whats in your kit bag not inc lens or camera

[adbp1]

as per title, what does everyone carry around with them in there bag?

i usually carry filter(s) zip ties, scissors, electrical tape, flash light, pen, wire cutters, lens clothes and essential thermo flask with coffee.

im just getting idea of what i might be missing or useful things i could carry!

whats in your bag?

 

[clintham]

lens cloths, brushes, wipes,rocket blower. spare batteries for speedlights and remote triggers, duct tape, coloured gels. usually 2 speedlights. ofc spare CF cards and batteries

 

[Razor-BladE]

Usually, only a spare battery, spare SD card and lens pen.

 

[Derek W]

flash gun, wireless triggers for camera and flashes, lens cloths, spare camera battery and flash batteries, waterproofing for camera and bag, glebe gamble stuff , raffle tickets for football club , filters and filter kit / adapter rings. Waterproofing for me! towel, gloves, hi vis vest. Think thats it

 

[33L]

allergy pills, indigestion pills , pain killers, cleaning kit, WB card, lastolite softbox, pen, 120Gb HDD, memory, batteries, business cards, ipod, filters, stofen thingies.

in the other bag, orbis ring flash with arm, grids, snoots, flashes, gels, brackets for collapsable softbox, triggers, receivers , batteries, leads, velcro straps.

 

[adbp1]

its interesting what people carry and makes me think me bag is empty!

any advice on the gels? which are good or not.

 

[SeraphX]

3 spare batteries, lens cloth, remote clicker, various cpl + Uv filters, think thats about it

 

[MikeHunt79]

filters, tissues, ipad along with the cck, phone charger, other cables, torch, pen, paper

 

[Derek W]

any advice on the gels? which are good or not.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17964892&highlight=gels

 

[adbp1]

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17964892&highlight=gels

thanks

 

[Gaffer]

whats in your bag?

Aside from Cameras & Lenses? Dust.

And memory cards.

Here are some things that are often not in my bag when I want them:

Remote release
Clean cloth
ND10s
Battery
Memory cards
Business cards
Drop in circular polariser/ND10
Monopod
Lunch
Drink
Money
Knife
Keys
Card reader
Ipad
Computer
USB cable
External HDD
Phone
Quick release plate for tripod head
Something to kneel on.
Reflector
Ticket for car park exit barrier

Andrew

 

[theheyes]

Aside from Cameras & Lenses? Dust.

And memory cards.

Pretty much this, and a rain coat. It depends what you're doing though. If you're just going on a general photo walk then less is more imo.

 

[laiman]

My bag (currently a Lowepro 160AW) contains,

Yongnuo Y465 flashgun
Yongnuo RF602 wireless flash triggers
Off camera flash cord 60cm
Crappy 52mm UV filter
Small torch
Compass
Micro tripod
Couple of lens cloths
4x AA spare batteries
Remote shutter release+extension
Spare memory card
Flashgun stand
Camera and lens caps (screwed together obv)
Assorted flash cables, PC sync etc
1/4" tripod screw to hotshoe adapter
Allen key for tripod column (at least I think so, it could be for an Ikea bookcase tbh )
Manual for my camera

 

[Mp4]

Yongnuo Y465 flashgun
Yongnuo RF602 wireless flash triggers
Lens Cloth
5 Battery(camera)
8 Enloop spare recharge
2 x 16GB CF Cards
External HDD/Card reader
Card Reader
Shoot Through umbrella
Tripod
Light Stand
5-1 reflector
Snoots

 

[oO Stevie Oo]

Hi vis and food lol

 

[JustBen]

I'm poor lol so only have the Olympus DSLR camera which has the 4gb Compact Flash card in it, the lense that came with it 15-45mm? USB and AV cables and charger for the battery.

Things i'd like to have :
Flash gun
spare memory card
spare battery
macro lense
underwater housing
lighting unit
white blanket and black sheet

 

[Rikki]

16 x AAs
3 x Nikon batteries
Flash gels
Cleaning kit
Rain cover
Pen
Paper
Business cards
Spare CFs
Remote flash cord