Overstuffing The Bag

Last month, after many brave declarations that "I am not a tourist," I finally bought a camera bag. It's a Lowepro Cirrus 140 and cost S$ 70 at the Changi terminal. Not exactly a cheap bag (I still have a giveaway Canon bag for my ancient EOS 3000N somewhere..)

The Cirrus 140 seems designed for a body and two lenses (and, when I get that fabled Pentax SMC-DA* 50-135mm f/2.8 it will fit) but I've managed to abuse the heck out of it.

On the left compartment: Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm f/3.5 Sonnar in M42 mount. On the right, LZOS/KMZ Jupiter-9 85mm f/2.0 Sonnar copy in M42 mount.


On top of the Zeiss: Pentax Super-Takumar 35mm f/3.5 in M42 mount. On top of the Jupiter, Pentax SMC-A 50mm f/2 in K mount.


Finally: Pentax K10D with mounted Pentax SMC-DA 16-45mm f/4 ED AL zoom.


And it all fits! just don't drop the bag, there isn't much cushioning effect left.


So that's four lenses plus the lens on the camera body. If I had a 50-135/2.8 it would consume the entire left compartment, so I would only be able to bring two more lenses (or one mid-length one like a 135mm).