What's in your bag/what do you take to events?

[MikeHoyer]

Didn't go to Snet in the end. I got asked to work Monday night, and with the various time off I'm taking over the next few weeks, the extra bank holiday pay will come in handy!

Was thinking about it while at Brands, but by the end of the day I was tired, so didn't bother.

[WouterM]

Originally Posted by Hubble

My trick is to put the straps around my neck so I can't drop anything, but to carry the camera/lense combinations in my hands

I added a side strap on my camera and that has made things a lot easier for my neck.

[alfacors]

Originally Posted by Hubble

I wear an Alpinestars media vest, but there's nowhere on it big enough to fit a 400mm f2.8......
My trick is to put the straps around my neck so I can't drop anything, but to carry the camera/lense combinations in my hands

Are the Alpinestars media vests an exclusive? Or can anyone buy one?

[Hubble]

Originally Posted by alfacors

Are the Alpinestars media vests an exclusive? Or can anyone buy one?

You can't buy them, they are issued to media direct from Alpinestars. You can buy other vests though, see earlier thread

[alfacors]

Ahh, thought they might be. Cheers!

[Snapperjack]

Originally Posted by Hubble

I wear an Alpinestars media vest, but there's nowhere on it big enough to fit a 400mm f2.8......

Might be able to queeze that 400 (and everything else) in this one

http://www.vestedinterest.com/khumbu.htm

[WouterM]

Originally Posted by Snapperjack

Might be able to queeze that 400 (and everything else) in this one

http://www.vestedinterest.com/khumbu.htm

It looks like you can fit the entire track in that vest.

[Hubble]

Originally Posted by Snapperjack

Might be able to queeze that 400 (and everything else) in this one

http://www.vestedinterest.com/khumbu.htm

I think I would rather carry it all as I do now than look a complete prat wearing that monstrosity. How you would remove a 500mm lens from the back of it without having to take it off gawd only knows......

[James North]

Yeah slightly on the impracticle side for trackside, probably more aimed at remote hiking landscape snappers. Who shoot far away from where they can get a car to.

[Hubble]

Looks like the model could do with cheering up a bit too.......mind you, if someone forced me to wear that and be photographed I wouldn't be too happy either......

[Iwantacaterham]

Originally Posted by James North

Yeah slightly on the impracticle side for trackside, probably more aimed at remote hiking landscape snappers. Who shoot far away from where they can get a car to.

I use one of these for off-roading-

http://www.venturesport.co.uk/ventur...p?parseid=5162

Very impractical for trackside, but handy for remote stuff given for sunrise/sunsets etc, I may be stopping overnight & also need tent, food, water, safety gear etc.. as well as my camera kit. Also has lots of attachment points to strap stuff to & the best thing is it's pretty comfortable to lug around.

[adz_34]

Hi from Australia lads and lasses,

I carry a Nikon D70 with my latest toy a 70-200mm f2.8 Sigma lens which I highly recommend to anyone even remotely considering the expense! , 200-400mm f5.6 Tamron, 18-70mm Nikon and 70-300mm Tamron which covers pretty much everything I need at the track.
2x 1GB Extreme III cards, 1x 512MB Lexar 80x card and an 20GB iPod with Media card reader.

[Owain Shaw]

Kit:

Canon 20D
Canon 18-55 (soon to go for a 17-40)
Canon 50 f/1.8
Canon 70-200 f/2.8 avec 1.4x converter.

Bags:

Body, small lenses and converter, plus spare battery, my sole 1Gb card (Yes, that is enough if you shoot it carefully/well.) live in the shoulder bag that came with my first Film SLR.
Big lens lives in its own case.
Both of those go in my simple, un-assuming college bag. Might get something specially built for the job at some point but, I'd rather get the kit to put in it first.

Coat/bib/Thunderbirds sash:
On a recent trip to Berlin I discovered that my 5 year old 'Airwalk' waterproof coat is great for photography - a massive front pocket big enough for my body and a small lens thereon, a second front pocket for two small lenses/converters. I have worn it more since making that discovery than in the previous five years ...

[Dex]

Originally Posted by Owain Shaw

On a recent trip to Berlin I discovered that my 5 year old 'Airwalk' waterproof coat is great for photography ..

i can't be the only person who mis-read this and thought he had stolen the coat from his five year old?

what a great mental image i had until i re-read the post...

[Owain Shaw]

Please note, despite illusions of seriousness, the following statement is made entirely in jest because labour is cheaper, before being shipped to the UK:

"For the sake of the preservation of my lofty rating of the world's reading comprehension, I'd rather like to think that you can be the only one who read that and despite the absence of an apostrophe and an s concluded that the coat belongs or belonged at any point in life, to a five year old son or daughter that I may, but do not in fact have."

[Dex]

don't worry - the illiteracy was purely in my reading and comprehension, not in any way a reflection upon your high standards of written missive.

NB My failure to capitalise the first person singular is entirely due to laziness, not ignorance.

[Dex]

as for equipment - Lowepro mini trekker, Pentax *IST D, Sigma 24-70 f2.8 EX , Sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX, Teleplus 2x converter, Pentax AF360FGZ flash (with stofen) several memory cards, spare batteries.

When i go up to shoot round the track the camera, both lenses, converter, memory cards and spare battery go in my photo vest along with my blower for when i change lenses.