So, what's in your bag mister? (sorry Mr Lehman, I know that's your line). The bag that I'm using most of the time is a Lowe Pro Stealth Reporter 650AW, and from the left the main items are:
- Two Canon EOS 5D MkII bodies
- Two Canon 580exII flash units
- Canon 16-35 f2.8L sitting above a Canon 1.4x extender
- Canon 70-200 f2.8L IS
- Canon 24-70 f2.8L sitting on an ST-E2 flash transmitter
The back section is able to hold an Apple Macbook Pro 15.4 and the various cables will go into one of the front pockets if I need to pack a whole kit into the bag for travelling. There are plenty of bits and pieces in the bag:
- Think Tank pixel pocket rocket CF card holder with 8 x Sandisk 8Gb CF cards
- Notebook, pens, business cards
- 16 x 2700 MaH AA rechargeable batteries
- 2 x Spare Canon LP-E6 batteries
- 2 x Honl Photo Speed Straps
- 1 x Honl Photo Speed Gobo
- 1 x Honl Photo Speed Snoot
- Canon RS-80N3 Remote Switch
- Various bits of coloured gel (red, green, blue, Full and 1/2 CTO orange, 1/2 CTO blue, purple)
Added together, this is one heavy bag. If it has the laptop and all of the computer accesories as well it is barely portable. If I'm travelling on the London Underground or having to do a lot of walking for a job I will try to cut things down and even spread the load in two bags. I've written before about the search for the perfect bag and all I can say is that the search continues. |
