Upgrade Camera Bag

[mklai7]

Dear All,

I am looking for a camera bag which could hold:-

1) 1x K10D
2) 1x K20D
3) 1x flash gun
4) 5x lens (from 50mm to 18-250mm)
5) a few filters
6) 1x compact camera
7) 1x 15" notebook
7) some useful compartments

Could any brother suggest a good one? Thank you all in advance.

[jazz28]

Go for a Billingham, you won't regret it.

[spyglass]

I know when I hunted around for bags I always found that every bag was 80% there. If you could combine each manufacture unique feature you would have a winner. My first idea was to get a bag that I could load everything into and be prepared for every conceivable shooting situation (imagine bearing that burden on the shoulder or back). My next idea was to go lean and mean, pack for certain setups and be highly mobile. I settled for middle of the road with a mid size back back.
The 2 makes that covered most of the basics for me, and had a good reputation, were Lowepro & Tenba.  I bought the Lowepro Trekker. It is a back pack, but with a decent handle on the top that can make it feel like a conventional hand bag. It also can support/haul a tripod. For your application you might want to check out the Lowepro Vertex 300.


Good luck in your search for a workable bag.


Spyglass

[Ferry_Cung]

Lowepro is the best in my country. i suggest lowepro 4 u too

[greeneg]

I can recommend the KATA line of Photo backpacks which will carry a surprising amount of gear plus a laptop if you are so inclined. They are lightweight and easy on the back. I use mine as an airline carry on when traveling, I have my camera gear, MP3 player, book, meds, all that stuff. I've been well pleased. Their website is

www.kata-bags.com

Worth a look, IMHO.

[spyglass]

Welcome to the forum Greeneg, glad to have you aboard. I checked out the link you provided. Always great to have lots of options and get first hand feed back on products.


Thanks,


Spyglass

[tcom]

I do not know the size of your other lenses.

I do have quite a large equipment when on travel:
- 2x K20D (next trip will be 2x K7)
- 16-50/2.8
- 50-135/2.8
- 200/2.8
- 300/4

And I think about adding a netbook when on travel.

I searched for a camera bag which would take all these, and still fit the requirements of the airlines to take it as hand luggage. I finally decided on a quite expensive camera bag from Think Tank Photo. These are extremely well built, I did not take the largest one and decided on the    
Airport Acceleration V 2.0 .

I have not had yet the chance to use it on travel, but everything fits in the bag.

[v3t0]

how about crumpler brazillian dollar home

[greeneg]

Thank you, it's nice to be here, I'm looking forward to learning a lot from everyone here. I looked at the Airport Acceleration V2.0 and that's certainly a nice bag. I don't have quite that much equipment to carry, but when we travel, I do have to carry various and sundry other items also. Since I walk with a stick in one hand, the backpack function is very important so I can keep the other free. I also have a Tamrac adventure 9 which is also useful, but the KATA is smaller overall and actually carries a little more of the miscellaneous stuff. Depends on what really works best for you, I guess. Right now I only have the K20D, flash, 18-55, 18-200, 35-300, 50mm f1.4. I also have a K100 D Super and a 70-300, but don't routinely carry that and am probably going to sell the K100 when I get back from our next trip.

All look like useful bags to me.

[Craig]

Hello Ed,    Welcome to the forum!  There have been some great examples of what your options are and I'm sure there are many more out there.  I own two lowepro bags that work just fine for my needs.  The first bag I bought was theFlipside 300.  It's rugged and works great for when you want to travel light.  My girlfriend will even wear the 300 when I ask her to.  My main bag is the Flipside 400 and it's great for two cameras and other equipment you may need on an extended outing.  Just as rugged as the 300, but comes with an all weather cover and better options for securing a tripod.  I purchased both bags for less than the MSRP. 

I hope you find a bag that fits your needs.  Happy trails to you!

Craig

[greeneg]

Hi Craig, thank you for the welcome. The Lowepro certainly is a nice one; they make excellent products. I actually have their slingshot 200AW which I sometimes take when I really don't need to carry everything as it's handy just to walk around with.

I really do like the KATA for general use though, and it does have one thing going for it: it's less than half the cost of the Lowepro.

I am beginning to suspect that the "perfect" bag doesn't really exist. Of course, if it did, it would take all of the fun out of trying to find it......

Best Regards,
Ed