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Mark B.
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You realize that you have absolutely no facts upon which to base that on, right?
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What's the most you would ever spend on a camera bag?
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Mark B.
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You seem to have missed this part of the comment you were replying to:
"I did buy an Amazon Basics bag for about $25.00 Neither the material nor the build quality was comparable to the Lowepro."
Material & build quality were inferior. If YOU don't want spend the money, that's your choice but it doesn't mean your choice is right for everybody. If the $25 bag were truly as well mad as the Lowepro or another higher priced bag, everybody would be using it. But, that's not the case.
bikinchris
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Alternately, find a used bag. People often go out and buy bags they don't like, then sell them for a fraction what they paid for them.
Bob Janes
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There are lots of good bags from Tamraq, Lowerpro etc exhibiting good materials and clever design at reasonable prices.
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volks 1
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It's an unfair question. Every photographer has different quality and amount of gear that determines the size and amount of protection their camera bag needs to supply, which is obviously the reason why there is such a spread on camera bag prices.
Then just buy a cheap one and don't worry that some people prefer the expensive ones. Choice is good isn't it?
techjedi
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So a $1500 camera + $1000 lens = $2500
5% of that is $125.00
If I had a big rolling camera case with $10,000k worth of lenses and bodies, I would easily spend $500. You can extrapolate from there.
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carl english
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It all depends on what you want in it, if it was a $30 camera like the one you use then a carrier bag or a wooly sock would be fine. If you are carrying equipment valued in $100/1000s and earn a living from it or simply love it then buy what you feel will give it the best protection, it may cost $100 or $500 end of.
Bobthearch
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I've spent $100 or more, but normally buy in the $6-$50 range. I have quite a few bags, from large SLR storage cases to pocket camera belt pouches.
I don't need anything better than Lowepro / Ape Case / Vanguard.
I've inspected the more expensive brands but found they don't often don't have the desired features like zipper-closing main compartments, weather covers, and internal accessory pockets.
I don't need anything better than Lowepro / Ape Case / Vanguard.
I've inspected the more expensive brands but found they don't often don't have the desired features like zipper-closing main compartments, weather covers, and internal accessory pockets.
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When lenses used to come with fitted hard cases, I would have agreed with you. These days, it's hard to hind a decent lens case, and those cheap Chinese neoprene pouches frequently come with mold from long periods sitting in humid and dark shipping containers.Camera bags unnecessarily waste too much space with all their bulky padding...OK if you are shipping your camera somewhere across country those overly padded camera bags may be useful, but for travelling in the city on outings or going to shoots, or even with me on a train or plane I just use an ordinary backpack that I use daily for books, papers, laptop, or whatever. To protect the camera though in the backpack I use a form-fitting dSLR case:
And lenses in pouches:
Moti
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Actually it is very easy to find excellent lens cases. You just have to look at the right place and to pay a bit more.When lenses used to come with fitted hard cases, I would have agreed with you. These days, it's hard to hind a decent lens case, and those cheap Chinese neoprene pouches frequently come with mold from long periods sitting in humid and dark shipping containers.Camera bags unnecessarily waste too much space with all their bulky padding...OK if you are shipping your camera somewhere across country those overly padded camera bags may be useful, but for travelling in the city on outings or going to shoots, or even with me on a train or plane I just use an ordinary backpack that I use daily for books, papers, laptop, or whatever. To protect the camera though in the backpack I use a form-fitting dSLR case:
And lenses in pouches:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_...s+case&ie=UTF8&qid=1485201421&rnid=2528832011
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That sounds about right if that's $US, maybe $35 US if it's really nice. Maybe $250 if it was made to my custom design. The main thing I want in a camera bag is that it must not look like a camera bag. Having a known camera bag maker brand on a bag just translates into all other languages as "I have so much money I blew hundreds on this bit of nylon, please rob me".
EthanKnoll
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Personally as an amateur at least under $100
My latest bag was just over $300, but I've also used socks for my lenses, including my L telezoom. Long woolen socks are great for lenses when hiking with too much other outdoor gear.
And you've always got an emergency pair of socks
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I was in Cape Cod last summer. Walked into a small leather shoppe, shoot breeze with the artist-proprietor. I asked how much he would charge me for a camera bag the size of my 39 year old Nikon camera bag I was tooting. I paid $120 for the bag in 1977. After inspecting my camera bag, the artist-proprietor itemized material and labor and quoted $800 plus chance. Naturally, I thought the price is too much for me to, hence, I did not bite.
I've seen a small Tumi camera bag for $300. My wife has an $800 Coach handbag. Based on that, $450 camera bag is not unrealistic.
Actually the bag I used in Vietnam last year was just about perfect. About US$ 18 from our equivalent of Walmart. It's not a camera bag. It's a padded hip bag. It has a strap for over the shoulder and another for round the waist. I wear it on the front of my left hip. Instant access, I can see it, I can ride a motorbike and not have it in the way of my pillion. To make it a camera bag I just glued in an extra couple of bits of padding and a divider. That bag held a Canon SL1, Tamron 18-270, Canon 50 1.8 STM, Fujifilm XP70 camera and wide angle "action lens", 3 spare batteries, spare cards, lens pen and cloth, mini tripod, with a side pocket left over for a small drink.
The most recent bag I bought was a Tamrac, $19.95, a Black Friday sale. The previous one, still in use is another Tamrac; I paid maybe $50-60 in a local store which closed a few years ago. That one has been to five continents and dozens of countries and tropical islands.
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lightandaprayer
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. . . At least of the ones I have looked at. The OP hasn't even asked for help; it's just an opportunity for him to spout opinions with little basis in fact.
There's a lot of that going around since the election.
There's a lot of that going around since the election.
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