On YouTube, there are many “What’s in my photo bag”-videos, it’s both silly and fascinating … so I can’t resist making a “What’s in my photo bag”-post. I’m actually going to make several posts, since I use different gear for different situations.

My mini bag

This is my mini bag, I usually put these two bags in my workbag, or toss them in the car when I’m going somewhere. The GR IIIx is my everyday camera, it’s a quite fantastic camera in a tiny body. To be completely honest, I typically only have the GR IIIx in a pocket, and nothing more.

So what’s in the photo?

  • A small Lowepro pouch
  • A Maxpedition pouch. I bought it a few years ago for a different purpose.
  • My Ricoh GR IIIx HDF
  • SD card, 128 GB. There is no chance that I will fill this card.
  • Two batteries — one in the camera
  • A slightly damaged card reader that I can use with my phone, infrequently used since I rarely edit photos “on the go”. I normally use my iPad and a better card reader.
  • A small old power adapter
  • A short USB-A to USB-C cable, used for charging batteries in the camera if needed.
  • A short USB-A to Lightning cable to charge my phone.

The Lowepro bag is strictly a “transport” bag, i.e., it should protect my camera when I have it in my workbag, or when I throw everything in the car. If I expect to use the camera, I remove the bag and put the camera in my pocket. And if I expect to be out and about for a longer time, I put the Maxpedition pouch in a pocket.

My mini bag, deluxe edition

First, I very rarely use this, but I’ve actually tried doing indoor sports photography with acceptable results. Not something I would actually use, but it can be done.

What’s added to the setup is

  • Some small pouch that I bought 15–25 years ago.
  • A small flash from LightPix Labs.
  • AA-batteries, in flash.
  • Some filters that came with the flash

As you can see, the flash is small, but it’s fairly powerful. One thing that’s not obvious from the photo is that it’s possible to remove the “hot shoe”-part of the flash, and use it to remotely control the flash.

This makes the flash really powerful since I can use it off-camera. While it’s a completely manual flash, I find it not too difficult to get a decent exposure. I wouldn’t hesitate to do some portrait photography using this setup (I would improvise some kind of reflector and a diffusor).

So the whole setup looks like this when packed.