what do you carry in you camera bag?

Think Tank skin pouches and skin belt.


1D MkII


70-200 2.8 (non IS)


17-40 4


50 1.8


540EZ or Vivitar 385 depending on mood


monopod if sports shoot


2 spare batteries for 1D II, spare batteries or diy pack for flash


4 4GB SanDisk Ultra II CF cards, 3 2GB Ultra II SD cards - Think Tank Pixel Rocket jr


microfibre towell


diy omnibounce


300 f4 L for football, soccer, surfing when not renting 400 2.8 from CPS if desired.


pen, water bottle, snack, kneepads, business cards.


spare body from studio if desired.

My everyday bag...





<span id="btAsinTitle"]Lowepro Fastpack 250:
- Canon 5D MkII w/ battery grip
-Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM
-Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
-Canon Speedlite 270EX Flash
- Apple MacBook Pro and 500gb LaCie Little Disk
- Various Chargers and Cables

LOL...





Canon Xsi 450D


Canon Battery Grip E5 &amp; Charger


Canon 50mm 1.8


Canon 24-105mm 4L


Canon 70-200mm 2.8L IS USM


Sigma 10-20mm 4-5.6 EX


Canon Speedlite 430 EX II


Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod


Sandisk 4GB SDHC &amp; Trascend 16GB SDHC + mini USBSDHC reader


Lens Pen, microfibre and other various cleaning items - no liquids here


Various UV filters, Polarizers etc...


8 Energizer AA Ni-MH batteries and charger

According to what everyone else seems to bring with them when shooting I might overpack lol. I would just hate to get to a shoot and have it at home and not with me and need it. It's the old boyscout in me "be prepared" that hates to leave anything at home.

Camera &amp; Lenses

1Ds Mark III
85L f1.2 II
24-105L f4 IS
70-200L f2.8 (non IS)
16-35L f2.8 II

Flash &amp; Accessories

580EX IIX 2
580EX
ST-E2 Speedlight Transmitter
25mm Extension Tube II
TC-80NS Timer Remote Control
Manfroto Carbon Fiber Tripod &amp; Ballhead
Various UV Filters, Circular Polorizers, ND

Everything nicely fits in my Lowepro Pro Trekker II AW Camera Backpack.

When I need to travel light for a hike i have a smaller Lowepro backpack that I usually take my 16-35, 24-105, 70-200, 580 ex II, tripod, cable release &amp; filters.

What I carry depends on what I think I'm going to be doing.


The only consistent items are a 5D, batteries, and a charger.


Last trip I went light, with 35 f1.4, 24-70 f2.8, and 135 f2.

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Originally Posted by Colin

What I carry depends on what I think I'm going to be doing. The only consistent items are a 5D, batteries, and a charger.

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Good discussion point - you always take your charger? Mine never goes in the camera bag.


If I'm headed out on a big shoot (i.e. a weekend bicycling event), I take a small plastic bin with a power strip that has my wall-mount Canon chargers all plugged in, some short cords that fan out to my AA chargers (I have 4 four-battery chargers, about to order 2 more), etc. and put that in the vehicle. I'll carry that into the hotel, and I'm considering a Vagabond power pack (from the makers of Alien Bees) to run the chargers in the vehicle. I'm slowly figuring out how to balance my need for AA batteries between more batteries and more chargers. :)

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Originally Posted by peety3

I'm considering a Vagabond power pack (from the makers of Alien Bees) to run the chargers in the vehicle

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Peety,

I own the Vagabond II power pack from Alien Bees and it is not designed to run as a continuous power supply. Here is a little excerpt from their instructions. I would be afraid to use it for what your looking for.

"<span style="font-size: x-small;"]The system is not designed to operate modeling lamps continuously as this would deplete the battery rapidly, cause slow recycle and could overheat the inverter. It is permissible to operate the lamps briefly for light composition, then they must be turned off."

It would be a use at your own risk if you did I would assume. Just throwing that out there I remembered reading it in the instructions I got with the unit.

Fred~

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Originally Posted by Fred Doane

I own the Vagabond II power pack from Alien Bees and it is not designed to run as a continuous power supply. Here is a little excerpt from their instructions. I would be afraid to use it for what your looking for.

"<span style="font-size: x-small;"]The system is not designed to operate modeling lamps continuously as this would deplete the battery rapidly, cause slow recycle and could overheat the inverter. It is permissible to operate the lamps briefly for light composition, then they must be turned off."

It would be a use at your own risk if you did I would assume. Just throwing that out there I remembered reading it in the instructions I got with the unit.

Fred~
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I don't think the chargers would represent nearly as much draw as modeling lights. Nonetheless, other ideas I've considered are UPSes and just sticking the UPS + charger bin on a hotel luggage cart and rolling the combo into the hotel room (all great until it rains...).

CANON 40D w/ Canon battery grip


4 spare DSLR batteries


530EX II


430EX


Flash diffusers for both Speedlites


rechargeable Energizer AA batteries (tons)


70-200 f2.8 L IS


24-70 f2.8 L


Tokina 11-16 f2.8


1-16GB, 1-8GB, 1-2GB CF cards


Cleaning equipment.





Hoping for a 5d Mark II soon. 8D

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Originally Posted by Whatsreal

a single 2GB card

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Do yourself a big favor and buy at least one more card. 2GB is fine, especially if you don't shoot RAW. You don't want to be out somewhere and either run out of room or have a card fail. Be sure to get a decent brand--e.g., SanDisk or Lexar. They're not that expensive. (You don't need the Extreme III or IV--the Ultra II will do very nicely.) Also get at least one extra battery, if you don't have one. I never bother with Canon-branded batteries. I've had great results with cheap batteries I've bought on eBay and the third-party batteries sold by B&amp;H and Adorama.


At some point, you might also consider a wider lens, like the 18-55m IS lens that now comes with a lot of Canon consumer DSLRs, if you don't already have it. It's actually a pretty good lens, far better than the original 18-55mm that I got with my used 30D.