How Much Would YOU Spend On A Camera Bag?

[Michael Markey]

I bought a Billingham 335 over 20 years ago in Bath for £150.
Can`t think I`ll ever need a larger bag.
Bought a small Hadley a few years ago.
I think it cost £106.
I also have a used and rather tatty F4 (£50) for slinging in the back of the Land Rover.

I don`t give bags a second thought ; the ones I have seem to cover all eventualities and seem built to last.

 

[Nathan King]

I just took possession of a Fogg bag for my M6. I never thought I'd spend so much on a bag, but now I dont think I will ever be without one. They really are worth the premium. My income is not outrageously good, but photography is my only vice, and I'm willing to save for something that will last me a very long time.

 

[Darthfeeble]

I've spent as much as a whole $80 on used Domke stuff but this is my crowning achievement. Purchased at the VA hospital for $29, and it's leather, holds the XP1, two lenses, batteries, cards, a notepad (the paper kind, remember them?) and a few lens cloths.

 

[Spyro]

If I am confident that the bag will work for me and I wont have to replace it for many years I'd pay a fair bit, maybe even as much as my average lens. I don't really care how it looks, thats the last thing, but the wrong thing on my shoulder rubs me the wrong way, literally.

 

[Katie]

Under $150. Love My In case ari bag...

 

[lukitas]

I spent three months stitching one myself. very soft black 'bambi' leather inside, feels like black velvet, and a very young calf on the outside. "They don't kill them that young anymore sir, very fine, very rare - perfect for a wallet" he said.

the leather cost me close to 200 €. wouldn't even think of counting the hours. the bag would be worth more then what is in it.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

I think the most I have paid was a backpack for my digital gear and laptop. I travel with it, regardless of the equipment, because it offers a nice padding for my computer (which goes in into a special bag for itself). BTW, I think it was about $90. And the backpack was used, and the zipper only works one way.

However, my favorite bags are the Domkes F5XB. I have two, and would like a third one (one houses my M4-2 and its stuff, the other for my M3 and two collapsible lenses). I'd like a third, in a different color, for my M4 and two lenses... and I'll eventually get it.

To think I paid over $70 for my first Domke... 😉

 

[daveleo]

All mine are one-camera bags. Most expensive is a small Billingham (for the Digilux 2). Then I have several small Domkes (that are my real everyday bags).
I also modified some small carry-all bags with styrofoam inserts that I tape together myself. Way too ugly for thieves.

 

[elshaneo]

The most expensive camera bag I've ever bought is the Billingham Hadley Pro on Ebay which was on sale at 225 USD, but the best thing is that the Australian Dollar was quite strong at that time, and it actually cost me around 200 AUD after the exchange rate 😀

Otherwise, this particular padded camera case bag that I got last year:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/110970726956?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

could well replace any camera bags that I have especially when I travel very light with only my duffel bag 🙂

 

[nikon_sam]

I have an older Tamrac 624 bag that holds a 4x5 view camera and turns into a backpack...over $200 when bought new...I would buy it again for that camera system...
I have another big Tamrac bag that probably cost the same amount but it's too big for just walking about so it just sits in the closet and I've been storing gear I don't use in it...

 

[Al Patterson]

So far I have never spent more than $100 on either a camera or laptop bag. And the $99 that is my current highest price was for a Tenba camera/laptop messenger.

Some of the newer laptop bags go over $100, like the Restrospective 13 or 15 Think Tank bag I want, but I'm still too cheap to actually buy one.

 

[zuiko85]

I've spent up to $30 on a little Lowepro. I just picked up a generic small bag for $1.50 at Goodwill, it was marked 2.99 but it was half price day on stuff like that. Not a bad little bag really. It is nicely padded and will hold my M4-2 w/mounted 35 f2.5 and a couple of other small lenses and a Pilot meter and 2 extra rolls of film.

When I see these bags for $100 and up it just doesn't compute. Not saying they are not nice or useful but we all have our "thing" and bags ain't mine.

 

[randolph45]

Used Lowepro messenger 40 $ for rangefinders,cash logic cd bag used 2 $ for G11, used Pelican 1510 roller for DSLRs 150 $ used fishing vest for odds and ins in the field and small no name hardcase for Canon FD bodies , flash, lenses and film/spare batteries🙂

 

[Rayt]

The most expensive is the Thinktank roller case for when I need to get big cameras on the plane. My most used bag is the 15 year old Alice I got for around $120 at the time.

 

[froyd]

Very belated update with pictures of the insert I mentioned on page 1. I use it for quick switches from backpacks to shoulder bags, depending on the occasion. Usually the insert sits inside a Manhattan Portage bag.

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[kxl]

Back when I lugged around a couple of DSLR's and long tele's (500-600mm), I spent up to $300 on heavy duty backpacks that could stand some rough handling and still protect very expensive gear.

These days, I would not spend more than $100.

 

[jsrockit]

I've bought a few expensive bags... but now I'm back to using sub $100 domkes.

 

[x-ray]

I don't think I ever spent over a hundred dollars except on a large photo backpack for large format. I take that back, I bought a rolling Tamrac case for my digital system for work and spent a couple of hundred but bags no more than a hundred. I really don't care what the name and I don't buy them to adorn my wardrobe. It's all about function and protection. My favorite cases are one I got from Agfa for a promo twenty years ago. It a black leather Domke F6 I think. I don't think it was sold through stores but made for Agfa's promo. It took a few thousand box tops if I remember correctly but at the time I was shooting retail fashion and shooting about 200+ rolls of 120 a week.

 

[Spanik]

Never more than the camera that gets into it 😀

 

[mfogiel]

The problem with the bags, is the same as with Leicas. Once you try something of this class you don't want to settle for less. This is why I like Fogg bags. They break in the way Leicas brass away - becoming nicer to wear. My latest favourite is Encore: holds easily an Ipad and a couple of M7's. I don't remember the price, but it was Leica style.
http://www.foggspecialistbags.com/fogg-camera-satchels/encore