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Does anyone know of a camera bag with a configuration like this? I am looking for a hop bad where the camera is stored level with the bottom. I dont know why, but I prefer this to the vertical stored camera styles... I have put up a quick mock-up to illustrate what I am talking about. Ive seen an old minolta camera bag that was like this once.



 
Marathon Man said:
Eric,

I like this :)

Are you an architect or anything???

Personally, I loooooove Kata bags. Have a look here: http://www.kata-bags.com

Max
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i second kata...
have the r-102 which is same as r- 103 but without the inner laptop sleeve.

comfortable and easy on and off planes. worth every penny. super padding for bumps and stuff. wish it had afew more compartmartments over and above main compartments...
i bought extra set of dividers so i can fit my stuff in there and filters, etc,

camera bags dot com shows bags and reviews too was very helpful as they show bags fiilled with canon or nikon gear...your choice.

great source of info as many stores do not have all bags

http://www.cambags.com/

choose no frames....
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D700 paired with 24-70 f2.8 and 70-200vr f2.8
 
Great stuff trying to visualize the bag, I often do the same before the purchase...

I would also recommend Kata, 3N1 family, either 30 (without laptop compartment) or 33 (with laptop compartment). There are also some other slings from Lowepro that could take the 70-200 2.8 in that position.

The problem is requested width is beyond the size of the backpack. 16-18 inches would be over 40 centimeters and largest backpacks are about 30-32. If width is an absolut must, I'd suggest a shoulder bag.

Cheers

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If I remember well, R series stores camera vertically?
Cheers
chevysales said:
Marathon Man said:
Eric,

I like this :)

Are you an architect or anything???

Personally, I loooooove Kata bags. Have a look here: http://www.kata-bags.com

Max
Click to expand...
i second kata...
have the r-102 which is same as r- 103 but without the inner laptop sleeve.

comfortable and easy on and off planes. worth every penny. super padding for bumps and stuff. wish it had afew more compartmartments over and above main compartments...
i bought extra set of dividers so i can fit my stuff in there and filters, etc,

camera bags dot com shows bags and reviews too was very helpful as they show bags fiilled with canon or nikon gear...your choice.

great source of info as many stores do not have all bags

http://www.cambags.com/

choose no frames....
--
D700 paired with 24-70 f2.8 and 70-200vr f2.8
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/branis/

'Me photographer? No sir, no, no, no... You misunderstand. I'm just a geek hit by a creativity bug.'

'There is not black and white, there are just shades of gray'
 
Perhaps Thinktank Airport Antidote or Accelerator.

The antidote is 15" x 11" inch. The Airport Accelerator is longer.

The problem I see with your configuration has to do with the flashes. In my experience (SB800 and SB900), the flashes are too long to stand upright in a bag. In my bag (Airport Accelerator), I lay two flashes on their sides, one on top of the other.

Pictures of my layout here:
http://www.cjcphoto.net/misc2/tt-accelerator.html
 
Maybe. I was envisioning a pretty deep bag (at least deep enough for a D3 to stand upright and still have some room to spare...
PHXAZCRAIG said:
Perhaps Thinktank Airport Antidote or Accelerator.

The antidote is 15" x 11" inch. The Airport Accelerator is longer.

The problem I see with your configuration has to do with the flashes. In my experience (SB800 and SB900), the flashes are too long to stand upright in a bag. In my bag (Airport Accelerator), I lay two flashes on their sides, one on top of the other.

Pictures of my layout here:
http://www.cjcphoto.net/misc2/tt-accelerator.html
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Whoa... ok. I just re-read my post. There was a MAJOR type-o in there. Sorry I did not proof-read. Ok... "hop bad" somehow was meant to be a shoulder bag. While I like the idea of a back-pack for long hauls, I like shoulder bags for their easier access.

Thank you for the ideas. I will consider a back pack in the future. Any thoughts on a shoulder bag though?
 
The Tamrac bags are a pretty good option, although perhaps they're a little "taller" than you might want. That height does allow for a vertically-placed speedlight, though.

Have you considered Domke? Several of their bags are very close to your diagram, and they're great gear. Not the most heavily padded, but they'll just about last forever, they're relatively "stealthy", and they've been the pro standard for decades now.
 
That looks along the line of what i was looking for... I dont 'need' and extra body. I just included it in the diagram to give some idea of the size of the space.

An extra body space is always a good idea though...

thanks a lot for this. How are Tamrac Bags? I've always just used Lowepro. Are tamrac bags quality items are are they more budget?
scottyja said:
Nice diagram. I'm looking for something very similar, just not quite as large. Have you checked out the tamrac system 6 bag? I'm looking at picking up the system 3, but seems to match what you're looking for:



Link: http://tamrac.com/f_systemproonebody.htm

The traveler 6 bag also looks similar, with a few more options:

Link: http://tamrac.com/f_expozoomonebody.htm
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I like my Kata 3N1-30 and use it when I need to carry my larger subset of lenses with me (D300 + 70-200mm VRII + 105mm VR + Tokina 11-16mm + AF-S 50mm or AF-S 35mm DX) with a bit of room to spare. It can get a little bit overwhelming and ergonomics is good, but not perfect.

For my smaller subnet of lenses, I have a Kata DC-443 that I may upgrade to a larger bag so that I can include my Lensbaby kit and either a 70-300mm VR or the 105mm VR along with my small lenses.
 
Eric HianCheong said:
thanks a lot for this. How are Tamrac Bags? I've always just used Lowepro. Are tamrac bags quality items are are they more budget?
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I've never owned a lowepro, so can't compare really, but I owned a smaller tamrac bag for my Pentax a couple of years back and it held up really well. Perhaps someone else who has owned both can chime in.
 
I used a shoulder bag for about 10 years (Tamrac 706). I only stuck with it that long because it had a hideaway waist strap that allowed me to put most of the weight on my waist when I wasn't working out of it. For the amount of equipment I tend to carry (often two bodies and 4 lenses), I find shoulder bags to be extremely uncomfortable. I was constantly shifting from one shoulder to the other. Backpacks may not be as fast to work out of, but they sure are more comfortable to hold gear! Waist bags are even better, though limited in the amount of gear you can hold.

However, if a shoulder bag is what you want, check out what Thinktank has to offer. They have a good web site.

They also have an interesting waist/backpack with a lower backpack section that can swing around to the front to work out of.
 
Eric HianCheong said:
That looks along the line of what i was looking for... I dont 'need' and extra body. I just included it in the diagram to give some idea of the size of the space.

An extra body space is always a good idea though...

thanks a lot for this. How are Tamrac Bags? I've always just used Lowepro. Are tamrac bags quality items are are they more budget?
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I've always liked Tamrac better than Lowepro, personally. I have a TurboCyberPro bag and an Adventure 10 backpack, and have owned a whole bunch of other Tamrac stuff, and I've always liked the quality. I don't use my Tamrac stuff as often these days, as I've switched mostly to Crumpler and Domke for my bags of choice, but the Tamrac stuff is still quite good.
 
Tamrac bags are well made. I have four of them. (624 - biggest shoulder bag you'll never be able to carry, but works well out of the back of a station wagon. 706 -more below. 757 - not a good backpack. Expedition 8x - big, comfortable, a little too big as it turns out for airline overheads.)

Take a hard look at the 706. Tamrac used to make several variants of this bag (different sizes, with or without end pockets), and all had a hideaway waist strap that gives this bag more usability than many shoulder bags. Their new variants do away with the waist strap in favor of a sleeve that allows you to slip the bag over a luggage handle.

The 706 carries a lot more than you think, and I put more into it than their diagrams show. For years, I carried two bodies, one with 80-200f2.8 attached and the other with no lens attached. One flash, standing upright in the middle, sticking up next to the 80-200 barrel. The bodies and 80-200 were on an 'upper section' formed with movable padding. Underneath, you can get to the contents through a zippered flap in the rear. I used to carry a 28-85 zoom, a 400 f5.6 and a couple of small primes. Filters went in one of the pockets, odds and ends in the other, and various little gadgets, cords and the like went in the front zipped panel/pockets. There is a detachable film holder inside the top flap that is useful now for holding flash cards.

The only reason I don't still use that bag is because I now carry most of my gear in my Thinktank backpack, while wearing the Speed Racer bag at the same time. When I get to a location, if I want to carry a smaller amount of gear, I move it into the Speed Racer, which is simply more comfortable than a shoulder bag. (The Speed Racer has an excellent waist strap).

By the way, on my Speed Racer, I wanted to carry a flash, but Thinktank's modular flash holder was too short for an SB900 (which is pretty long).
 
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