What is your weight limit?

Tandem wrote in post #5536508
Yes, but I empty it before I pick up another.

I was thinking of a G9, that weighs in at 11.3 oz.

Ahhh, good point. And here I was thinking of a beer. Hey, it's Friday.

runninmann wrote in post #5535394
I'll bet if you weigh it, it's close to double that - even without batteries, blower, manuals, etc.

nope. I just weighed those exact contents and its 9lbs. manuals???? i don't need no stinkin manuals. If I take out the hoods and polarizers, i may even get that down to 8

Depends on which bag I've got. With my 7 million dollar home I tend not to carry as much, but when I've got my nature trekker I'll load it to the brim and put all the straps on..the weight evens out really nicely.

Won't that depend what you are intending to shoot? When I shoot birds, I don't bring my 24-70L or my tripod or the 50mm 1.4. My birding gears are as followed--1dmarkII, 400L F5.6, 430ex flash, and a monopod.

Strawberry Fields wrote in post #5534152
If you have to carry your photographic gear with you all day, every day, for many many weeks. You will be doing a great many things, but photography is definitely one of them.

What would be your weight limit for the all your photographic gear?

When I go on extended camping trips, I'll take everything I own in the slingshot 300 which weighs about 20 pounds fully loaded and then I use my top-loader case for specific outings where I'll just carry the body and one or two lens and my tripod, (when needed for bracketed and ND filter shots), in its own shoulder harnessed case, and keep the remains at base-camp, locked in the trunk of the car.

I like to travel light when I'm in the woods.

Cheers!

orisky wrote in post #5539734
nope. I just weighed those exact contents and its 9lbs. manuals???? i don't need no stinkin manuals. If I take out the hoods and polarizers, i may even get that down to 8

Including the bag?

This is just about my weight limit. (minus charging wires/USB cable/umbrella flash bracket/mem card reader).

This is
- EOS 5D with 24-105L
- EOS 650(since I used my 400D) with 24-70 2.8
- Battery chargers
- 430EX Speedlite
- 580EX II Speedlite
- Asus EEEPC
- Stofen Omnibounce

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I just weighed my bag as I normally carry it minus a few batteries and it's just over 20lbs. If I'm traveling or away for a couple of days I might also throw in my laptop. I can go all day with it.

I'm in a wheelchair for now, so weight isn't an issue for me!

Hikin Mike wrote in post #5543600
I'm in a wheelchair for now, so weight isn't an issue for me!

We should all go with Mike- he can lug the gear

How do you go with stablization Mike- do you use a tripod, or would it be easier to use a monopod in a wheelchair?

My backpack fully loaded with attached tripod is about 24lbs. After a full day walking around in a forest with rough terrain you start to feel the weight, but I can do the same trip several days in a row without problems.

runninmann wrote in post #5543384
Including the bag?

Yup...do you need me to take a picture of it?

orisky wrote in post #5539734
nope. I just weighed those exact contents and its 9lbs. manuals???? i don't need no stinkin manuals.

Yeah! Like I'm Gonna Have To Read Useless Literature on EOS Systems.

I've gotten used to carrying around about 16 pounds of gear:

Domke F802
5D with 24~105L and 17~40L
40D with 70~200 2.8IS or 100~400 IS
550EX Speedlight

But if I can get by with just one camera/lens/flash, I pack the 5D with 24~105L and the Speedlight in my compact ThinkTank Urban Disguise 20.

If you guys remember the days of middleschool/highschoo​l lugging around 40-50lb's worth of textbooks in your backpack the camera gear will seem light as a feather!