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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
06-04-2018, 07:41 AM
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Nice, so it now sounds reasonable that I got that much into the bag? I used it as my carry-on for a flight to the Dominican Republic and then left stuff I wasn't using in the hotel room. I wouldn't want to carry 18 lbs in a shoulder bag for much of any duration. That weight is better supported by a backpack.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
05-20-2018, 04:14 PM
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I’ll likely get you a video, but later. Just put the bag on the scale - 18 lbs.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
05-20-2018, 09:16 AM
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Bumping this as I just filled the bag for an upcoming trip to see how it holds everything - Pentax 6x7 with prism and WL finders, 55/4, 105/2.4, Pentax LX, MX, and ME Super, K28/3.5, K35/3.5, A50/1.4, 77 Limited, a couple of small hoods, nine rolls of 120, five rolls of 35mm plus two cameras have film in them, Sekonic 308, spare batteries, cable release and lens brush. Wouldn't say it's quite packed to the gills, but other than a lens longer than the 77 for the 35mm bodies, not much more I can think of that I'd want to bring.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-24-2018, 03:57 PM
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John, I’m not entirely sure the 645n is much smaller in volume than the 6x7. Lenses are a bit smaller and it likely is a viable alternative to the 6x7, with 645 lenses. Not sure it’s worth the money if the purpose is to save space/volume/weight over the 6x7. Volume of the 645n is about 25% less.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-24-2018, 12:27 PM
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While I'd love to make it work, I'm skeptical the 6x7 will make it to Germany for this trip. It's about a year out, so I'll have plenty of time to decide if a two lens kit is small/light enough to be tolerable. Got a recommendation for a Fuji GA645zi or comparable. Might just be a 35mm SLR and digital P&S.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-24-2018, 07:48 AM
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I don't separate photography and relaxing either. I assume, based on your experience and some dates/years you've previously posted that you're in a different stage in life than I am. I have children ages five and eight. They don't quite have the patience to hang out and wait for the light to be just right nor are they interested in getting up in the dark to be somewhere for a dawn photo. My upcoming Caribbean trip is sans kids, but it's a trip with a gang of friends from college following the wedding of one of the couples. They asked us all to come visit for as little or as long as we'd like during their honeymoon, so it's practically a reunion. Visiting those friends will pull on my strings for photography time. The trip to Europe is to get my in-laws there for what will likely be their first and only major trip overseas. They're in their early 60s and we're going for two weeks and going to try to cram in several major cities. Photographs will be a part of it, but I'm going to be on a schedule with the rest of the gang.
We don't have the logistics worked out for traveling between cities like Paris, Cologne, Prague, etc. There likely will be some rental car, some trains, and last resort is additional flights. I have several good friends in Germany to consult. When my wife and I lived there, we'd jump on a train and go with a medium-sized backpack for four days, but that was a couple of young 20-somethings for a few days.
I don't think it's meant to be a fanny and I don't intend to wear it as such, not for style reasons, but the weight pulling across my lower back.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-24-2018, 06:19 AM
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Rick, thanks for the insight. I haven't sold any lenses that I enjoy using. Most of what I have sold or intend to sell is stuff that came as a package. Seller wouldn't part it out, so it all ended up at my front door. I'm just as happy to give some of that stuff away or let my daughter use it and not lose any sleep or worry about a damaged lens.
We obviously have different needs for bags. I don't have 12 different focal length lenses for 35mm that'd I'd want to take all at the same time. I only have four lenses for my 645n kit and two for the 6x7. I also can't see when or why I'd want to take all of that stuff together on the same trip. I'm starting to lean towards the 6x7 and two lenses I have and a 35mm and digital P&S cameras for the snapshots and nights/evenings. For a lot people, on vacation (not photo work), I'm willing to bet simplicity is a camera and as few lenses as possible to be focused on relaxing and enjoying the time on vacation without fretting about which lens or camera combo to use. Just enjoy being there.
My 38L Deuter bag has worked as a carry on, and fit in the overhead bins, for domestic and international flights. Saw an earlier post about boarding early to ensure you get the space and I'm usually on the plane pretty early. I don't do a ton of air travel right now, but as my children get a bit older and capable of more adventurous travel and destinations, I'm sure that will pick up. I understand the idea of the right tool for the job, but I think most people could make things work with a "close enough" equivalent with a camera lens. Probably not necessary to have 10 lenses with some duplicate copies between 24-55mm.
As far as the Crumpler 7, another member emailed me pictures of a 6x7 kit with two lenses in the Crumpler 6 and the 7 is bigger.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-24-2018, 04:53 AM
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Nice looking bag. Probably overkill for what I need to carry the little 6x7 kit I have. Only having the camera for a week, I don’t have any experience to lean on, but I don’t see this being a camera I use for everyday snaps. I’m anticipating it will be used for more deliberately planned pictures, which won’t require hauling everything I own. Even for the everyday stuff, I want to get better at pairing down what I’m hauling around. Even with 35mm, I find I have a few lenses I use the most and everything else doesn’t come out of the bag. This has led to questioning if I need to keep all the lenses I have. A big bag that hauls everything isn’t conducive to me behaving myself.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-22-2018, 05:41 PM
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Going to try a Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home bag. May look into replacing the strap with something removable to use it like an insert for the times when getting to a destination for shot involves a hike. Paid about what I expected to pay for an insert, maybe less.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-21-2018, 11:24 AM
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Too much bag to be a stuff-able option. I like the idea of narrowing it down to a body (preferably with a lens attached and one more lens.
I don't have any backpacking trips planned where I'm living out of bag. I live out of a truck in the Marine Corps and still try to keep things light. I'm talking about hiking to a spot for a landscape. I've got the Appalachians and plenty of other places that aren't a few steps from a parking area. For the Germany trip, it's either the MX or LX and I'm going to look hard at the Fuji GA645zi. The Fuji, 35mm body, two lenses and a light meter would fit in a pretty small bag.
I could probably live with a 105 and 55 as a travel kit.
Looks like Crumpler dropped this line of bags. Seems it's used or what's left of the NOS on Amazon and comparable sites.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-21-2018, 09:02 AM
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The unzipped photo looks like the bag is getting a C-section. I have the 100 AW slingshot bag. I also got the body with the WLF to fit in the Tenba Black Label small satchel. Two lenses is probably fine for most local, planned shots. I’m looking how at how to make it work if I wanted to take it to Germany next year or a Caribbean island in a month. I need to pick up a wide angle and really haven’t decided between the 55 and 75. Not sure I want to go as wide as the 45 for my second lens. I have the K24/3.5 and enjoy it, but I lean more toward the flexibility of the K28 and K35.
Too many camera-related wants right now. I like the idea of a Fuji 645 rangefinder for the Europe trip next year and would like to get a 35mm P&S just to have one, let alone a few lenses for the 6x7.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-21-2018, 05:45 AM
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Where’d you find this plethora of generic inserts? I looked at just about every option on B&H’s website and there are a previous few that have the dimensions for a 6x7 body. I like the idea of using lens cases to make it scalable.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-18-2018, 07:56 AM
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Anyone familiar with an insert large enough to hold a 6x7 and a couple lenses? I only have the 105 right now, but will eventually pick up a couple others. I used a Tenba BYOB bag for a trip to Africa that worked really well for a 35mm kit. I'm not a fan of spending several hundred dollars on a dedicated camera backpack that is essentially useless for anything else. I have a 38L (a little over 2,300 cu in) backpack that will work well to drop the camera stuff, a jacket, water bottle and some food in and strap a tripod to the side. The only thing I've seen that looks large enough is the MindShift insert (rotation180 Padded Photo Insert, Camera Case Dividers | MindShift Gear). That may even fit in a shoulder bag if I'm staying local. I was surprised to see the body with waist level finder and 105 fit into a LowePro 100 AW sling bag, but I'm guessing it won't fit with a prism. Just curious what you're all using if you went with something other than a dedicated camera bag.
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