I'm interested to learn what you all carry with you besides cameras and lenses. If you switch it up depending on what you are shooting, just make a comprehensive list regardless if you carry all of them all the time.
I'm interested to learn what you all carry with you besides cameras and lenses. If you switch it up depending on what you are shooting, just make a comprehensive list regardless if you carry all of them all the time.
Basically I even don't use a camera backpack, I'm a landscape photographer, so I need to walk and hike a lot. I also have back problems, so comfort and health for my back is priority. I use a 50 litres hiking backpack, which you can see on my avatar.
I usually have the camera and 2 lenses with me, maximum 3.
Besides that, I carry:
- SIRUI T-025X Carbon Tripod + CS-Series ball head
- Remote control
- Batteries
- Stackable HAIDA 77mm ND Filtres (8x, 64x, 1000x) + Circular polarizer
- Lens cloves
- Cleaning Liquid
- Lenspen
- Rain pants, rain jacket, rain cover for the back pack, shower hat for the camera
- Camel Back (1,5L) for easy drinking
- Food
Winter:
- (Hot tea in an isolation flask)
- Hand warmers
At night:
- A waterproof flashlight
All in all, carry less and think more before what you need instead of carrying everything.
Cheers!
Camera, lenses, and (if I'm conscientious) a cleaning cloth. And a handout that says who I am and what I do (plus pictures).
But my work is strictly personal, and usually happens close to home. If I blew a shoot, there are no real consequences. So YMMV applies double.
In addition to bodies and lenses, I have my single Nikon-branded piece of photo gear - a circular polarizer. I also carry a variable ND filter. There's also a Lindy OTG cable to connect my camera to either my phone, my old phone, or my tablet. Which one I use will depend on why I am connecting to my camera. The phone lets me get images online or emailed right away. The old phone is used as a remote to fire the camera. The tablet is used when I want a bigger screen to work with. That's handy for macro work and landscapes. I'll also pack a hat from Sunday Afternoons, as they make some hats that I find well-suited to photography.
Tripods are either Manfrotto or Benro. Heads are either Acratech or my custom LensMaster gimbal.
What Benro tripod? How's its quality?
It's a Benro Mach 3 (TMA37AL). When I realized my Manfrotto carbon fiber legs wouldn't hold up under my big lens, I went looking for another tripod. Quality is good - I would rate it as equal to, or better than Manfrotto, back in the Bogen days, when their name meant something. For $185, I got a 5.2lb tripod that will support 35+ pounds, and maxes out at 58.86 inches. Came with a nice bag, rubber feet plus spikes, and even the short center column. The twist locks are big and easy to grip, and I hope their action will smooth out over time. The locks to adjust the angle of the legs are much easier to use than on my Manfrotto legs. Overall, I feel like you get pro quality at amateur prices.
As of right now, I normally carry:
- Nikon D7200
- Nikkor 35mm 1.8G
- Yongnuo trigger(s)
- Manfrotto LED light
- Manfrotto 055cxpro3 tripod + ball head (cannot remember the name of it)
- Welding glass used as a DIY 10 stop ND filter
- food + water (if needed)
- camping equipment (if needed)
that's pretty much it...i prefer to travel as light as i possibly can, allowing me to sometimes not even need a backpack.
I carry a camera bag or pack if I'm not going very far from civilization. Otherwise I have a backpacking pack, hiking pack, mountain bike pack, or backcountry ski pack and each of those has all the standard gear for that activity. I wrap the camera and lenses in neoprene wraps and sometimes put them all in a small dry bag.
But besides those sport-specific items, I usually carry:
lens cloth
LED multicolored flashlight for light painting
Headlamp with red mode for dark nights
49mm and/or 77mm ND filters, depending on what kit I'm bringing
Manfrotto 190cx tripod and RC2 pano head or travel sized or even a mini tripod, depending on needs.
Speedlight(s), maybe some radio triggers depending on needs.
extra RC2 tripod plate
Apart from theusual stuff ( cabled shutter, filters, L-plates, panoramic heads, extra batteries and memory cards )
speedlights ( just in case )
a flashlight and a LED lamp
emergency pharmacy kit
condoms ( hahahaha )
wet hankies
snacks
water + monster rehab
lenspen
raincoat ( for me and the camera just in case )
hand warmers to use as anti-fogging ( humidity ) for the lens
Benro A-298 M8 tripod.
Benro B1 ball head,
Benro LBA2 leveller (about to switch to Novoflex magic balance)
Novoflex VR Slim panorama head
Filter holder, plus nd filters, grad nd filters, lee big stopper, circ polarizer
Cable remote shutter release
Yong nuo 300 led light for light painting
Twist fold soft box for light painting
Phottix Odin trigger and receiver
Sony 56 flash
Phottix mitros+ flash
Lens blower
Lens pen
Lens cloths
Lowepro fastpack (forget which model, but has the laptop sleeve.
Bungy ties to get my tripod on the pack.
Waterproof pack cover (lowepro didn't make one for this pack)
Led headlamp
For wedding photography (and not including flashes and triggers, extra memory cards, etc...)
1x multitool/pocketknife
4x small clear plastic poncho raincoats (1 each for myself, my assistant, the Bride, and the Groom)
1x muesli bar
1x strip of ibuprofen or similar pain relief medicine
1x black 0.5mm permanent marker
1x iphone
2x "flesh tone" band-aids for the back of the brides heels
business cards
Not wanting to pimp my own website but I wrote a blog post on this subject not so long ago, have a read if you fancy! http://www.simpler-life.com/blog/2016/6/26/whats-in-my-bag-warning-may-c...
I have:
Lee Filters:
Big Stopper
Little Stopper
Grad ND Filters (0.3, 0.6 & 0.9)
Sunset Filters
Filter holder
Adopter rings
Remote
Tripod Accessories
Extra Memory Cards ( CF 32 GB)
Extra Camera Batteries
Note Book
Cleaning Cloth
Paper to wipe water
Benro Tripod
Business Cards (much easier if you meet someone curious then to tell your name they forget)
Food
Water
Umbrella (Useful to hold rain drops away from filter and lens)
Flashlight
Water, batteries, SD cards, first aid kit, tripod, survival knife, rain gear, compass, flashlight, fire starter, map, phone, food, CF card reader because if I separate it from my other camera gear I will lose it.
nite ize gear ties
400 lumen tac light
microlight tied to bag exterior for quick access
waterproof notepad
pen
multitool
better beamer
small Bluetooth speaker