Do you carry anything unusual in your camera bag?
Mar 4, 2024 18:03:14 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Uhm I don't have a camera bag. I used to carry a 1911 back before 1975 but I was very bad. I couldn't hit a pop can at 30feet.
It's a good thing a pop can doesn't represent a clear and present danger!
Mar 4, 2024 18:06:31 #
Real Nikon Lover wrote:
I have heard of guys carrying a .45 with teflonized black talon rounds w/cyanide tips. Apparently they penetrate; a nick gets the job done.
Disclaimer- Not a practice if mine.
Disclaimer- Not a practice if mine.
Teflon coated rounds are illegal in many states.
For one most obvious reason.
Mar 4, 2024 18:08:02 #
pnbarne wrote:
My brother had an InReach device while motorcycling through South America. In Argentina, he hit soft sand on a dirt road and took a header over the handle bars. The SOS went out automatically. We were notified in the US before the ambulance arrived at a rural hospital. He ended up being air evacuated to a hospital in Seattle because the local hospital was not equipped to treat his injuries. Fortunately, he bought the insurance for just such a possibility.
He was smart to have had that device with him. I have heard many stories similar to his and some are really hair-raising. You could check Garmin's web site to learn of many of their life saving incidents.
Mar 4, 2024 18:53:46 #
Longshadow wrote:
I don't use Apple, so what's a "find it" disc?
Maybe what's known as the Apple AirTag? The little location finder disc?
Hopefully, not too many of those location ping situations end up like the really convoluted one in Denver, CO area. An elderly grandmother's house searched by SWAT for stolen guns taken in a stolen pickup truck.
The pickup truck owner was tracking the old i-phone that was supposed to be in the truck, and updating police on what he was receiving for locations.
For some reason, apparently police did not go look for the truck when the pings indicated it was stopped for an hour at a couple business locations.
Instead, they were fixated on getting into the elderly grandmother's house with a SWAT raid.
There is a lot of reading between these two articles, but interesting, I thought. I mean, police personnel, DA's, judges, etc are human, too, but this one seems like too many things went poorly.
The first is the recent one, second one gives a more detailed account.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/denver-lawsuit-awarded-damages-swat-raid-home-montbello/73-94cd5298-7c5f-4e2c-a1dd-8ee37e304375
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/denver-police-swat-raid-of-grandmothers-montbello-home-angers-neighbors/73-2d6fc6f7-a57e-4d47-b7ed-b75c4163ca19
Hopefully, that is a rare, unusual case, and a stolen camera bag wouldn't lead to someone innocent being put through something similar.
Mar 4, 2024 19:10:11 #
Longshadow wrote:
Yea, lost or injured, not real good for bears though.
We only have Teddy Bears in Australia.
Mar 4, 2024 19:27:17 #
Retired CPO wrote:
I carry a Model 1911 .45 ACP! Don't know if that would be considered unusual??
Nope.
Mar 4, 2024 19:39:56 #
Mar 4, 2024 20:50:49 #
Mar 4, 2024 21:17:46 #
Retired CPO wrote:
We will have to figure out how to make that happen, Dennis!
Someday it will work out.
Dennis
Mar 4, 2024 21:21:45 #
Retired CPO wrote:
I carry a Model 1911 .45 ACP! Don't know if that would be considered unusual??
I carry a LWT Colt Commander in Super .38.
Not unusual if you consider yourself prepared.
Mar 4, 2024 21:51:21 #
I have two main bags. One is a Billingham medium sized bag. Nothing really unusual in that bag My R5 with a ProMediaGear L-bracket usually attached, and my main 3 RF lenses, extra cards, batteries, a set of Maven magnetic filters, cleaning kit, and my Peak Design Slide strap.
My other, bigger bag is a "Fro Knows Photo" "I Shoot Raw" Think Tank Retrospective (hey, I got it dirt cheap barely used and it's a great bag). This is my primary night Photography bag in which I can carry my camera, my 14mm 2.8 lens and a couple of EF lenses with an adaptor. What might be considered unusual are my Lube Cube light panels and my various head lamps and tactical multi-color flashlights for night time light painting. I also carry a lens heater for shooting at night for long periods.
My other, bigger bag is a "Fro Knows Photo" "I Shoot Raw" Think Tank Retrospective (hey, I got it dirt cheap barely used and it's a great bag). This is my primary night Photography bag in which I can carry my camera, my 14mm 2.8 lens and a couple of EF lenses with an adaptor. What might be considered unusual are my Lube Cube light panels and my various head lamps and tactical multi-color flashlights for night time light painting. I also carry a lens heater for shooting at night for long periods.
Mar 5, 2024 00:41:27 #
Retired CPO wrote:
I don't consider it a surprise! Just common sense! Others might see things differently.
It does make my bag a bit heavy. Just had to stop carrying a rarely used lens. The .45 is more important!
It does make my bag a bit heavy. Just had to stop carrying a rarely used lens. The .45 is more important!
Yes, it's crucial to have 2 tools to shoot instead of just 1: it makes it simpler a fast moving "talent" becomes suddenly still Mar 5, 2024 06:15:06 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Doyle Thomas wrote:
I carry dental floss to tie back branches et.al. that may interfere with my composition, black tape, safety pins, and other handy items.
When I did wedding photography, I carried 20 colors of thread, 3 bobby pin colors, a toy car and a quarter, and two bottles of water.
Mar 5, 2024 06:26:17 #
Although I do own a S&W .38, I have never in my 75 years felt the need to carry it. Perhaps I’m naive.
Mar 5, 2024 06:44:50 #
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