bag plus gear = 7 pounds

messenger bag

messenger bag

Joe
I just put mine on the scale 7.5 lb.
M6/Canon L1 and R-d1 plus their lenses mounted.
I haven't carried a shoulder bag in a while.
The last bag was a late 60's Nikon hard leather bag and it was a monster to shoulder:eek:
 
mine has 2 camera with 4 lenses, small flash...extra batteries, sd cards, business cards...cleaning cloths...no ipad.
 
forgot the spare batteries and charger plus card safe tucked in the front pocket still room for a small flash and the tablet ,but the last two are not in the bag when I weighed it.
 
Don't trust scales, 7 pounds in the morning will be 10 pounds by lunchtime and 14 pounds when you are staggering home under the weight of it all.

Regards, David
 
Now that you have some enforced leisure time, Joe, why not take out gym membership and build up some bulk and muscle ?

You'd be surprised how quickly 7 pounds would become to feel like 7 ounces.

Just a thought... (!)
 
It depends. My messenger bag (Tenba) is already too heavy as I like it if I'm on my normal business trips (15" notebook + many accessories + papers). That's why I carry only the X100 as camera for daily use +(540g or 1,2lbs).

Being on a project, I don't carry the office stuff, but typically one RF body (+lenses) and a SLR body (+lenses +flash) or a 2nd RF body. Given they are all film cameras with mostly heavy metal lenses this adds alone up to 4000g (8,8lbs).

So your 7 lbs seems not too much ;)
 
My Mountainsmith bag weighs 5 pounds empty, so I have been working on the "less is more" way. I do not venture to far from the car so only small bag with rest in trunk and it seems most of the time it works fine. I have even down sized cameras, Nikon F4 to a FG and Bronica SQ-A to Rolleicord.
 
Truck on, Joe.
I never weigh my bag.

When it feels heavy, I just put it on the ground and sit a while.
Then I pick it up and continue shooting.
 
...and in an ironic twist of fate...i have a backache today and picking up my coffee cup is painful...there is no justice!
 
the 7 pounds is the total of everything that i might take with me...i rarely take it all though. i doubt that i would carry both the 14 and the 18...the 60 i take when i think i might want to isolate things more...lately i take the 18/35 combo, sometimes with both bodies but mostly with one body of choice.
 
Having gone through lower back issues in the past year, I've come to appreciate the Mountainsmith Day lumbar pack with the optional backpack straps. For transport, nothing beats a backpack, and for street use, the Mountainsmaith Day has a profile that is low enough that I can easily swing the pack around to change lenses or load film, etc...

To separate the lenses inside thpack, I use Domke inserts.
 
Seven pounds is about my upper limit for an all-day walk, but is perfectly acceptable for a shorter outing.

When I go traveling, I might carry a bag that weighs 11 lbs or so with everything in it, but at my destinations I have a second shooting bag that generally weighs in around 3-4 lbs total with the gear I'm going to walk around with.

G
 
Big deal....My fully loaded LowePro backpack that I used for zoo photography weighs 35 pounds-plus the 12 pound weight of the Bogen 3040 tripod I use.
 
David Hughes said:
Don't trust scales, 7 pounds in the morning will be 10 pounds by lunchtime and 14 pounds when you are staggering home under the weight of it all.

Regards, David
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Well said.

back alley said:
for my upcoming travels i might take the full 7 pounder with me and then for daily trips carry whatever inspires me...
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Sorry you're aching Joe. Sounds like you can pull a lens or so out to save weight.. and the rest going with for travel seems sensible. Take out what you want each day comforted that if you want to do something different you have the tools.

I know personally we don't use all we bring but not bringing it can make one regret it. You have a lighter bag or just a strap to carry when you are out photographing?
 
I lugged around a 14kg bag (Full RB-67 kit) and a massive tripod around the excruciating hills of Israel in awful heat.

This experience has inspired me to invest in a Mamiya 7ii kit and a carbon fiber tripod that when packed is less than 40cm long. This all still weighs over 7 pounds, thats for sure, but I have hiked up 5000m+ mountains with it so for a normal day outing I would consider that pretty easy work...
 
Dante Stella has an interesting article on his website about how to survive a trip with a camera. Lots of good advice. I've tried to follow it over the years. He recommends a maximum of three pounds for camera(s) and lens(es). This assumes limiting the number of lenses one takes, and leans toward smaller/lighter camera bodies. When you add the weight of your bag, plus other "essentials", the weight may creep up to 7 lbs., but I would try to shave it to closer to 5 lbs. if I were going to be out walking and taking photos all day. I agree with the comment above the 7 lbs. in the morning will feel like 14 lbs. by 5 pm. But if you're only going out for several hours, then I don't think 7 lbs. is too heavy.

For a day of walking and shooting, two small rfs/two lenses, or one small rf/two lenses/ and a pocket camera (e.g., Oly XA or Rollei 35 or digi p&s) is very manageable.

The link to Dante's article is here: http://www.dantestella.com/technical/travel.html
 
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