What’s in My Bag
Notice
This information is from 2012 and is out-of-date. I’ll eventually update it and archive the old info for posterity, but in the meantime, here it is. If you want to know when I update this page, why not sign up for the newsletter?
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, No. 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 No.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