What do you carry on a hike/park walk / zoo

[astroNikon]

These past two days I went hiking around and brought my d600 and the 18-35 lens.
no ND or CPL.
Yesterday was great as the early morning the sun wasn't bright and the lighting was great, nice and diffused and soft. Then the sun popped up quickly and everything was bright, hard light and reflective.

I also came across a small waterfall and other things with flowing water.
and there I was with No tripod, no ND filter, no remote shutter.

So I was curious what everyone normally takes on a hike or walk through a park or zoo ?

I don't want to take my backpack, so I was figuring:
camera
2 lenses - I figured my 18-35 & 24-85
ND filter for 24-85
CPL filter for 24-85
IR remote

I figure that those would be light enough to handle well in rocky terrain and flexible enough.

but I'm curious what other people pack and why ?

 

[ronlane]

Depends on how I'm feeling at the time. A lot of the time, I will carry my backpack with body and all three lenses and my other gear in case I need it. Other times, if I am going street shooting, I will take my little messenger bag with body and 1 lens. The messenger bag, usually has business cards, a pen, some candy and contact solution and a case.

 

[robbins.photo]

These past two days I went hiking around and brought my d600 and the 18-35 lens.
no ND or CPL.
Yesterday was great as the early morning the sun wasn't bright and the lighting was great, nice and diffused and soft. Then the sun popped up quickly and everything was bright, hard light and reflective.

I also came across a small waterfall and other things with flowing water.
and there I was with No tripod, no ND filter, no remote shutter.

So I was curious what everyone normally takes on a hike or walk through a park or zoo ?

I don't want to take my backpack, so I was figuring:
camera
2 lenses - I figured my 18-35 & 24-85
ND filter for 24-85
CPL filter for 24-85
IR remote

I figure that those would be light enough to handle well in rocky terrain and flexible enough.

but I'm curious what other people pack and why ?

Well, for a zoo walk I normally have one D5200 with the 70-200 mm mounted, the second with either the 85mm or 50 mm mounted. That pretty much covers me in 90+ % of the shooting situations I run into right there. Both are attached to black rapid CS-5 cargo straps, so I carry a spare battery and some microfiber cloths, the battery doors for the D5200's, spare SD cards and also the WU-1A wireless adaptor. I've just found storing these small, easily misplaced items in the strap prevents them from being lost and means that they are always handy if needed.

I have a belt pouch I use to hold one or both teleconverters (depending on what I think I might need) and I generally throw whatever lens caps that are not in use in it. That's pretty much it for my standard load when zoo walking or hiking. If I'm out in the park rather than the zoo or headed for one of the local lakes I'll generally leave the second D5200 behind and go with just the 70-200 mm and usually a teleconverter mounted since it's extremely rare I'd need something other than telephoto.

 

[TheNevadanStig]

My camera, my sigma 70-300, a monopod, lots of water and a .45.

 

[480sparky38 37]

I don't have any one, single configuration.

Sometimes, it's one body with the 28-200D AF and maybe the 20 or 17.
Sometimes, it's two bodies with the 17-35, 24-120 and 70-200.
Sometimes, it's one body with the 20, 28, 50 and 135.

Sometimes I carry filters, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I take a tripod, sometimes I don't.

 

[IronMaskDuval]

I carry everything. In my crumpler, I have my D7100, Sigma 17-70 2.8-4, Nikkor 60mm 2.8, SB-800, 20 pack batteries, wireless shutter release, filters and a heavy Bogen tripod. I went to the falls yesterday and walked 1000+ steps up stairs to get to the top and several miles around the trials. As long as the bag is properly attached to me, it feels as if nothing is on my back. I guess all of the 400 lbs farmer's walk pays off out of the gym.

 

[Civchic]

I used to just carry my camera on my Optech sling strap, with whichever lens I figured I'd need (kit 18-55 if scenery, 50mm 1.8 if indoors, 55-250 if wildlife). And often swore a lot if I chose poorly.

I just got a backpack, though, so now all go in the backpack, along with spare cards, lens cleaner kit (was glad I had that at the zoo yesterday!), and various small paraphenalia (filters to come next week). I'm 90% of the time with my kids, too, so the backpack also contains water bottle, granola bars, diapers, ziploc bags, extra pants, and baby wipes. LOL. The backpack can also easily strap on my tripod, but I don't usually bring it on family hikes as there's no way I'm getting it set up properly while also preventing the 2-year-old from walking off a rock or into a creek. I have to make do with propping the camera on available rocks and trees if I feel the need.

 

[Austin Greene]

I use a LowePro DSLR Video Fastpack 350, and have taken this thing everywhere, with everything I need. For a typical day on the coast doing research, or a day hike into Lassen Volcanic National Park I carry:

- Canon 6D
- 2 batteries
- 5 SD cards
- 4 ND filters & an adapter
- Canon 17-40mm f/4L
- Canon 70-200 f/4L IS USM or Canon 85mm f/1.8
- Canon 50mm f/1.8 on extension tubes (for macro)
- 1 speedlight
- 8" foldable softbox (for macro)
- flashlight
- knife
- lighter
- notebook
- Satellite phone
- food for the day
- large nalgene
- lenspen
- actual pen
- blower
- 2 microfiber clothes
- hoods for all lenses
- 2 gallon ziploc for rainy days
- rolled up waterproof jacket
- rock-climbing carabiner attached to outside of bag for securing it

I typically then just hand-carry my tripod: Vanguard Alta Pro tripod (thing is huge and heavy, but built like a tank)
If I think I'll want it, I'll also sometimes swap out my tripod for a flash stand and umbrella, and then pack an extra speedlight along with some wireless triggers.

I'm very much in the camp that I'd rather put a little more money into a more comfortable backpack, and then be able to carry as much as I'd like in comfort. I pack a lot of stuff so I'm never left without what I need to get the shot I want. The only exception here are times when I've left the ND filters at home out of concern for their fragility and instead just shot bracketed images in their stead. I've carried the above setup on 12+ mile day hikes through thigh-high snow and more, and have never once regretted it.

Then again, I'm also that guy who always carries his camera with him, hoping that one day something interesting will happen and I'll be the only one with the proper equipment to really capture it in a single moment of shining, career-defining glory.

Example:

1. Sitting on top of a seastack out on the Lost Coast, about a 100' drop.


2. And there's my trusty bag just next to me, secured via carabiner to a rusted-out rock climbing anchor.

 

[D-B-J]

For a hike? ALOT.

Nikon D7000 Gripped
Nikon 85mm 1.8G
Nikon 50mm 1.8D
Tokina 11-16mm 2.8
Sigma 17-50 2.8OS
Lee Filters ( 0.3, 0.6, 0.9 SGND, Little Stopper, Big Stopper, 0.6 RGND)
Polarizer and UV Filter
Wired Remote
Tripod
And a bunch of other accessories. I want to be prepared for anything!


Cheers!
Jake

 

[lambertpix]

My minimum carry: body, 15-85, 70-300. Very rare to not bring a tripod.

More typically, I'll also have a strobe, 50mm (it's small) and 100mm macro.

 

[nzmacro]

Walking about is the camera, 500mm and an 18-55mm, spare batteries, snacks and water, small fold up multi tool.

If I plan to stay and wait for a few hours in the one spot, 18-55, 500, 800, 100-300, tripod, spare batteries, cloths, snacks and water and a few others things in the bags as well, warm clothes, etc.

Doesn't anyone carry a toilet roll ??

Danny.

 

[minicoop1985]

What do I carry.... oooooh boy. Way too much. lol

Canon 7D/Tamron 17-50 f2.8
Hasselblad 1600f w/80mm f2.8
Nikon F, 50mm f2
Tripod
Extra back for Blad
Infrared Panasonic
Tripod

I usually don't bring my bag out of the car either because I may be an idiot.