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Bob Michaels said:
I just returned from another two weeks in Cuba. Same ritual every day, I would leave for the day to walk 8-10 hours with just a 35mm RF and one lens in my hand with 6-7 rolls of film and spare battery in a pocket. I could not imagine schlepping a bag or multiple lenses all that time.

19 of the 20 photos on my website http://bobmichaels.org were shot with the same lens, a 28mm. Can anyone pick out which image was not shot with the 28mm?
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Bob, hard to say not knowing if any shot was cropped... But they don't look too different... I don't see any ultrawide or tele vision... Maybe a 35?

Cheers,

Juan
 
I have been pretty much set on the Billingham Alice and for ten years now. I shoot with two M bodies with wide and normal lenses on them. The body with the normal lens has a Luigi wrist strap and mostly stay in the bag while the other body is on my neck with the 35mm or 28mm because I use that the most. If I need to use the 50mm I just grab it and not worry about having the neck strap getting snagged and all that. The only times I ever dropped cameras and lenses is when I am reaching for something else the the damn strap get snagged on to something.
 
emraphoto said:
#3?

either way, great bit o work there Bob.
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Actually it is the one of the rodeo cowboy that was shot with a 35mm lens. I took my "long lens" to the Rodeo.

Since I almost always crop the 35mm 2:3 aspect ratio to 4:5, I try to plan for which side of the frame is going to be cropped to either minimize or accentuate the spatial distortion.
 
Bob Michaels said:
I just returned from another two weeks in Cuba. Same ritual every day, I would leave for the day to walk 8-10 hours with just a 35mm RF and one lens in my hand with 6-7 rolls of film and spare battery in a pocket. I could not imagine schlepping a bag or multiple lenses all that time.

19 of the 20 photos on my website http://bobmichaels.org were shot with the same lens, a 28mm. Can anyone pick out which image was not shot with the 28mm?
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Hey Bob, I can't pick which image wasn't taken with 28mm but I am impressed with your photos from Cuba. For a moment I felt I was there!!

Can you tell us which film/developer you used, love the contrast, tonality and grain. Perfect!
 
zvos1 said:
Hey Bob, I can't pick which image wasn't taken with 28mm but I am impressed with your photos from Cuba. For a moment I felt I was there!!

Can you tell us which film/developer you used, love the contrast, tonality and grain. Perfect!
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Ordinary film & developer: Arista Legacy (Neopan 400) in HC-110.
 
zvos1 said:
Hey Bob, I can't pick which image wasn't taken with 28mm but I am impressed with your photos from Cuba. For a moment I felt I was there!!

Can you tell us which film/developer you used, love the contrast, tonality and grain. Perfect!
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zvos,

The tone has a lot to do with the digital processing: scanning gives a tone that's different from wet printing... Well, in fact, it can give you almost any tone no matter the negative, which becomes a guide for your final file...

Cheers,

Juan
 
emraphoto said:
either way, great bit o work there Bob.
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Looping back to Joe's original post, I found these shots by walking 8-10 hours a day. I could not have done that carrying a bag with extra gear.

I find that time invested in shooting pays off much better for me than equipment options. Less weight carried means better stamina, more time on foot to find the right things to shoot.
 
i like to use a bag because i don't use a regular camera strap but rather wrist straps and while i keep a camera in hand at all times when out , i like to have a bag handy to tuck the camera into if need be.
i could use a small bag, like a 5xb or the terraclime 100 for just a camera with lens attached and extra batteries etc. the bag would be mostly empty for most of the shoot.

but then i start to think about a second lens and if i have a second lens then it might as well be on the second body...
 
Bags are to work out of, I figure, and I generally take out what I need and leave the bag and the rest in the car or hotel, etc. I'll stuff things in my pockets. I don't really like trekking about with a bag on my shoulder.

The perfect bag would be light, compact, and hold everything, easily accessible. A fantasy of course, and it reminds me of the steamer trunk in Heinlein's Glory Road. A marvelous container holding everything the expedition needed.

If the camera bag could just hold "pointers" to the actual items in their proper stored locations, like alias files on a Mac... You'd reach in the bag, locate the right "virtual" lens and it would be retrieved from your home camera cabinet. When you put your camera away in the bag, it goes safely home. Perfect. 😀
 
I've got two basic bags. Neither have any interior pockets and both are made of canvas. One is made by Filson and has a leather shoulder strap with brass clips. It was originally used for fishing and now serves as a camera bag. Total elapsed time.. +15yrs. I paid a little more than $100 then.. now its MSRP is $220! link

I usually carry a couple of rolls of film in the outer pouches, a couple of lenses. I usually shoot a 28mm Orion, and an Industar 50 mm. If I'm shooting MF it's usually the same except I'll haul a 75mm and a 50mm lens plus a couple of rolls of 120 in BW and C41. I also carry some bottled water and an apple if I get hungry.
 
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i can't remember the last time i carried a camera in a bag! i usually pick a lens and stick with it for the day. we rarely venture very far from home, so i don't worry too much about not getting a shot because of bringing the wrong lens, i can go back tomorrow. besides, what do you need other than a 35 or a 50??
bob
 
Domke F5XB ... there is no substitute!

Seriously, I love this little bag. With use it has a slight 'grunge' apearance so I don't look like someone with an expensive camera. It holds every camera I own (not at once of course) excluding my Crown Graphic ... even the D700 with a 50mm Zeiss fits into it comfortably.

I'm not really a strap person and tend to either carry my camera in hand or have it in the Domke ready to pull out ... I leave the Zip undone and just have the flap pulled over to protect the camera.
 
I usually have the camera out but sometimes I will have a bunch of stuff in an average looking daypack, I use lenswraps and plastic bags and even Tupperware to keep everything sorted. It works better than all the camera bags and camera backpacks I've owned, it was a lot less expensive, and a lot more versatile. I pack it differently as needed but I will keep all the spare batteries/tools/extra lens caps, etc. in one bag and daily toiletries (nail clippers, floss, pimple creme, Naproxen, etc.) in another, film, computer accessories, condoms and KY, etc. each get a bag or case.
 
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Frank Petronio said:
I usually have the camera out but sometimes I will have a bunch of stuff in an average looking daypack, I use lenswraps and plastic bags and even Tupperware to keep everything sorted. It works better than all the camera bags and camera backpacks I've owned, it was a lot less expensive, and a lot more versatile. I pack it differently as needed but I will keep all the spare batteries/tools/extra lens caps, etc. in one bag and daily toiletries (nail clippers, floss, pimple creme, Naproxen, etc.) in another, film, computer accessories, condoms and KY, etc. each get a bag or case.
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LMAO... thanks for that one Frank. I'll have a night cap now and call it a day!

FWIW I too use Ziplock's for lenses in these "open concept" bags I have.
 
back alley said:
i like to use a bag because i don't use a regular camera strap but rather wrist straps and while i keep a camera in hand at all times when out , i like to have a bag handy to tuck the camera into if need be.
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Joe, I don't use any sort of strap and just carry the camera in my right hand. I do appreciate grips.

That means I am dedicating one hand to carry the camera all day long since I will not use a bag. But that is OK. I can hold the camera in the bend of my left art if I temporarily need both hands for something.

It is just all personal choice and what works for each of us.
 
I like most here have any number of camera bags including a couple of Billinghams (one I've had for more than 20 years) and a couple of Foggs. But the one I use more than all the others combined is a little Kinesis waist bag. Worn with their dedicated belt, it goes with me, whether on a trip to town or a day walk. And when I go on my serious hikes for up to 8 and 9 days, it sits midrift, hanging over my rucksack waist band carrying an M6, reading glasses, map, compass, film, batteries etc. It's far from perfect (what is in camera bags.) But as the old saying goes, I "Never leave home with out it."
 
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