Last weekend I bought a new camera bag to protect and hold most all of my main camera gear and I snapped a photo with my iPhone. This case is the Pelican 1650 – it is water tight, crush proof, and rust resistant. It also comes with a lifetime warranty. I won’t be using it when I travel and for many weddings and events this will sit in the trunk or at home and I will use a smaller bag. However, this bag will be used when the gear is at home.

What is in my Pelican 1650 camera bag?

If you are curious the bag contains:

• Canon 5DII
• Canon 60D
• Canon Elan7 film camera
• Canon G12
• 24mm TS-E L tilt shift lens
• 24mm f/1.4 LII
• 17-40mm f/4 L
• 50mm f/1.2 L
• 85mm f/1.2 LII
• 90mm TS-E tilt shift lens
• 100mm f/2.8 macro L
• 70-200 f/2.8 IS
• 3 Canon 580ex II speedlites
• 2 Canon 430ex II speedlites
• 4 PocketWizard FlexTT5s and 1 AC3 Zone Controller
• 4 PocketWizard Plus2
• Lensbaby Muse
• 5 different Lensbaby optics and creative aperture kits
• Sekonic L-358 light meter

More than a year ago I did the same “What’s in your bag” segment and it was all Nikon gear. Weird how things change in a year!

Maybe next time I will do a “what’s film gear is in my bag?”

For lenses I packed the Nikkor f/1.4 50mm, the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 DI, and Lensbaby Composer. I bring the Lensbaby along just for fun and just for those moments where I want something unique and different. I have one Nikon SB-800 with me – I have more flashes stowed away for the big shoot. Maybe I should do a video sometime where I empty out my camera bag and show the various things – show off my Boy Scout skills of “being prepared.”

Lowepro Fastpack 350, 2 camera bodies, flash, Lensbaby

Not shown in the bag are my other supporting items: laptop, memory cards, Canon SX200 IS (my point and shoot), cable release, rechargeable AA batteries, camera batteries, lens cleaning cloth, business cards.