Updated 14 March 2020 with new gear I picked up recently 😀
I’ve been asked on a couple different occasions lately: “what’s in your camera bag?”. Alternatively, “You always have your camera bag with you, what do you carry around day to day?”.
I’ve been using a Peak Design large backpack for a few years now. It has literally been around the world with me 4 or 5 times and has taken a beating like a champ. I think it may be time to look for a new one, a wee bit larger, but I love this camera bag way too much.
For longer trips, I have a Manfroto wheeled carry on bag to fit additional gear, Macbook Pro, and some other bits in the overhead bin of an aircraft. Between the backpack and the roller, I have a couple changes of clothes, all my gear and electronics with me. Unfortunately, it is a reality that, airlines ‘lose’ bags, so keep your important stuff with you at all times.
Honestly, its no real secret. Letting it out wont compromise national security, or the nuclear launch codes, so this is what’s in my camera bag on most days.
Camera Bag Contents
- Camera Body:
Sony A7Rii(edit 14Mar2020) New Sony A7Riv with my new “walk about” glass, a Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 lens - USB Adapters, power cords, four extra batteries and charger
- Macbook Pro 15″, USB-C external rugged drive, extra SD Cards
- Lenses:
- Laowa 15mm f/2 ND
- Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6
- Sony 85mm f/1.8
- Sony 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS
- Sony 35mm 2.8 Sonnar T
- Sony 90mm f/2.8 Macro G OSS
- Sony 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS (ok, not IN the camera bag but near it… too damn large for the backpack)
- Tripod: Manfroto 190-go Carbon Fiber
- Tripod Heads:
- Lens cleaning supplies, including this Eyelead Sensor Cleaning Pad which I absolutely love
- Filters and Adapters:
- Tiffen Variable ND Filters in multiple diameters
- Circular Polarizers
- Macro Extension Tubes
- Sony 1.4 Teleconverter (if I am carrying the 200-600mm monster)
That list above will change based on what I’m heading out to do. For Astrophotography, for example, I really only need the Laowa 15mm f/2 lens and the rest can stay home. But if it’s a Random kind of day, I’ll swap things around and take what I can in the camera bag. Its better to have things in the car you can get back to easily, rather than cursing yourself for leaving something at home.
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