What type of camera bag do you use

[Ahyao17]

Compuday pack if I am traveling and need my laptop or other stuff need carrying

Crumpler five million dollar home if just for camera and some light stuff

[virgal_tracy]

Lowepro Vertex 300. On a wedding day it holds everything that I need on hand with redundancies left in another bag in the car. As long as I don't overpack it is comfortable enough to carry around all day giving me access to anything that I need, including tripod.

[rolls]

I have just bought a Crumpler 7 million dollar home. Love it. Big enough for a full kit, comfy, well made. All good. $80 from fleabay.

Tried several other shoulder bags and backpacks over the years. This is the best so far. Still looking for a Domke reporter at the right price.

Rolls.

[MissionMan]

Just bought a ThinkTank Retrospective 20 in pinestone finish. Without a doubt the best bag I've used and seen to date. I'll post up a review when I get a chance to get some photos of the bag


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[Morgo]

Lowepro Flipside 400 AW, nice bag but its time for something that can take some telephotos

[AngusG]

Lowepro Event Messenger 150. I like it because I can chuck my full size iPad in there but after walking around with it for a couple of hours, I find it gives my shoulder a bit of grief (pre-existing injury). I think I really need a backpack more than a shoulder bag (I hate backpacks though, no one ever looks happy carrying a backpack).

[MissionMan]

Try the thinktank if you still want a shoulder bag. I put up a review recently but the strap is one of the best and softest I've seen on a bag. http://www.ausphotography.net.au/for...d.php?t=130563

[AngusG]

Thanks. I'll check it out. It's moreso the lopsided weight distribution more than anything. I can feel knots forming right now around my upper back and shoulders. I'll probably be in for a rough night tonight.

[AngusG]

Had a read. I actually like the sound of it MissionMan. Did you find it noticeably/considerable more comfortable than your Lowepro?

The other thing I didn't like about the Lowepro (and this isn't their fault) is I'm only shooting with a compact. The bag is far too big for my camera, but is still the smallest bag I could get with enough room for a 10" iPad and personal items (glasses etc).

[MissionMan]

Way more comfortable. You can't even compare them. They also do smaller versions of the retrospective. I have the 20 but they do a 10, 5 etc.

[AngusG]

Too easy. Thanks for the info. TBH when I got the Lowepro I thought it was an unbeatable deal.

After its first full day's use I'm over it already…

[AngusG]

The 7 looks like it might be up my alley, there's a couple of shops in Brisbane that stock them, might be a mission for tomorrow

Edit: both shops are shut over Easter! Dammit!

[OzzyDevil]

I'm looking at getting the The Expedition 7x in a few weeks.. I looked at reviews and I like it alot

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[AngusG]

I ended up getting a Crumpler Flock of Horror and a Haven. Crumpler's served me well in the past and the FoH has a bucketload of space and I can take the Haven out when I don't need to take my camera with me.

I went to both Thinktank stockists in Brisbane but neither had the Retrospective 7 in the green (which is what I was after)

[ktoopi]

Ha Ha I have five camera bags that are in constant rotation at the moment depending on where I am going , what I am doing and what gear I need! Have a Lowepro hatchback 22L, Lowepro passport sling, a Shutterbag (100% leather looks like a big handbag and not a camera bag which is why I love it) that are my favourites at the moment and a 100% waterproof sailing backback that can be submerged that I use as a camera bag and some smaller ones that just fit the camera and lens .

[Nick Cliff]

Am happy with a think tank 360 with a csc olympus system ,a bit small I would imagine for larger nikons etc if you need to carry water and food on a longer walk.

[AngusG]

I ended up getting a Crumpler Flock of Horror and a Haven. Crumpler's served me well in the past and the FoH has a bucketload of space and I can take the Haven out when I don't need to take my camera with me.

I went to both Thinktank stockists in Brisbane but neither had the Retrospective 7 in the green (which is what I was after)

After a couple of weeks, safe to say I love this. The FoH is the first sling bag I can wear over a period without throwing my shoulder out. Worthing mention I'm very beginner/amateur. Probably not a lot of storage room in the small sized Haven for more experienced/seasoned photographers.

[Cage]

I went through this exercise a few years back.

I thought a bag was a 'must' have' accessory, so I asked lots of questions, read the threads, and bought a Lowepro something or other. I've never used it!! I got a 'tog vest with lots of handy pockets which suits me just fine.

Unless you're a Pro, a hiker, or you leave home not knowing what you are going to shoot and want to cover all the bases, a bag will be as useful as mine is, for taking up space in the wardrobe.

[AngusG]

^^ you're probably right. But I like having a "man bag". (Even without my camera in it).

I also fly a fair bit so the bag makes security check in a tonne easier.

[Cage]

Well you are buying one for the right reasons.

Not like me, , I bought one because I thought I needed one, or should have one.