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I have lots of bags - because I also use them for organisation and storage (cupboard space in my flat is limited). But I only carry a small number of them regularily. My most used (and certainly most loved) bag is the
Timbuk2 "small" messenger bag you can see on the right here - it's actually pretty roomy. It houses a generic photo insert that's obviously made for big DSLR gear; this means that it'll take basically every camera I own, up to the Pentacon Six. But since I own many smaller cameras, most often it means that I take lots of stuff, ususally several cameras - the bag takes up to five, at the moment of capture, there are four in there: three film cameras (including an SLR!) and the GR. While this is fun, it means that the bag can get heavy at times - anyhow, it's certainly not conducive to common sense ...
What I wanted, therefore, was a small bag that would take one (or, in an emergency, two) cameras and some other stuff (I need to have a book with me at all times). I've been a fan of
Case Logic bags for some time in terms of how they're made and kitted out, but the only one I had so far is a big messenger (that takes the D750 with the Sigma Art primes and 24-105mm zoom ...). Now I found
this little guy here on the left. Nice compact bag, opens up on top with a zipper (that works very well - I was a bit afraid of that), and crucially, there's only a small photo insert/drop bag in there that'll take a DSLR with one medium-sized lens attached or a mirrorless camera with up to three lenses, and that's it. The bag will actually take some other inserts I have, up to some quite roomy ones (including one that will hold the Pentacon Six!), but the main point is that I now own a bag and an insert that are small, convenient, low-key and not likely to get stuffed unduely. And even though I've worn countless bags that way, it's the first true cross-body bag I have - talk about comfortable.
M.