What type of camera bag do you use

[AngusG]

I probably bought my Lowepro for the same reasons. It gets about as much use as yours. It's only saving grace is that it was cheap!

[Shane H]

I do a lot of bush walking and I"m slowly upgrading my kit.

For me, when I'm in the scrub it's a Lowepro Pro Trekker 300AW. Heavy without any gear it in but there's lots of room. It's my main storage bag at the moment. The shoulder bat, Lowepro Magnum 200AW is for when I'm out and about but not bush walking. I find it has a good amount of room for my bits and pieces and easy to access if I need anything. Mosthly though, I try not to take a bag. Particularly if I'm at a festival, car show etc. I just stuff bits and pieces into the many pockets I have.

Cheers
Shane

[Blackberner]

I recently bought a waist bag with a rather large front pouch and other assorted pockets but also a bottle holder. Great for keeping yourself hydrated as well as having a few extra places for putting other stuff. Only paid about $35.

Regards

[Babu]

I agree with you Vince. The Lowepro Vertex 300 is a very useful bag for packing the gear needed for shooting weddings and other events requiring a couple of pro bodies and a range of lenses plus flashes and filters.
I find the Thinktank Airport Accelerator more useful if I'm packing a pro body with a 500mm lens attached, another pro body with a 24- 105mm or 24-70mm attached and a widey and other bits and pieces for wildlife/ adventure shoots.
If regional flights are involved, I find the Lowepro Vertex 200 works well for carry on as long as you can get by with a couple of bodies, a 100-400mm/ 70-200mm and a couple of smaller lenses and accessories.

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I agree with you Vince. The Lowepro Vertex 300 is a very useful bag for packing the gear needed for shooting weddings and other events requiring a couple of pro bodies and a range of lenses plus flashes and filters.
I find the Thinktank Airport Accelerator more useful if I'm packing a pro body with a 500mm lens attached, another pro body with a 24- 105mm or 24-70mm attached and a widey and other bits and pieces for wildlife/ adventure shoots.
If regional flights are involved, I find the Lowepro Vertex 200 works well for carry on as long as you can get by with a couple of bodies, a 100-400mm/ 70-200mm and a couple of smaller lenses and accessories.

[nc1183]

I use a Tamrac Expedition 5 backpack, its a fair few years old now.

[Andrew]

Have now added a pelican case for an upcoming snow trip. Will add lots of silica!

[pgbphotographytas]

I just found this case at Bunnings, might be useful.

http://www.bunnings.com.au/technicia...20064_p2583030

[sufran]

Looks nice! I am finding that there is no perfect bag. I now have three different types I use as the occasion and location demands. I have a lowepro vertex for weddings, which I unpack and work from on location. I also bring a smallish camera shoulder bag (which fits a spare lens and a flash) for portrait location sessions, especially useful for creek beds and the like. And then I have two backpacks which I now only occasionally use. I was finding the process of carrying equipment in a backpack, putting it down, unzipping it and then repacking time-consuming plus the heavy weight on my back when the large backpack was fully loaded.

[mikew09]

Geez, this thread has been around a while. I remember when it was first started. Since the start I have gone through two bags, (backpads) and settled on one about 2.5 yrs ago and just love it still. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW.

One of the most comfortable backpacks I have and I carry a lot of gear. However the key feature that drove me to considering this bag was the access as it is from the back and I was getting a little tired of the dirt, mud etc that was getting on the back side of the bags that open from the front and consequently ends up on your back.
Additionally, it is virtually impossible to get into the bag where the camera gear is if in a crowd etc and the open side flap is against your back when being worn.

I have given a lot of thought to a pelican case, mostly around concerns of keeping the gear in a stable environment when during the the humid months of North West Qld but those concerns have since passed over the yrs.

I need something that can comfortably carry all my immediate gear and still be OK to take on aircraft - this bag works very well for me.

[Babu]

I have found the Pelican 1510 with padded dividers very useful. It has wheels, a pull out drag handle and is OK as a carry on case on most aircraft (it won't fit in the overhead lockers on some smaller planes used for regional flights).
However, I was glad I took my Vertex 200 instead on my recent trip to Madagascar and South Africa - even it only just fitted as underseat luggage on a flight from Nelspruit to Joburg.
I would have preferred the Pelican as it does a better job of protecting my 500mm f/4 II but it may have ended up as check in luggage on that flight and I couldn't countenance that.
So it seems that we need a range of bags/cases to cover different modes of transport.

[peterv]

I use a Lowepro 450AW ProTactic.I can fit all my bodies/lenses and associated gear in it and attach the tripod to the outside,it is an excellent bag and has quality zips,good padding and of course plenty of room.Little heavy with 2 bodies,5 lenses,couple of flash and triggers etc.Only equipment that doesn't fit is light stands and backdrop which I have a separate carry bag that came with backdrop.

I store my gear in the big Lowepro as well so I can access at any time,if I am going to a school event I take a small Lowepro that came with the first kit I got and can fit body,couple of lenses,flash, spare stuff and is little easier than the backpack but for assignment shoots I take the big 450.

[Morgo]

I replaced my Lowepro 400 before going to Africa in 2014, since then I've been using a Gura Gear Bataflae 32L.

Great bag, does everything I need for carrying a big lens and gear.

I use Pelican cases for storage and transport when going by car.

Nowadays I'm after a smaller bag, to compliment the Bataflae, one for a minimal canon setup and another to take a Fuji kit to Europe.

[enseth]

Coincidently this advert came up on FB. Looks ok for the money but the quality is anyone's guess. Still I thought Id post the link anyway.

https://www.wish.com/c/55f138968d2aa5553a247bff

[poorman]

Coincidently this advert came up on FB. Looks ok for the money but the quality is anyone's guess. Still I thought Id post the link anyway.

https://www.wish.com/c/55f138968d2aa5553a247bff

lolcame up on my FB too still thinking about it / reviews say its small but I'm more concerned about padding "