CAMERA BAGS - What to buy and what NOT to buy! 

Some bags to consider (AFFILIATE LINKS): Think tank Retrospective: amzn.to/3ZqPgOH Cheap insert: amzn.to/3PJex37 Tenba insert (fancy): amzn.to/469RlAM Lowepro backpack: amzn.to/3PUhSg9

My favorite is an ancient Tenba bag, I don't even remember where I got it anymore TBH. That Nat. Geographic bag is sweet!

I got the Lowepro Flipside AW 400 III (which I don't think you mention) for $120 new at B&H. For my use cases, that value can't be beat! Tripod management isn't great, but other than that I think it's a great bag.

This will probably sound hilarious but I use an old Soviet gas mask pouch for my camera, I made some padding on the inside so the camera doesn't hit on anything because the actual pouch is made of thin material but it's pretty strong, it has a good strap system and it has pockets I store a battery a charger and an extra card, also it has character, it's more interesting than newer pouches.

I've had good luck with Tenba. I have their DNA backpack, it matches how I like to use a backpack, which is to put it down (its self standing) and it takes my fuji xt3 w/battery grip. A lot of stuff isn't deep enough for the battery grip. For a smaller shoulder bag, I have my eye on a Wotancraft pilot, but for now I use a used Billingham Leica bag off of ebay, for my rangefinder sized xe1.

Anyone have a favorite bag they want to share?

If you put your cameras in plastic bags before putting them in your shoulder bag, they dont scratch each other , and you see whats in them

@lensvana If I go to a sightseeing trip in a city the whole day and into the night, I took all of my gear. And for the night shots, I use often a tripod. And I go to restaurant or museums. So, the best solution to go on that trip is a bag with a space for the tripod inside the bag. I don't like a backpack, because I prefer to grab every minute my camera out of the bag. And not as a "normal tourist" hangs my camera at my neck. It's also a bit heavy, D7200 with the 17-55 2.8 DX lens all day long. 😉I haven't much money, and there are not so many choices for a bag with inside tripod pocket or compartment. The Vanguard Veo Range 38 was my choice new under 100€. Enough room for food, water, books, tripod, heavy ball head, five lenses. I'm not Arnold Schwarzenegger and the bag is heavy on my shoulder, but it is worth it. I can not travel back to the hotels at the suburbans, and lost hours and hours in the subway for a tripod or some lenses. This bag is very strong and practical, not perfect, but almost. The tripod pocket could also used with a drone or long Tele Lens, if I put the tripod outside or under the bag, as in most other bags. With the strings. This model exist also in a smaller version. But my travel tripod is large, 35 cm, and goes up to 153 cm. (I'm 190 cm) It has a patented lock system, that makes it's vibration less as a gitzo, but for only 100€! The Japanese Velbon Ultra 655. Check it out, I searched weeks all the reviews in forums and magazines and RU-vid. Photography at a budget is my goal. 😊Most quality for the lowest possible money.