First year that I'll be grabbing the camera (G20) when able to film hunts and couple question I got for those of you that do this every year and have for quite some time: - Camera transporting. Is your camera inside of a sleeve or camera bag inside your pack or is it simply "floating" inside the bag? - I have a Rode mic set up rigged on a Rycote Lyre suspension system and am curious do you guys set up/hook up the mic every time you get up the tree or is your mic set up hooked up in your pack and you simply pull out and attach to arm and get LANC hooked up and go?
Ty, I have a Badlands Camera Daypack and it has separate compartments in it. I am kinda missing my other pack because it had so many pockets. When I was carrying that I wrapped the camera in a fleece cloth about the size of a hand towel and put it in its own compartment with the mic. I do setup the mic each time because I am afraid with to being connected that it could be broken. Its its not connected the chances of it getting tugged on are less.
I actually have a 2 part pack. 1st part is a fanny pack. I actually cut out foam to match the outline of my main camera so I can carry it as protected as possible. I carry it with the shotgun mic attached, but turned around backwards so it fits. Carry the rest of the accessories in the side and front pockets. The other part of my pack carries the tree arm, second angle camera and the rest of my hunting equipment. I'm still trying to figure out if this is the way I'm going to keep going or if I'm going to try something else. I have a new second angle camera w. some accessories so it's a little tougher to carry it in the main pack. I think this is a problem for just about everyone and there really isn't many perfect options(at least I haven't found any yet.)
One of the best investments is the skins from Campbells. It really helps cut down on scratching. Over the last couple of years with my setup which was the same as yours, I tried it both ways. For me, I liked putting the mic on every single time. My mic set up to tall for my liking to leave it on. I also took an old camo t shirt and wrapped the camera in it to help a little Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I have a couple different camera bag setups that I utilize. For tree stand hunting I use a LowePro Flipside 400 AW. This is still hands down the best pack that I have found for my hunting needs. It is made for camera equipment and allows me to lash my camera arm to the outside. It has enough pocket space for the couple of hunting items that I need. Since I am always hunting close to my truck or house, I am a minimalist when it comes to actual hunting gear that goes into the woods with me. For ground blind hunting (turkey hunting mainly), I tend to use a large floating waterfowl gear bag. I have been using the Drake ones for several years, but most any brand will work. What I like about them is that a floating bag has padding and typically have all kinds of pockets or inner sleeves to put stuff. In the bottom of the bag, I cut custom foam inserts to cradle my cameras so that gear doesn't smack around. I have yet to find a camera pack that is actually made for hunting that I like, so I have just adapted over the years to suit my needs. In both of my setups, my bags allow me to keep my microphones attached at all times, which helps me minimize my setup time in the woods. It isn't a perfect system, but after doing this for the past 9 years or so, it works for me.
I leave my mic attached to the cam but I unplug it in fear of snapping off the 1/8 pin plug. I'm running the newer rode video mic.
This year i purchased a muddy camera bag for the camera and accessories, and a Badlands Monster fanny pack for everything else. The amount of stuff im lugging into the woods is borderline asinine, but i love it all the same.
I'm also using the badlands camera day pack. Camera goes in the top camera compartment without anything else. I take the mic off everytime. I'm confident I'd break the mount pretty quickly if I wasn't doing that.
Got my Badlands pack in. Not nearly as big as I though it was going to be. Still gotta figure out how I'm gonna carry my camera arm into the woods Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
How do you like that pack? I'd like to have one but I think I'd want the big one but the price is insane Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I really like it. It's well thought out. I wish it was maybe 10-20% bigger, but it works well for me. I'm the kind of guy where if there's room in the pack, I'll fill it with crap I don't need and I end up just carrying more weight........so the big one would just be too much for me. Right now I've got my 4th arrow arm w/ extension, a base for run and gun, the shoulder, 2x gopros plus a few accessories, a handful of batteries and other small things like a knife, etc.......and after all that I've got just enough room for a couple sandwiches and bottle of water. It's just about right for a whitetail hunter.
I'm wanting to check out some of the regular Badlands packs to see if they'll work. I just need to find a place to store the camera in them. I know there's plenty of places for the camera arm, base, shoulder, etc. I need a place for just the camera. My cheap ALPs Pathfinder is laid out perfect for a filmer but it's not made extremely well The Superday is a good looking pack Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
