Camera/Lens Bag: I'm curious what bag, backpack, hard shell or soft, do you use for everyday carry from A to B? I'm looking at the Peak Design Everyday Messenger but the price is a bit...

joshuafloeter Loc: Austin, Tx.

I'm curious what bag, backpack, hard shell or soft, do you use for everyday carry from A to B? I'm looking at the Peak Design Everyday Messenger but the price is a bit steep, unless someone reading this is absolutely blown away by it. I am looking for protection, functionality, strength (well built), comfortable for the hike in/out, and a well deserved price. Again, just a daily carry. Thanks Hogs!!

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Domke!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

"OP/TECH USA" makes a wide variety of bags and cases from neoprene. (Think wetsuits.) They are not expensive and pad whatever is inside. With my lenses, bodies or cameras inside the neoprene bags, I am comfortable using any ordinary backpack, brief case, carry-on, etc.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

joshuafloeter wrote:

I'm curious what bag, backpack, hard shell or soft, do you use for everyday carry from A to B? I'm looking at the Peak Design Everyday Messenger but the price is a bit steep, unless someone reading this is absolutely blown away by it. I am looking for protection, functionality, strength (well built), comfortable for the hike in/out, and a well deserved price. Again, just a daily carry. Thanks Hogs!!

THINK TANK..great protection and functionality
I am a bag guy not a backpacker

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Bags are a very personal thing, but you asked. I use the LowePro Event Messenger 250.
Holds my Nikon D810 with the 24-120, 70-200 2.8, two Speedlights iPad and batteries, cards, etc.
Best bag I’ve ever had in 40 years.
And very reasonably priced!!!
https://store.lowepro.com/event-messenger-250

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

The Peak Design Everyday Backpack, 30L color Grey. I use Messenger bags if I am limiting the lens and gear I carry. The Peak Design Everyday Messenger is a bit small for a full kit for the D810.

joshuafloeter Loc: Austin, Tx.

Thank you

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I seem to be collecting Lowepros in various sizes, and their quality is excellent and the prices reasonable. My most used one is a small sling bag that holds one body plus either a 70-200 2.8 or a 100-400 or a shorter lens plus one extra. I just take what I plan to need for the shoot out of one of my larger bags, and if I need a flash, I just clip the flash case onto the one of the rings.

Just Fred Loc: Darwin's Waiting Room

I tried a lot of bags (I have a pile of unused camera bags in my attic) and settled on Think Tank. They have bags for every kind of (camera) purpose.

http://www.thinktankphoto.com/

Wakko12 Loc: New Hampshire

Not the most popular option, but Amazon Basics bags have blown me away with quality. I have two of their bags - I don’t have them near me right now so I can’t give the number of either bag, but one fits a FF with 70-200 2.8 lens + 4 other lens/flashes/battery pack. The other is a hiking pack that barely fits my FF with 70-200, one other lens, and a flash in the bottom (with quick side access) and a top portion for other necessities (I’ve fit 4 days of clothes in there). The first was $30, the second $40. I used to sell camera equipment and feel comfortable putting these on par with LowePro.

grtday Loc: Houston, TX

Lowepro bags are available directly from the manufacturer at www.aliexpress.com. Just received a $280 Lowepro priced bag from Adorama for 1/4 of,that number. Not a knockoff, but real Lowepro.

whwiden

BHC wrote:

Domke!

Yes. I am a big Domke fan. You need to describe your kit. But either an f6 or f2, with a Ciesta insert (if you require a bit of extra padding ) will likely work. If you are interested, you can customize by using a couple of $3 S biners for quick access. I posted pictures of how to do that.

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

whwiden wrote:

Yes. I am a big Domke fan. You need to describe your kit. But either an f6 or f2, with a Ciesta insert (if you require a bit of extra padding ) will likely work. If you are interested, you can customize by using a couple of $3 S biners for quick access. I posted pictures of how to do that.

What amazes me is how they hold their value. I was at a swap meet several months ago, carrying my ratty old F2, and had several people wanting to buy it off my shoulder; two of them even offered $100+.

splatbass Loc: Honolulu

For every day use I have a Case Logic CPL-109, a small backpack with room for a DSLR with zoom (I currently have a D7000 with 70-300mm zoom in it), and room for a couple of other small lenses and accessories. I really love it, but unfortunately they seem to have discontinued that model.

I have a number of other backpacks for different situations, i.e. carrying a long telephoto, or a day hike camera backpack with room for a water bladder, clothing and food, one for travel, etc. But the Case Logic is the one I use most of the time.

le boecere

joshuafloeter wrote:

I'm curious what bag, backpack, hard shell or soft, do you use for everyday carry from A to B? I'm looking at the Peak Design Everyday Messenger but the price is a bit steep, unless someone reading this is absolutely blown away by it. I am looking for protection, functionality, strength (well built), comfortable for the hike in/out, and a well deserved price. Again, just a daily carry. Thanks Hogs!!

I have mirrorless cameras (ILMC).

My EDC (every day carry) bag is a Tenba Switch 10. It carries an ILMC + a lens or two + a bunch of other stuff. Friends call it my "murse", and I use it like one.

When I get on an airplane, all that stuff and more + another ILMC (system) + a 14" laptop goes in a Tenba Cooper 15.
When full, that's about as much weight as I care to have over my shoulder, or cross-body.