Hi my name is John Tisbury and in this video we're going to have a look at what is
in my camera bag when I go out on location or an outdoor shoot.
So, let's get to it and roll the intro
So we're going to look at my camera bag that I take out with me when I'm out on
location or when I'm shooting outside. It's a LowePro 650 Magnum all weather bag.
Had it for donkey's years, about 10 years. It's a really really good bag
professional series. Paid for itself. It's rugged it's been through
some abuse over the years. I like it because a) as I say
it's rugged, it's very well made. But it also, being all weather, it has a zipper
at the back here and you've got a complete little overcoat for it or rain
mac for it which you can pull across if the weather gets really bad and you've
got a hike out from somewhere where you're photographing. Protects your
gear basically. I've also got a similar one for my camera. A little camera
mac, my wife made me this. And this is made from ripstop nylon and it allows me just
pop it over the camera and just to protect it. Again if I'm out all day
although the camera is weather sealed as too all the lenses it's nice to know that
you're not gonna worry about them I've actually protected.
Inside the bag. Let's have a look in there. Let's run through the lenses they're all Nikkor lenses.
I've got a 50mm F1.4 which is silent wave. Great for portraits
really getting a narrow depth of field with that 1.4.
Super diffused highlights on there, really really nice lens.
If I need to do some really close-up work I've got a 105mm macro lens F2.8. A very old-style
lens all metal and very heavy. Produces a very nice image.
If I need to go wide, I can. I have a 14-24. Having trouble getting the dust cap off the cover.
So a massive piece of glass at the front there and again F2.8. So a 14-24mm silent
wave lens there. In the middle of the lenses, which is the one currently
on the camera, I have a 24 -70mm F2.8. So that gives me; 14 -24mm,
then got 24-70mm, and then from there on I've got 70-200mm. Again F2.8.
Again, a Nikkor lens, a really really nice lens this. It comes with a tripod mount as well. So you can
just click this little mount on there and mounting it that way with a camera
behind it, the weight is nicely balanced in the center. Rather than trying
to put all the weight on the back of the camera with a tripod mount.
The camera itself it's a Nikon, it's D3. It's a bit long in the tooth in terms of a camera
but still works really really well and I'm very happy with it. At some point will
need to upgrade it. I have a x2 converter as well so it converts my 200
into a 400. In the zippy pockets have a cleaning cloth for lenses. Spare battery
for the camera. Memory cards all nicely in bed, in their little boxes or compartments.
What else we got. Little wrenches, little plastic wrenches for getting off those
tough skylight filters and ND filters screw on type. Sometimes get stuck on the lenses.
A little screwdriver that's from the Lee filter kit,
A lens, sorry a dust cap for the body, body cap.
Got 50 pence and 50 cents.
I use those for tightening up the nut, the slotted screw, on the bottom of a
tripod quick-release plate.
In the side pockets.
Oh yes, I have a 90 degree angle finder. So when I'm doing macro shots really low down
on the floor it's very difficult to see through the viewfinder on my particular
camera. So I can stick on this 90 degree angle finder and it makes a lot
more comfortable for framing, composition and focus.
I have a little case with business cards in. In case I need to give one of those out. On the other
side, side pockets, I have a cable remote release trigger.
Some plastic bags for various things and also got a larger bag which folds out which I can
kneel on if I'm in damp ground, muddy or messy ground.
And that's it. So that's the key things I take out in my camera bag.
It's a shoulder strap bag, it gets fairly heavy. I also have a rucksack bag as well. We'll go through that in another video.
I take out different things in that. So we'll have a wander through that at another time.
The other thing I'll take out is my tripod. It's a Gitzo carbon three-section tripod.
I like it because it's basically the same height as me. So if I'm doing landscapes
or whatever, where I need to mount the camera on a tripod, I can
comfortably get there without having to stoop down to get stuff.
It's got a Manfrotto head on it, which is the 3 way. And I like this particular one because
you can loosen the locknut here to be able to change the angle, whichever one
you want. But you can also do micro adjustments, or finer adjustments, on the
thumb screws. It gives you very much a flexible approach to framing and composition.
So that's me. They're all my bits that I take with me. I hope you found that useful.
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