I think l might have an addiction, a bag addiction

[ChrisPlatt]

It's good to have options!

It's good to have options!

A variety of bags for a variety of camera outfits seems pretty reasonable to me.

Chris

 

[majid]

You'r not anywhere close. I have 11 camera bags, 60 total.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

*Searches e-bay for French machine gun magazine bags*

"French Ammo Bag" yields a number of hits already. Be sure to compare prices as I've picked up all 4 of mine for around $15.

These were normally used to carry magazines for the FN-24/29 light machine gun.

I've added a layer of foam padding to the bottom of the bags

 

[Steve M.]

I'm clean and sober on this one. I've never owned a camera bag, never saw the need for one, and never will. Why would I want to dig around in a bag for the camera while the shot disappears? I put one lens on the camera and that's what I shoot with, and nothing else needs to come with me besides my usual side bag w/ my journal, phone, sketch pad, money, keys, pens and pencils, etc.

 

[Larry H-L]

From the RFF archives, watch when David Alan Harvey opens the storage locker.

https://vimeo.com/9831500

 

[Canyongazer]

I have four.
Mike, since you can say how many you have you are ok.
Those who guess "Ah, maybe 12....err wait, more like fifte...actually around 20. I think" may have a problem. 🙂

btw way, I recently got a Retrospective 7 V.2 , their next to the smallest of this msgr type bag.

https://www.thinktankphoto.com/collections/retrospective-series.

It holds two Pro2s and two Fuji lenses plus ancillary items. Very happy with it.

 

[PaulDalex]

I don't dare to count them
I am nearing 20
Many Tamrac, Kata, a Chinese leather bag (which I modified) and many Caselogic. Even some terrible Amazon basic.
Since I have too many cameras, lenses and accessories, I often waste hours to look for certain piece of gear, having forgotten in which closet or drawer I had put it.
So I decided to systematically go one bag one photo kit.
And I am periodically buying new Caselogic cases to accommodate each kit.
I will put a tiny label on it with a single letter (e.g. N for Nikon) so that I will not need to open n cases to find the right one.
Why Caselogic?
Because they are well made and very cheap
They look humble and I don't think people may guess there is gear inside that is so precious for me and, in certain cases, rather expensive too.

 

[Godfrey]

Help, l might have a bag addiction, now l have five camera bags, do l need five, errmmmm, maybe. How many and what bags do you own, or am l the only one with bag issues. I own a Billingham 335, Hadley pro, stowaway and a crumple messenger, with a Hadley small soon to arrive.....help😱

Five accounts for a minimum set around here. There are many more than that in my closet...

🙄

G

 

[raid]

You are not alone Mike. I've gone through several military bags as camera bags to use for re-enactment or daily carry.

My favorite are the French machine gun magazine bags. 🙂

Hi Rick,

Can you share the website where such bags sell?
Thanks.

 

[lxmike]

Three backpacks and three shoulder bags. I am done looking for the perfect bag. I have decided that it does not exist. I am picking which one to use based on the equipment I am using at any one time.

yes as bags go its, 'horses for courses' for me.

 

[lxmike]

You'r not anywhere close. I have 11 camera bags, 60 total.

😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

 

[lxmike]

"French Ammo Bag" yields a number of hits already. Be sure to compare prices as I've picked up all 4 of mine for around $15.

These were normally used to carry magazines for the FN-24/29 light machine gun.

I've added a layer of foam padding to the bottom of the bags

they really are appealing bags

 

[lxmike]

I'm clean and sober on this one. I've never owned a camera bag, never saw the need for one, and never will. Why would I want to dig around in a bag for the camera while the shot disappears? I put one lens on the camera and that's what I shoot with, and nothing else needs to come with me besides my usual side bag w/ my journal, phone, sketch pad, money, keys, pens and pencils, etc.

I wish l was a controlled but alas l am not😱

 

[lxmike]

From the RFF archives, watch when David Alan Harvey opens the storage locker.

https://vimeo.com/9831500

😀😀😀😀😀

 

[lxmike]

I have four.
Mike, since you can say how many you have you are ok.
Those who guess "Ah, maybe 12....err wait, more like fifte...actually around 20. I think" may have a problem. 🙂

btw way, I recently got a Retrospective 7 V.2 , their next to the smallest of this msgr type bag.

https://www.thinktankphoto.com/collections/retrospective-series.

It holds two Pro2s and two Fuji lenses plus ancillary items. Very happy with it.

did you get the pinestone version

 

[lxmike]

I don't dare to count them
I am nearing 20
Many Tamrac, Kata, a Chinese leather bag (which I modified) and many Caselogic. Even some terrible Amazon basic.
Since I have too many cameras, lenses and accessories, I often waste hours to look for certain piece of gear, having forgotten in which closet or drawer I had put it.
So I decided to systematically go one bag one photo kit.
And I am periodically buying new Caselogic cases to accommodate each kit.
I will put a tiny label on it with a single letter (e.g. N for Nikon) so that I will not need to open n cases to find the right one.
Why Caselogic?
Because they are well made and very cheap
They look humble and I don't think people may guess there is gear inside that is so precious for me and, in certain cases, rather expensive too.

until you mentioned it l had never heard of caselogic,

 

[lxmike]

Five accounts for a minimum set around here. There are many more than that in my closet...

🙄

G

There needs to be a support group called bags anonymous

 

[Calzone]

The epicenter started in Canada and I call it "Joe Disease." Joe is a Moderator on this forum.

Seemed to somehow cross the Atlantic.

There is a strain of "Joe Disease" that took hold in me. Seems like I'm likely the only person in RFF that uses a Louie Vutton leather bookbag as a camera bag.

Cal

 

[Canyongazer]

did you get the pinestone version

Yes, I did....I believe that's all that is available in the current version 2 iteration.
Fortunately, it looks very nice imo

 

[al1966]

I am not sure how many bags I have, I sometimes remember ones that are not in use or came with a camera and just are not worth selling on. Then there are the load of messanger bags I seem to have picked up on the way. Some of the bigger bags that OK for big DSLR cameras are used for lights ans other studio stuff. At a rough guess more than 30 at least 15 cam bags. Hell we repurposed a smaller Lowepro as a nappy bag 🙂. Its not an issue I bought them all with spare cash.