a smartphone suffices to take good photos on trips, I'm in the small & light camp. Until very recently I carried a trusty DMC-GX1 which was very portable but was really starting to feel too limited, so I went for the OM-5. Slightly larger and heavier, but not by much and still fits in an ancient but durable Samsonite bag I still have from the film era. Sorry, this won't be of any help for those wanting to shop for a new bag, unless you include antique shops in your shopping trip.
Even with a 100-300 lens mounted the OM-5 still fits in this bag (only just). I like this bag because it easily fits in a backpack and looks inconspicuous.

As an illustration of trying to use a smartphone versus an 11 year old camera for photographing a far away building on a hillside at night… The phone is a mere OnePlus Nord, but I doubt the more advanced ones would fare much better. The latest Samsung AI thing might hallucinate a set of candles or so from this kind of sensor reading.

 

[ken53]

Excellent Thread.
Many are curious what others have, myself included. I havent been down the "backpack" road yet but I will some day. For now I like my shoulder strap with the bag under my arm. Inside this bag you see a 7DII, 70D, EF100-400 II, 10-18 EFS, and 18-135mm EFS. Sometimes my Flash and SP 150-600 ride in a different bag if I need them. The bag is a discontinued Canon. Maybe the Professional 1EG. I see them on e-bay yet.
Thanks for starting this thread, I am sure it will be popular.

• Canon Canon PowerShot G15
• ƒ/1.8
• 6mm
• 1/30s
• ISO 800