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Camera Bags and DD

Journal Entry: Fri Oct 24, 2008, 1:46 AM


Hello everyone, hope you're having a good week.

A question for everyone this week.
What camera bag(s) do you use?  What do you think of it?

I'm looking around for a new bag, and I'm curious what everyone else uses.
At the moment I've got 2 backpacks and a Lowepro Toploader 75AW, but I'm still looking for the perfect backpack:

Basically one that I can fit a pro-body dSLR with a wide angle zoom, a telephoto zoom (80-400) and a small prime.  
I want it to be able to carry a tripod (centered down the back...tripod attatchments on the side of a bag unbalance it)
A section where I can put clothes/food/stuff for when I take it on a plane or when I'm camping overnight (ideally I'd like to fit it all in one bag)
When I'm NOT carrying much stuff in the non-camera section, I don't want it to be too big...which I guess is tricky given what I said above.

I've looked at loads of bags, but at the moment the Lowepro Primus AW seems to be what will meet my needs best.

So, I'm curious..what are people here using, and what do you think of it?
Let me know :-)

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Take care everyone :wave:
  • Mood: Content
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  • Reading: Thom Hogan's D3 Guide
  • Eating: breakfast
  • Drinking: coffee
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:iconurbanrural-photo:
~UrbanRural-Photo Nov 14, 2008  Hobbyist Photographer
I picked up a Nikon camera bag for my D70s. It is great for my kid, 3 lens, 3 filters, body and all the little things that I need. When I step up to a new camera I will have to find a new bag because this one will not handle 2 bodies at all.
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:iconandymumford:
Thanks for the recommendation....that's my problem, just upgraded and my old bag isn't big enough to take the new kit
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~UrbanRural-Photo Nov 19, 2008  Hobbyist Photographer
I think that is the problem with all the bags. Just can't fit the bodies in like the marketing photo.
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:iconandymumford:
I'm looking at Crumplers, they seem to have some nice bags.
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`NunoPires Oct 30, 2008  Hobbyist Photographer

Congrats on the DD! :w00t:

About the bag, i also have a Lowerpro and i really like it and since i don't have many things to carry, it's fine to me ;)
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*DanielZrno Oct 29, 2008  Hobbyist Photographer
Hey! :)
'gratz on the DD, and thanks for that fav ;)

About the bag, I had similar requirements, plus it had to have the side pockets for bottles, and ended up with a Tamrac Adventure 9.
In the lower compartment it fits a Canon SLR with e.g. 10-22 wide attached, 70-200 tele, 18-55 kit, 50mm prime and some thin filters and batteries.
The upper pocket is rather small (too small if you intend to carry stronger clothes), but good enough for some food (or ND grads).
There is also a big pocket on your back-side for the laptop, though I used it for a small tripod :)
Plus, you can fit two bottles on the side, where they are accessible and don't take up space, which I reckon is quite important.
There are plenty more of similar Tamrac bags, so if you're interested please check their site: [link]

The replies here should be made into a news entry lol, so many useful hints :)
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:iconandymumford:
Lol, yeah...220+ replies on this journal...it's obviously a popular topic.

Thanks for the recommendation :-)
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