As you might already know, I recently bought a very cheap and very spacious backpack by Amazon.
What made me decide for this particular backpack over the other ones available on the market was, for sure the price, but mainly the very positive reviews when it came down to the available space inside the bag.
I must say that all I read about this backpack was absolutely true: it's light, well built and plenty of space and pockets for carrying all your photo gear. This, unfortunately comes at a price: you end up packing much more than you need, and your back and shoulders will ralize taht after a couple of days...
Here the list of all I had with me while walking around in London:
-Nikon D3200
-Nikkor 35mm 1.8G
-Nikkor 55-200mm 4-5.6G
-Nikkor 18-55mm 3.5-5.6G
-Nikon battery charger
-Nikon remote shutter release
-Olympus FE5010.X915
-Olympus battery charger
-Spare SD cards
-Lens cleaning tissues
-Maps of the city and tube
-Notebooks and agenda
-2 foldable umbrella
In addition to this I had my Vanguard tripod that actually came to London and back without even being unfolded a single time...
So for the Swedish trip I think I'll simply leave the tripod behind, probably I won't even bring the Olympus and its accessories along. Same destiny for notebooks and agenda: they will for sure be in my baggage on the plane, but I will not carry them around the city for no sense.
The battery charger will stay in the hotel too: the Nikon D3200 isn't so eager of juice, and a fully loaded battery lasts much longer than a shooting day, so no need of having it along the whole day.
It might sound almost stupid to pay attention to few grams that a battery charger or a point & shoot camera can carry in your bag, but if you walk for 8-9 hours a day, at the end of the day each single gram on your shoulders matters!
Any suggestion from your side?
What do you carry along when on a city shooting trip?
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