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What's in your camera bag?

I know strictly this lot doesn't all go in the bag at the same time but I wanted to be thorough!

 

Right, here goes:

Crumpler Pretty Boy XL backpack (Really well made and comfy with room for your lunch too!)

Crumpler Pretty Boy 4000 bag with Tamrac MX5378 lens case attached (Ideal if you are only taking along a lens and a flashgun for a day out.)

Nikon D80 with hand strap and detachable neoprene neck strap (Can't abide standard straps!)

Lexar Pro 8GB SD card and reader

Sandisk extreme III 8GB SD card and reader

Spare batteries

Lenspen/brush thingy (Still not convinced it's better than a microfibre cloth.)

Rocket blower

Four flashguns from Jessops, Sunpac and Vivitar with diffusers and coloured gels

Blazzeo Wireless flash triggers (God bless eBay!)

Optical flash triggers (Two of my guns have built in slave modes so plenty of flexibilty.)

Various plastic flash stands

Wireless bulb release (Got fed up with the cables breaking!)

Nikkor 70-300mm AF lens (Cheap and cheerful but you get what you pay for. Now superseded by the vr model.)

Nikkor 18-135mm AF-S kit lens (Now in daily use on the girlfriend's D60.)

Nikkor 18-200mm AF-S vr lens (My everyday lens. Love it!)

Nikkor 35mm AF-S f/1.8 lens (Yes! The new one! Had it a week and love it!)

Nikkor 70-300mm AF-S vr lens (My wildlife lens. Very pleased.)

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 AF lens (Essential for every camera bag. You can't fault the quality for the money.)

Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di macro 1:1 lens (Just got it and so far I'm pretty impressed.)

Jessops 2x teleconvertor (Don't use it often enough to splash out on the Nikon one.)

Macro tubes (£7 off eBay! Enough said!)

Apple iPod touch 16GB (Great for working out DoF or just showing off some of your photos.)

Apple MacBook C2D 2.0GHz 2GB 400GB (Two years old and never missed a beat. So glad I switched.)

Kodak grey cards for white balance (Maybe overkill but make life so much easier in post.)

Various screw on and Cokin P filters and adaptors

Manfrotto 190XBD tripod with shoulder strap, long centre stem c/w 056 3 way head, short centre stem with 390RC2 pan/tilt head (Generally this stays at home as my studio tripod due to it's weight but does venture outside for long exposure stuff.)

Slik sprint pro tripod c/w 3 way head (Reasonably light, inexpensive and versatile. A good everyday tripod.)

Velbon RUP-43 monopod (Light as a feather but well made. Ideal if you don't want to carry a tripod around all day.)

Slik compact XL tripod c/w pan/tilt head (Ideal light stand and it only cost me £6 off eBay in new condition.)

Joby Gorillapod SLR zoom (I want the new ball head for this then it will really be a useful tool.)

 

and last but not least, Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 c/w 4GB SD card (Normally found in my coat pocket for moments when the Nikon isn't close to hand.)

 

Crikey! No wonder my bag's so heavy!

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Uploaded on March 18, 2009
Taken on March 18, 2009