What's in your camera bag today?

<p>Another post. Each day I now take my cam out, it is a film body with a 50mm f/1.8 AFD. F100 or FM2N or whatever .. slow slow film. At the moment no bag, just my daypack.</p>

<p>Rebecca, I'm very curious, what do you do with your cameras and lenses when you take them out of your bags for storage between shoots? I've got a bunch of bags and gear but still haven't settled on the right way to store all this stuff between shoots. Curious what others do. My stuff stays in my bags because I can't imagine a better, safer way to store it (and its ready to go), but some is inevitably sitting on desks or beds for a few weeks, getting dusty. Bad, I know.</p>

<p>In the carry bag (Think Tank Airport Ultralight V2.0):<br>

<br />D300 w/grip<br />Nikkor 17-55/2.8<br />Nikkor 70-200/2.8 VR1 mounted to camera<br />Nikkor 50/1.4 AI<br />SB-900 in factory case with gels, diffusers, stand<br />Extra EN-EL3e batteries and NiMH AA batteries with chargers<br>

Extra San Disk Extreme III 8GB CF<br>

AA Maglite<br>

80 GB Zune<br>

Cell phone charger<br>

Lens cleaning stuff and assorted cables<br>

Bottle of Pepcid Complete<br>

Acer Aspire One Netbook<br /><br>

<br />In 2 small carry bags: <br>

12v to 110v inverter<br>

assorted computer/network tools and testers.</p>

<p>In a separate carry bag: <br>

My full-sized work laptop computer.</p>

<p>Behind the seat of my 2 dr pickup truck:<br>

Antique Sears aluminum tripod that belonged to my grandfather (he used it on his Polaroid SX-70)<br>

Marlin .17 HMR Varmint rifle with scope. So far the rifle has only been taken out at the farm.</p>

<p>I'm trading in my PU tomorrow for a mid-size SUV so I'll be able to fit passengers and the occasional bag or 2 of groceries.. (And still have room for more camera and computer stuff!). My next door neighbor just reported seeing a coyote on his side of our line fence.....probably going to have to fit in a .243 rifle sometime in the near future.</p>

<p>Life saver in the California heat, water bottle holder on front end of bag, protein bar inside. Dehydration and low blood sugar are detrimental to my creative juices. d700, 70-200, 16-35, sigma 50. flash or 2 and triggers, polarizer, softar, nds and nd grads. Traveling or shooting tethered, this 13" notebook in back slot. with folded honl snoot. 42" reflector in back of hunting vest with double A's where 12 guage used to go counterbalancing front. </p>

<p>Oh, and remote timer and headlamp handy in dark studio as well as for night shoots.</p>

<p>Nikon D700, 16-35,50 f1.7, 70-300R, SB800, ND filter, PF filters</p><div></div>

<p>Going to photograph butterflies. Only equipment in bag is D700 with 200-400 VR and D300 with 105 VR. </p>

<p>i wonder if some of our fellow photographers are strong like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his movies, given the amount of gear they have in their camera bags. Last saturday i bought a beautiful small leather bag that can have 1 SLr like D3X with 24-70 and 1 additional lens, approx same size.<br>

I think the muscles in my shoulders and back will be grateful for the new bag. I know from experience that many times people drag around gear they do not use at all during a shooting day.<br>

But i also know it is difficult to decide what to take when you go out.<br>

I will try with 24-70 and 14-24 today ....... see if i feel short of something that is in my huge lens collection at home .</p>

<p>Im taking my D40 and 35/1.8 with me to Tel Aviv today</p>