Carry-on Bag - Camera Bag

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I just checked out Crumpler's website as when I was last shopping for a camera bag a few years ago, they were not making any. Looks like they are back in the business. I have one of their bags I bought 15+ years ago and it's held up great.

Crumpler was recently reacquired by its founders and they are returning their roots in bag design. They coincidentally discovered a hoard of illegally procured stock from 10+ years ago on a cargo ship! This NOS is on their website and can be purchased.

This week I was interstate for a short trip, which required two cameras and clothes to be carried on the flight. This is what I used:

Old rectangular bag from a company called Ricardo Beverly Hills, called the Big Sur boarding bag. It is so old that it does not have a laptop sleeve or the usual charger compartments

Ricardo Beverly Hills Big Sur travel bag shoulder luggage 9916 16" x 11" x 7" | eBay

Size: 16" wide x 11" tall x 7" deep.

www.ebay.com

Into this bag went my Panasonic S5 + 24-105, a change of clothes and underwear, sneakers, two chargers, cables, batteries and toiletries

Crumpler Dry Red Boarding Bag #2



This carried my wallet, earphones, Leica SL2-S with Summicron 35 SL, Panasonic 50/1.8, and other small bits and pieces.

The whole lot was under 9kg, and I had 14kg carry on allowance. Both bags fit under the seat in front of me, alleviating worries about someone going through my bag in an overhead locker. They are discreet bags without flashy labeling or style. The Ricardo bag has an excellent wide shoulder strap which distributes the bag's weight perfectly.

 

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There are times when I think back to the days when I had only one pocket camera and feel nostalgic for that simplicity. Then I think of the variety I have come to expect, and affirm that there's no way I could travel with just one camera with a fixed lens. I take 500+ images each day on a trip, and carry two mirrorless cameras and a pocket camera, but I'm probably an outlier.

Josef Koudelka once said that he needed to shoot at least three rolls a day to keep the visual chops up.

Content trumps form in the selects. And, I'm with you on the frames/day ratio. The heavy gear has all gone from Nikon to Canon mirrorless in the last few years, but.....

Here's something to consider: for travel, I migrated from two M bodies to one body and two lenses. That got replaced in the digital revolution by (eventually) a Fuji X100F and a Sony RX100M7. Before you blow off the digital or the "smallness of the Sony sensor" consider the concept. The Sony kills in "decent-enough" light and in the golden hour at low ISOs will replace just about any DSLR for technical image quality in focal lengths of 24-200mm. Not as convenient to use, but it is an incredible camera-lens combo. The Fuji just cruises along at 35mm equiv. (or if you like 28mm) with absolutely stellar TIQ.

 

[Shadams]

Crumpler was recently reacquired by its founders and they are returning their roots in bag design. They coincidentally discovered a hoard of illegally procured stock from 10+ years ago on a cargo ship! This NOS is on their website and can be purchased.

This week I was interstate for a short trip, which required two cameras and clothes to be carried on the flight. This is what I used:

Old rectangular bag from a company called Ricardo Beverly Hills, called the Big Sur boarding bag. It is so old that it does not have a laptop sleeve or the usual charger compartments

Ricardo Beverly Hills Big Sur travel bag shoulder luggage 9916 16" x 11" x 7" | eBay

Size: 16" wide x 11" tall x 7" deep.

www.ebay.com

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Into this bag went my Panasonic S5 + 24-105, a change of clothes and underwear, sneakers, two chargers, cables, batteries and toiletries

Crumpler Dry Red Boarding Bag #2

View attachment 4875507

This carried my wallet, earphones, Leica SL2-S with Summicron 35 SL, Panasonic 50/1.8, and other small bits and pieces.

The whole lot was under 9kg, and I had 14kg carry on allowance. Both bags fit under the seat in front of me, alleviating worries about someone going through my bag in an overhead locker. They are discreet bags without flashy labeling or style. The Ricardo bag has an excellent wide shoulder strap which distributes the bag's weight perfectly.

This is 100% the way to go. I don't have a Crumpler (but I love the re-reacquiring story) I have a Patagonia cross-body sling thingy. My carry on is an older Goruck ruck that slides under the seat in front. I've been all over the world for up to 6 months at a time with that set up. Passport etc., Fuji, and Sony RX100M7 in the Patagucci and the rest in the goruck.

 

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Josef Koudelka once said that he needed to shoot at least three rolls a day to keep the visual chops up.

Content trumps form in the selects. And, I'm with you on the frames/day ratio. The heavy gear has all gone from Nikon to Canon mirrorless in the last few years, but.....

Here's something to consider: for travel, I migrated from two M bodies to one body and two lenses. That got replaced in the digital revolution by (eventually) a Fuji X100F and a Sony RX100M7. Before you blow off the digital or the "smallness of the Sony sensor" consider the concept. The Sony kills in "decent-enough" light and in the golden hour at low ISOs will replace just about any DSLR for technical image quality in focal lengths of 24-200mm. Not as convenient to use, but it is an incredible camera-lens combo. The Fuji just cruises along at 35mm equiv. (or if you like 28mm) with absolutely stellar TIQ.

The Sony RX cameras are gold, it's amazing what they can do now. The VII is more camera than a lot of people need.

My usual two mirrorless cam and one compact cam kit is the Leica M9 + 3 lenses, small micro four thirds like the GX85 + 3 small primes, and the Sony RX0. This provides three levels of image quality and size which can be scaled to fit the situation. Were I to go on your route, I'd get a Leica Q2 and use my Panasonic LX10, or maybe get a Sony RX100 VI or VII instead. This kit would alleviate a lot of 'which camera do I use now' decisions as the gear suggests itself for various situations. These two cameras could easily fit in most shoulder bags.