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i've started to think that the people who think most about bags are the most lazy amongst us.
seriously...i am always thinking about the next best bag because i am lazy and want a bag that makes my shooting experience easier and more pleasurable.
take the tt retro 5 bag for instance...it's a beautiful bag and fits my 2 rd1 bodies with a lens on each, plus one more extra lens. but the bodies are in there tight, no so easy to pull out or put back in with only one hand. and the 3rd lens is tucked under a divider and that certainly requires 2 hands to extract it and to change lenses.
if that bag was a touch bigger it just might be perfect.
my domke 5xc holds 2 dslr bodies with lenses attached plus my other 3 lenses...my entire dslr kit. but not easily or comfortably...i cant put my 2 biggest lenses on the bodies and have them fit at all!

i'm not whining about this...merely stating that i think about bags cause i'm lazy and want my shooting to be the best possible experience...

if i could only afford an assistant...:angel:
 
i don't think its laziness. it's an obsession.

we real lazy people.. you know,.. even if there is some way to make life easier, it would take so much afford to do so. and all this thinking.... oh, let' have a nap.
 
Lazy-Photophile-Bag-Obsessive? A new diagnosis code for DSM-V? You can probably get reimbursed for therapy and, hopefully, for "devices." (Can you picture your insurance carrier ... poor American's with private insurance, or your government plan ... you lucky Canadians, picking up the cost of your next bag because you have a "disease?"):D
 
I just want the camera stuff I carry to fit properly for use and be reasonably protected. What solves the bag problem best is having less camera stuff to carry.

I'm working on that.
 
Sounds like the same old GAS to me, if it's not bags, it's straps, lenses, cameras etc. All the same really. It's just this thinking that a lot of us get that if we get "that one bit" of gear, that our "tool kit" will be complete, and we'll be free to go out and take amazing shots.

All BS of course, the fact is, we all like buying ourselves presents.
 
The not-so-serious response:

I was going to give this some careful thought, but I just got lazy. :D

The semi-serious response:

I think there may be something about your photography that is bothering you or about which you are not completely satisfied, and thinking about camera bags is a defense mechanism.

But then again, it could just be laziness. :)
 
back alley said:
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take the tt retro 5 bag for instance...it's a beautiful bag and fits my 2 rd1 bodies with a lens on each, plus one more extra lens. but the bodies are in there tight, no so easy to pull out or put back in with only one hand. and the 3rd lens is tucked under a divider and that certainly requires 2 hands to extract it and to change lenses.
if that bag was a touch bigger it just might be perfect.

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Note to all Retro 5 lovers. Think Tank is releasing the Retro 7, and they're supposed to send me a review copy. Hoping it gets here soon. Stay tuned.
 
kxl said:
The not-so-serious response:

I was going to give this some careful thought, but I just got lazy. :D

The semi-serious response:

I think there may be something about your photography that is bothering you or about which you are not completely satisfied, and thinking about camera bags is a defense mechanism.

But then again, it could just be laziness. :)
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The serious response sounds plausible.
 
I worked as a newspaper reporter in the mid-'70s, when I got my first Nikon. I was lucky to be able to buy no-longer-wanted lenses from photographer colleagues who all used Nikons. I bought a bag like the ones all the photographers carried -- a canvas bag with movable dividers that would hold equipment as loosely or tightly as you wanted. The bag was colored a strategic mid-grey. Later, when I inherited an LTM Leica I got an identical but smaller bag.
It's a shame that as far as I know you can't get these kinds of bags anymore. They were so durable that I still use them. I found a reasonable alternative in the olive-drab canvas bags carried by in army-surplus stores, quite usable with a little DIY padding.
A good thing about these bags is that they're inconspicuous, especially when they get worn.
 
*puts on Dr. Phil hat*

There is a cure for this. Go out shooting with one camera, one lens, no bag. Worried about missing one shot out of 100 because of the wrong focal length? Tough. You'll live. The best gear you have is the gear you have with you. Don't let worrying about it get in the way of taking shots, because if you aren't getting out there shooting, you are just a collector who occasionally wears large, bulky, oddly functional jewelry.
 
Peter_wrote: said:
haha...

i have 20 cameras but no dedicated camera bag. i carry my cam in my everyday bag. and when i want to take an additional lens with me, i put in in a sock before to protect it ;)
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I do the same. Not able to find a perfect camera bag so I carry my stuff in every day bag. The sock is replaced by neoprene pouch in my case.

I use a padded camera bags only to carry my equipment during a travel -car, train, airplane...
 
Most of the time I just fling a couple of cameras in to my every day bag. I use for times I am going away and times where the primary reason is photography a camera bag. I could not travel/wander without a bag I would have no place to put my film and meds. As for it being laziness well I don't know I spend at least ten hours walking a week, it causes me physical pain, not going out with a camera and it causes me mental pain. A bag is an essential item, pockets are not big enough for 10-20 rolls of film :)
 
Maybe Joe has a security issue where he lives and he needs to be able to carry all his gear with him effectively to make sure it's not nicked when he's out!
 
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