The 7 Million Dollar Home would easily. It certainly would hold the K100D, MZ-5n, several lenses, film, flash, filters and batteries when I was shooting with that kit. The 6Mill should hold that kit as well, the 5 might be a bit small.
Construction is a step up from my Tamrac bag (Which is fairly well made, the difference is really in the details, where Crumpler spent more time) -Adam Maris V. Lidaka Sr. wrote: > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
