What’s in My Bag

Here’s my full kit. Everything fits in the bag, except the tripod + head and the Leica M9-P with a lens, usually the 50mm, attached, which I wear across 1 shoulder, along with the WhiBal card and a press ID.

• Billingham Hadley Small camera bag in khaki Fibrenyte waterproof nylon fabric
• Billingham luggage tally & Billingham SP-40 shoulder pad
• Leica M3 (double-stroke) camera body, N^o. 873xxx, mfr. ca. 1957
• Charger, cable, & spare battery for Leica M9-P (automobile adapter is in my MINI’s glovebox)
• Leica Tele-Elmarit-M 90mm f/2.8 telephoto lens (version II “thin” mfr. 1974 – 1990)
• Zeiss Biogon T* 35mm f/2 ZM lens
• Zeiss Sonnar T* 50mm f/1.5 ZM lens
• Small & medium Micro Lens pouches
• Leica 21mm and 35mm auxiliary viewfinders
• Pocket-sized WhiBal card + stand & lanyard
• Press ID
• Leica E39 UV filter
• Hoya filter kit N^o.HKDG46 w/ pouch, circular polarizer, ND8, & UV filter
• Hoya ND2 & ND4 neutral density filters
• Hoya K2 yellow filter for B+W film
• 39mm – 46mm & 43mm– 46mm step-up rings
• Cowboy Studios 3-way hot shoe mountable spirit level
• Lowepro memory card carrier w/ spare SD card(s)
• Photographic Solutions cleaning kit
• LensPen lens cleaning pen & Filter Klear filter cleaning pen
• Moleskine notebook w/ The Photographer’s Rights tucked in back pocket
• Tools for Gitzo tripod & Arca-Swiss QR plate
• Sekonic L-308S light meter w/ quick reference card, instruction booklet, case & strap
• MOO business cards in leather & brushed steel case

Not Shown

The following items aren’t shown because I used them to take the featured image, duh. You can see the tripod and head in my review. Also not shown are various lens & body caps and a couple of lenses I don’t carry with me: a Leica Hektor 135mm f/4.5 and a Leica Summaron 35mm f/3.5.

• Leica  M9-P camera body
• Zeiss Biogon T* 21mm f/2.8 ZM lens
• Gitzo GT1542T Series 1 Traveler carbon fibre tripod
• Arca-SwissP0 Monoball tripod head w/ Monoball Fix QuickSet device
• Arca-Swiss quick release plate for Monoball Fix