Right now (and for the coming future) I'm shooting a Canon Powershot A620, and now I'm beginning to teach myself a little more about using it, and shooting with different lens attachments. I picked up a fisheye lens off eBay, and will probably get at least one more before heading out to Disneyland in November. Okay, long intro for a simple question: I'm looking for a camera bag to hold the camera, 2-3 lens attachments, memory cards, batteries, and maybe a tripod. Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks!
bags are like tripods, you never stop collecting them because each one works for different setups i have several from the lowepro line, microtrekker, minitrekker,expedition size backpack, a waist bag with lens cases that slide on, a couple of old school shoulder bags, and even one oversize fanny pack, that can carry a couple of smaller lenses in cloth wraps i use them all, depending on the trip or that days photo situation one thing i am considering as i do more motorsports is a photovest, as i need to have a camera with a 50mm or equivilant field of view with more for the occasional victory lane shot for your current setup consider the lowepro microtrekker, small, not too expensive, you can strap a small tripod to the outside, and it can carry a fair amount of gear, and if you eventually go to an slr, it will take a body plus 2-3 lenses depending on their size i don't know where you live, but it's yard sale season still here, that's where all my old school bags were bought, maybe even a large women's purse with sections would work
Well a backpack would be overkill for the A620. That's going to be the problem - you need only a camcorder size bag, but any tripod over a table top model is going to be a lot larger than the bag. Perhaps just get a tripod with it's own bag? I know the digital Bogen models come with one (at least mine did).
Until I got a dSLR, I just used my regular backback to carry around my camera and stuff. But, I didn't bother with a tripod until I got the SLR.
Thanks for the tips. I'm looking more for a case to keep the lens separate and not have them loose in a bag (even with them in their bags). That way I can swap them when needed.
I generally use a backpack as well, but in Disney I plan to use a smaller Lowepro shoulder bag I picked up at Best Buy. I don't recall the model # offhand, but it fits my Rebel XT, Tamron 28-75, 50mm f/1.8 perfectly. It also comes with a pullout "rain cover" which is useful. It seems to me the shoulder bag would work better because it can easily be stowed on our stroller. I swear ... even when the youngest gets old enough to walk the park, I'm still bringing a stroller. It's invaluable for hauling all the crap you need for an all day excursion.
