Comments on: my bag baby http://revjim.net/2007/07/29/my-bag-baby/ because a Reverend can't be wrong. Wed, 09 May 2012 16:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: http://akrabat.livejournal.com/ http://revjim.net/2007/07/29/my-bag-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-123919 http://akrabat.livejournal.com/ Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:35:11 +0000 http://revjim.net/2007/07/29/my-bag-baby/#comment-123919 I'm looking for a bag atm, funnily enough. I'm not anywhere near as "pro" as you though, so it needs to hold a D80 & 18-135. I'm looking to get a 30ish prime shortly and probably the 70-300VR. The bag also needs to hold water bottles and sandwiches for me, the wife & kids! Regards, Rob... I’m looking for a bag atm, funnily enough. I’m not anywhere near as “pro” as you though, so it needs to hold a D80 & 18-135. I’m looking to get a 30ish prime shortly and probably the 70-300VR.

The bag also needs to hold water bottles and sandwiches for me, the wife & kids!

Regards,

Rob…

]]> By: Steve Crane http://revjim.net/2007/07/29/my-bag-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-123678 Steve Crane Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:44:53 +0000 http://revjim.net/2007/07/29/my-bag-baby/#comment-123678 I have a backpack (Lowepro Rover Plus AW) that has space for both camera gear and other stuff like jacket, lunch, etc., but I rarely use it. It's fine if it will be a longish walk to a spot followed by a period of photography from a single location, say an airshow, but for my usual style of photography I prefer to walk around and like to have easy access for lens changes. A backpack is no good for this so I used a shoulder bag (Tamrac Superlight 44) that allowed me access to everything on the move. It was a little small though and although I could fit my body, lenses and all the little accessories in it there wasn't space for my flash. More problematic though was the fact that the bag was quite heavy and having it hanging from my shoulder was literally a pain in the neck. I recently bought a new bag that provides the best of both worlds. It is a Lowepro Slingshot 300 AW that has a single strap across your body and can be swung onto your back as a backpack or around to your side/front allowing you access to equipment without having to take the pack off and lay it on the ground to open. The 300 is the biggest and has plenty of space for carrying my body with any of my lenses mounted, all my other lenses and my flash. There are smaller 100 and 200 versions and I could probably have got away with the 200 but was tired of the continual fight for space I had with the shoulder bag. I have a backpack (Lowepro Rover Plus AW) that has space for both camera gear and other stuff like jacket, lunch, etc., but I rarely use it. It’s fine if it will be a longish walk to a spot followed by a period of photography from a single location, say an airshow, but for my usual style of photography I prefer to walk around and like to have easy access for lens changes. A backpack is no good for this so I used a shoulder bag (Tamrac Superlight 44) that allowed me access to everything on the move. It was a little small though and although I could fit my body, lenses and all the little accessories in it there wasn’t space for my flash. More problematic though was the fact that the bag was quite heavy and having it hanging from my shoulder was literally a pain in the neck.

I recently bought a new bag that provides the best of both worlds. It is a Lowepro Slingshot 300 AW that has a single strap across your body and can be swung onto your back as a backpack or around to your side/front allowing you access to equipment without having to take the pack off and lay it on the ground to open. The 300 is the biggest and has plenty of space for carrying my body with any of my lenses mounted, all my other lenses and my flash. There are smaller 100 and 200 versions and I could probably have got away with the 200 but was tired of the continual fight for space I had with the shoulder bag.

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