Ok, this may seem a silly question, and I suppose it is a matter of choice. I can put my camera in the case I bought for it with the lens facing down, out (to the right so the lens is against the outside wall of the case, in (to the left toward the other case compartment that holds a lens) or up toward the opening. What is safest? (detail if you need it this is a Canon EOS R50 in a Lowepro “Nova” case)
Another question - When I am to store my camera for a while should I remove the lens and afix covers to the body and the lens or may I just leave it on? Probably 2 weeks to a month between normal uses.
Are you using it as a sling bag for quick access? In that case I’d set it up to grab quickly with a lens mounted already. Maybe you want to cram as much in as possible so keeping your lenses unmounted makes more sense. It just depends on your use case. There’s no issue with keeping your lens mounted indefinitely either.
These cameras are tough, just be sure to not crack the front element. I keep a cap on my camera in the bag and sometime when hiking depending on what I’m doing. Sometimes I only keep a lens hood mounted to prevent the front element from hitting a rock as the camera swings forward around my neck. I wouldn’t mount a UV filter as a sacrificial barrier though. Those were designed for film and will only contribute to distortion, aberation, etc.
Oh, thanks for the wisdom on UV filters - Most of my experience back in the day was film and I was thinking of getting a UV filter to protect the kit lens. The bag stays nearby but unless I was on a long walk I would not carry it, even then I would probs load up my pockets (extra battery, another memory chip)
I second leaving lens hoods on for front element protection over using a UV filter.
I would probs load up my pockets (extra battery, another memory chip)
Spare batteries make sense, but these days memory cards are so big I do not bring extra cards with me. Granted I “only” have a 24 MP body, but I can fit 4k RAW+JPEGs on my 192 GB of combined storage. That’s a lot of culling.
At the moment I only shoot jpg because I have not yet figured out how to make use of a raw. everything I try gives me very strange solarized kind of colors.
Processing raw is a lot easier if you use something like Lightroom (Adobe), Capture One, or Darktable (free open source software that’s even pretty easy to use).
I’ll use straight out of the camera JPEGs most of the time, but for scenes with high dynamic range and/or dimly lit scenes I find RAW better thanks to it’s much deeper bit depth. It really helps when you’re pushing/pulling shadows and highlights.
Which is more expensive, the camera or the lens ?
The kit lens is on most of the time. The other lens in the bag is an adapted telephoto lens that used to belong to my dad.
However it fits best in your bag. I have three bags:
- a camera backpack from when I thought carrying all my gear in one bag was a good idea. In this case the camera viewfinder is pointing at the bottom of the bag with the lens facing the top of my bag. Due to space I always keep the same lens attached to the camera in this bag - my telephoto. I also shoved a wide to normal zoom in it, a bunch of memory cards, my speedlight and remote triggers
- a fairly small bag. My camera sits horizontally with its grip facing the top. I can fit the camera and two smaller primes (with one attached) or the camera with a medium sized lens attached
- a medium sized bag that just fits my camera plus telephoto attached to it
These days I try to only being my camera and one lens with me, which means my backpack stays home most of the time. My choice of lens for the day dictates which bag I bring. I do not bring any accessories with me anymore.
It seems to fit well no matter what orientation I try.
Face the lens down so you can grab the camera by the grip when you want to use it.
And yeah, it’s ok to leave a lens on.
Good point. Not too worried about an accidental drop? I am not too clumsy but stuff happens.
If you’re worried about an accidental drop, get a better bag.
