What's in your camera bag?
 

Hi I'm Michael and I am a professional photographer. I don't talk "shop" much around here since this is a car forum but I love photography and thought I would introduce myself as such.

I was a fashion photographer for 5 years but these days shoot mostly portraiture, wildlife and events. I am looking to get into photojournalism as I tend to want to challenge myself with new things. Question on this in a minute... first.. my bag!

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My question for those of you who are photogs is, given that I want to focus a bit more attention on photojournalism, what lens/s could I stand to lose/gain? Bare in mind that I maintain a biz where I need certain lens's in the bag.

For example, I want to hold onto my 28-300mm as it's a great lens for versatility and it's really durable (I use it all the time). I really love my 100mm as I shoot quite a bit of macro wildlife stuff. The 10-22mm I don't really need but it provides some fun and interesting shots for events, etc.

I really wouldn't mind picking up a EF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM but since I don't shoot sports (professionally) I really can't justify the kind of $$$ just for my kids soccer games. :p A second choice would be the Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM. This seems like it would be a great addition to my bag but IDK.

Ideas?

You wouldn't use it much for photojournalism, but I'm surprised to not see a 50mm f/1.4

I thought about it. Honestly for some reason I think I would get more use out of the 35. But it was definitely something I had considered a few times.

my bag:

Canon 7D
Canon 17-40 f/4 L
Canon 50 f/1.8
Canon 28-70 f/2.8 L
Canon 70-200 f/4 L
Canon 430exII Speedlight
67mm and 77mm CP's
Alienbee 800's x2
PCB stands x2
CST and CSR's x4
Vagabond Mini Lithium Power Source
Extension chords and power strip
Davis & Sanford Carbon Fiber Tripod
Sunpak Carbon Fiber Monopod
4gb Sandisk Extreme IV's x3, 8gb Sandisk Extreme IV's x2

think that's it... got a few other filters and extra batteries

Holy crap that's a big bag!! Haha.

adding soon:

Canon 5D MkII
Canon 135 f/2 L
3rd AB800 & stand
2x small softboxes
2x super silver PLM's

hope to have all of that by zdayz^

My bag:
Canon 1D III
70-200 F2.8 IS L
24-70 L
16-35 L
50 F1.4
580 EX and EX II speedlites
pocket wizards x4

backup bag:
Canon 20D
24-135 F4 L

other:
various soft boxes, strobes, large and mini light stands.

I've got lots of other various gear like 6 flash heads, 3 softboxes, tons of stands etc. etc. I was just wondering about the meat and potatoes in the camera bag.

sorry... i was bored at work, didn't mean to clog up this thread with lighting equipment :bowrofl:

lol... don't get me wrong, I love lighting! I have too much actually but I never get rid of anything! I'm a camera gear horder lolz :icon17:

I'm a 100% amateur "photographer" so I don't put too much into it:

Canon Rebel XS
EF 35mm F/2
EF 50mm F/1.8
EF 75-300mm
EFS 18-55

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Hey Michael,

I am not a professional, but may I suggest you will put in your bag:

1) 18-200mm
2) 28-300mm
3) 10-22mm
4) 17-85mm (optional)

The first three covers almost everything you need, do you really need 3 bodies in the bag???


My bag:

1) Tokina 11-16mm/f2.8
2) Nikon 35-70mm/f2.8
3) Nikon 80-200mm/f2.8
4) D300
5) CPL filter, Softer, Cross-Star filter
6) Sigma Speedlight
7) Nikon 17-35mm/f2.8(optional since I have the 11-16mm)


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I ditched the 20D and 18-200 (gave that setup to my wife who is always bugging me for a camera to use :icon17: )

I'm going to hold onto the 100mm since I do a lot of fun outdoors macro with it. Other than that, yeah, I think I've got it pretty well put together I guess. Might start selling some of my lighting off... I dunno.

filters, bet you have enough, lol

well i checked "5D MkII" off my want-list. it should be here next week. i'll take a picture of my gear once i have it all organized