{"id":108,"date":"2010-08-27T21:30:55","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T20:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lengers.com\/?p=108"},"modified":"2015-12-21T17:19:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T16:19:24","slug":"my-camera-bags-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/?p=108","title":{"rendered":"My Camera Bags Reviewed 1.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once you buy a DSLR photo camera with some lenses, you&#8217;ll need something the transport them with. Good no problem you think I&#8217;ll just buy a bag to hold them. Then you collect more lenses and a tripod, filters, some flash gear&#8230;.oh dear I need another bag. Pretty soon you have a decent collection and find yourself wanting even more for another specific trip or occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly I have 3 needs for a camera bag.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Day trip, sports, skiing or mountain biking. So I am just taking the camera and one extra lens, an SD card, filters and spare batteries. This lasts for max 8 hours.<\/li>\n<li>A large bag that carries pretty much everything except my clothes (North Face Base Camp Duffel XL (120 liters)). Generally this is to transport to the (next) holiday location. Up to 3 weeks.<\/li>\n<li>When at the holiday location I want a lightweight pack for day trip. Pretty similar to point 1. Except that it needs to be as small and fold-able as possible to fit in my large clothes bag\/suitcase.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So here is my current setup:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CompuPrimus AW\" href=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/product\/CompuPrimus-AW,2110,19.htm\">Lowe Pro CompuPrimus AW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/\/CatalogImages\/18-2110-IMG1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"260\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Purpose: Lugging Camera and Laptop and Ipod and books on a lengthy Holiday trip. (Purpose #2)<\/p>\n<p>Like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carries everything I want to lug around, which is an achievement&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Eco friendly as it has been made of recycled materials.<\/li>\n<li>Nice looking design (I think).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dislike<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Large, it feels even larger as compared to what it can carry. If that makes any sense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Classified 250 AW\" href=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/product\/Classified-250-AW,2123,20.htm\">LowePro Classified 250 AW <\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/\/CatalogImages\/18-2123-IMG1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"195\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Purpose: Lugging Camera and Laptop and Ipod and books on a (business) trip. (Purpose #2)<\/p>\n<p>Like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doesn&#8217;t attract much attention<\/li>\n<li>Fits all I need, Laptop Camera, Lenses, Ipod, phone, video cam, books, chargers, cables.<\/li>\n<li>Slides onto a roller bag, so good for taking it on business trips and still bring your camera.<\/li>\n<li>It feels small compared to what it can carry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dislike<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Non so far (I own it for about 3 months)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Purpose: Day out and about in a city, or on the mountain bike (Purpose #1)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Inverse 200 AW\" href=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/product\/Inverse-200-AW,2101,7.htm\">LowePro Inverse 200 AW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/\/CatalogImages\/18-2101-IMG1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"195\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can be strapped to waist for sports, a rattling bag is terrible while high speed skiing<\/li>\n<li>Can be carried like a shoulder bag for city trips.<\/li>\n<li>Can strap tripod underneath it<\/li>\n<li>Small form factor<\/li>\n<li>Flexible interior<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dislike<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fits Canon 70-200 4L IS lens only with some pressure. Forget about the F2.8 version<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t like the place were they put the sliplocks. I wish one of the side pockets was a sliplock to carry a large lens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Purpose: Day of skiing or mountain biking. (Purpose #1 and #3)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Off trail 2\" href=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/product\/Off-Trail-2,1981,7.htm\">Lowepro Off Trail 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/\/CatalogImages\/18-1981-IMG1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"195\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can strap it tightly to body for active sports like skiing<\/li>\n<li>strap around waist and over shoulder so the bag won&#8217;t come loose<\/li>\n<li>2 sliplocks to attach lens cases to bring extra lenses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Dislike<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nothing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wish list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LowePro recently released the <a title=\"Versapack 200 AW\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lowepro.com\/versapack\">Lowepro versapack 200 AW<\/a> which seems to fit my purpose #3 excellently. It can be folded pretty flat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bags I owned but sold:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Slingshot 200 AW\" href=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/product\/SlingShot-200-AW,2035,4.htm\">LowePro Slingshot 200 AW<\/a>: Didn&#8217;t like the weight pushing on my shoulder muscle over a few hours. But not a bad bag at all.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"CompuRover AW\" href=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/product\/CompuRover-AW,1923,16.htm\">LowePro CompuRover AW<\/a>: Didn&#8217;t like the way the camera compartment opened, therefore replaced it with the CompuPrimus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have been able to sell used LowePro bags for a good price so it much be said you don&#8217;t lose a lot of money when you try one and try to sell them on a local online market place.<\/p>\n<p>If you are searching for information about camera bags I suggest you visit this site <a title=\"www.cambags.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cambags.com\/\">Cambags.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know there are other great brands like <a title=\"Think Tank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thinktankphoto.com\/\">Think Tank<\/a>, <a title=\"Kata\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kata-bags.com\/index.asp?UP1=OK\">Kata<\/a> and and I recently discovered <a title=\"F stop\" href=\"http:\/\/fstopgear.com\/\">F Stop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that generally bothers me is the pricing difference between Europe and US. LowePro bags are consistently 30-50% cheaper in the US then they are in Europe, I guess they are made in Asia so the shipping cannot account for the difference. So its likely to come down to market pricing&#8230;aka what can they get away with. Somehow I understand, somehow that doesn&#8217;t feel right. I am not suggesting this is an issue for LowePro only.<\/p>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- lengers.com 336x280 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8335976178265682\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8700189174\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you buy a DSLR photo camera with some lenses, you&#8217;ll need something the transport them with. Good no problem you think I&#8217;ll just buy a bag to hold them. Then you collect more lenses and a tripod, filters, some flash gear&#8230;.oh dear I need another bag. Pretty soon you have a decent collection and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c34-photography-category-2","entry"],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Remco","author_link":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/?author=1"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":53,"name":"Photography","slug":"c34-photography-category-2","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":53,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":53,"category_count":9,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Photography","category_nicename":"c34-photography-category-2","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":53,"label":"Photography"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lengers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}