How do you travel with your camera?

[e12ry]

All my camera equipment on carry on roller bag....... except arm handle clamp, they goes into my dive gear bag.....

 

[jbb]

My girlfriend and I travelled to Lembeh recently, and used a 2-bag strategy where:

Bag 1 > Backpack > Regulators + laptop
Bag 2 > Small duffel bag > Camera in housing, strobe + arms, focus light

In Asia the weight restrictions are a bit harsher than in North America/International, and with this setup I look like i have small bags so i wasn't stopped by Singapore Airlines (who scrutinise about this stuff) to weigh the bags. I figure if the bag looks bigger, they have more intuition to want to weigh it whereas if I have 2 small bags the backpack isn't considered the carry on and if they really wanted to weigh the duffel it would be close to the 7kg mark (with 2 cameras in FIX housings and 3 strobes).

Anyways, i think form factor, weight and carriage style will influence your pick - I was fine to carry around the duffel, easiest when slinged over opposite shoulder properly.

Yes, this is exactly what I run into with EVA airlines on the way to Manila. I finally used your approach as well. I have a sling bag that doesn't have much padding (smaller size) which i put camera, strobe, dive computer etc. - it's heavy but looks small. Another small light nylon back pack for regulator, uw housing and a small stuff sack of clothes to cushion the bottom. I check on everything else including strobe arms which keeps check in around 45 lbs. If I have to I can get the regulator into the check on.

 

[phillybob]

Cameras, housings, strobes, arms (two each), batteries, chargers... in Storm iM2500 carryon. Laptop, external backup hard drive, regs, computers, video camera, iPOD, book, cell phone... in a Mountainsmith Spectrum back pack. It's a pretty small pack but it's really well laid out and holds a ton of stuff.

 

[CAPTAIN SINBAD]

Very good question! I used to put my camera inside the casing to minimize space and then keep it in the clothing bd between towels. I finally saved enough money to buy a camera and casing bag.