What’s in my camera bag kind of depends on the bag. And the
bag depends on where I’m going and what I’m doing.
For an all around, close to the car, landscape/close up type
of outing, or even for a short hike, I’ll use my LowePro ProTrekker. It holds
just about everything I can think of (and probably a little too much).
Inside you’ll find:
- D200 and D300 bodies, both with vertical grip battery packs and both with Kirk
L-Brackets - Several CF cards (a mix of 2GB and 4GB cards)
- Nikon cable release (just your basic push the button release)
- Tokina 12-24 f/4 DX for wide angle landscapes and tight quarters. I simply love
the focusing scale on this lens; it makes setting the hyperfocal point a
snap. - Nikkor 28-70 f/2.8 AF-S for general landscapes
- Nikkor 80-200 f/2.8 AF-D with Wimberley quick release plate. For general and
abstract landscapes and larger wildlife - Nikkor 105 f/2.8 AF-D micro for close ups
- Lens hoods for all the lenses
- Nikkor 300 f/4 AF-S with Kirk NC-300 Replacement Lens Collar. My main wildlife
lens (I usually carry this lens in a separate case, but I can cram it in
the bag if I need to) - TC-14E teleconverter
- Extension tubes for the 105, this allows me to get really close
- Kirk Long Rail Plate. Essential for close up photography
- Hoya thin mount 77mm polarizer
- Singh-Ray 77mm LB warming polarizer
- Singh-Ray Vari-ND filter
- Singh-Ray and Hi-Tech grad ND filters
- LowePro Filter Wallet to hold all the screw in filters
- Photoflex 32” diffuser
- Photoflex 22” soft gold/white reflector
- Nikon SB-800 flash (for the occasional fill flash on landscape foregrounds or
popping a highlight into an animal’s eye) - Off camera flash cord
- Small set of warming gels for flash (an old 81A warming filter can serve the same purpose)
- Photo tool kit (Allen wrenches, screw drivers, spare parts, sensor cleaning
stuff, etc.) - Filter accessory kit (step-up, step-down rings, Cokin adapters, etc)
- Thin gloves
- TP and backpackers trowel (do you really need to ask?)
If I’m flying or otherwise need to go lighter, but still
want to carry a decent arsenal, I’ll take my LowePro Slingshot 300. I can actually fit two camera bodies and
four lenses in this bag if I have to, but usually I take one body, the 12-24mm,
the 80-200mm and I’ll take the Nikon 24-120mm AF-S VR in place of the larger and heavier 28-70mm.
I’ll take all my filters, the tool kits, CF cards, and sometimes the flash.
If I’m going really light or know that I’ll only need a limited range of lenses, I’ve got the LowePro
Slingshot 200. One body, the 12-24mm lens, the 24-120mm, filters and tool kit,
CF cards. Maybe the flash. That’s about all.
I really like having camera bags suited to different needs.
The Slingshot bags give me a lot of flexibility and they’re not too expensive
at all.
Besides the gear in the bag I also bring my Gitzo GT3530LSV
and Arca-Swiss B1 Ball head. Between the two is the Manfrotto 438 Leveling Base
that I use for setting up multi-shot panoramas.




….and you call this traveling light?
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