At the end of 2008, I had a small budget for some cases for my gear. While doing research on different cases for my gear, I stumbled upon Cinebags. Cinebags is a company out of California who make gear bags, back packs and stuff. I was really impressed with their line, so I ordered the CB-10 Cinematographer V2 bag and an AC pouch. I decided to order the special edition bag with a cool embroidered dragon.

Before big shoots, I always go through my stuff and load up the gear I’ll need. My camera has camera stuff; my light case has lighting, etc. But my DP gear, IE meters, charts, laptop, etc always got tossed in my back pack or put in my camera case that is, until I got my Cinebag. It’s awesome! All my stuff is accessible in one bag, all the time. How did I ever get by before this?

I now have one case that has my director’s finder, spot meter, light meter, incline meter, camera charts, P2 cards, P2 drive all in one convenient location. One stop shopping! This bag rocks.  It even holds my 17” notebook with room for my camera charts.  The bag is very sturdy and has 6 removable interior compartments grouped in 3’s. Each compartment is padded and has a place for business card or labeled placard to identify all 6 compartments. It also has a front zipper space perfect for small items like zip drives, etc.

There is also a flap portion for holding highlighters, pens, small zipper compartment for biz cards. One of my favorite features on this bag is the adjustable opening for the compartment section. It has 3 stages of snaps to open the bag; this is nice on location because you decide how much you bag opens. You can un-snap and have the bag open full open or just a few inches and not spill everything out.

My Ac pouch is something I have needed for a while but the budget was always pushed aside for one new gadget or another. Not this year, I purchased one from Lindcraft and received one from Cinebags and side by side it’s obvious that the Cinebags AC pouch stands out. It’s not just the color, mine is grey with a reflective stripe on the flap vs black from the other company.

The pouch is grey, which I find it easier to find stuff in low light. The nylon is a better grade and the belt loop has grommet and sewn, versus just sewn. They both have the same amount of compartments, but I like the styling and the construction of the Cinebags AC pouch better and the Cinebag AC pouch immediately became my only AC pouch. 

Cinebags is a fairly new company and is definitely creating exciting products to make our life easier on the set. I highly recommend their products, and will be purchasing more as soon as my budget allows.

Check out there web site www.cinebags.com/index.html

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