Sounds promising, though the 5 or 6 Million may be enough for me. 3 questions:
Would it (and would the 5 Million or 6 Million) hold 1 digital camera (the hoped-for Pentax K10D) with lens, 1 film camera (Pentax ZX-5N) plus 1 additional lens. Additionally only instruction books, filters, film and SD cards. How is the padding quality and construction quality (stitching, primarily, at the seams) - as compared to Domke or Tamrac? Does it come with a pool? ;-) Maris Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > My "big kit" bag search has proven to be very successful. > > I didn't want to just shoot pictures and say how much I liked the > Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home after I received it. I wanted to work > with it for a few days at least and figure out how best to configure > it, see how it did in the field. I've done that now and, let me tell > you, I'm very happy with this one. > > A set of pictures of the bag set up as I use it for my equipment is > available at > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/7MillionDollarHome/ > > As you can see from pictures 1 and 2, it's not a small bag but it > remains trim and tidy looking. The top handle is handy for hefting it > in and out of the car, into the closet, and the accessory loops on > front and side are just right to take both my Lowepro and Tamrac > accessory pouches and stuff if I should feel I need to carry even > more junk. > > I bought the bag specifically to fit what I consider a large kit. > And, on top of that, I wanted a bag that could carry all I wanted and > still be configured to work out of with ease in the field. Another > requirement was that it MUST be able to have the camera in it with > any one of my lenses fitted, and that there must be an individual > spot for each lens, minus the one on the camera, to make lens > changing easy and smooth. > > The 7Mill is deep enough that I configured it to hold the lenses in > individual compartments on the bottom, underneath where I normally > rest the camera with one lens fitted for carrying. This leaves a > pretty big compartment to the side of that which fits my notebooks > and other junk. The front bellows pocket is easily able to hold all > the small miscellanea of blowers/card case/remotes/batteries and has > an inside security pocket as well. The mesh pocket in the top I'm > only using minimally at present for a microfiber lens cloth, there's > a lot more room up there for other small things (spare lens caps, > filter wallet, etc.) > > A full load in the bag, for me, includes the following as you see it > in these pictures: > > K10D body with one lens on it. > DA14, DA21, FA28, FA43, DA70 lenses > two spare batteries > wired remote > Card wallet with IR remote, six 2G SD cards > Blower bulb > lens cloth > Notebook, paperback novel, one-two magazines > Epson P2000 > cell phone and journal in externally accessible pockets > > The strap is threaded to put the adjusting ladder in front of me so I > can easily re-set how the bag hangs for walking vs working. I wear it > bandolier style on the left and shove it around to my back when > walking, pull it forward to work out of for lens changes and such. > > I've taken it on four 1-2 hour shooting walks and I'm amazed. Despite > its much larger size, it does not feel substantially heavier or > bulkier than the Domke F803 Camera Satchel but it holds at least > twice as much ... and I still have space to jam more junk in as > needed. It's better padded too and protects the gear better. Working > out of it is a joy. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
