Amita, I just acquired a Tenba messenger bag and like it. Good features - it can hold my laptop as a travel bag. The top zipper open is very handy for total access to contents. It has lots of pockets with 2 zippered pockets on the front. It is fitted with a special tray inside for camera/lens protection. It can easily carry the K20D, some lenses, and a flash. If you leave the 6-7 pound computer out, it is a comfortable carry bag. Also, it has a handle on top so you can carry like a satchel. Could be better with - too few zipper pockets inside, and not deep enough. (I'm afraid of stuff dropping out.) Several magazine size pockets??!
This bag currently holds the K20D, the 100 and 200mm macros, a couple or 3 limited lenses, the K20D instruction book, 2 extra batteries, 2 extra sdhc cards, and some lens cleaning supplies and big bulb blower. It could hold more - flash, a spare body & A300/4 in cases. My other strategy is to just carry a small 6x8x4 inch Eagle Creek bag. I fill it with 3 limited lenses and an A20/2.8 with the K20D & 16-45/4 around my neck. The bag has a front pocket for batteries, sd cards, and cleaning stuff w/blower. On the back, there is a pocket for the instructions. Either bag works well for carrying in public and on transit. Neither screams CAMERA BAG, but obviously carry valuables. The Tenba bag does well on flights, not just out to my car and back. I put the laptop in the checked luggage and carry the camera stuff with me. What I usually take is just too damned expensive to trust in the luggage. (TSA opens the checked baggage every time to check the laptop.) Hope this helps. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:11 PM, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" > Subject: Re: Convenient backpack: travel camera set + laptop - Fastpack250 > > > > > > > Like most backpacks, I find it useless to carry a bag like this for > > working, but for getting through an airport it's a great thing. > > > > It really depends on the kit you are working with. I ended up with a > backpackable type case for > my 4x5 kit, and a backpack for my 6x7, simply because of the weight issues. > My 4x5 kit was > something in the range of 25 pounds, IIRC, plus a 12 pound tripod, I think my > 6x7 kit was in the > same range. > I wan't carrying an extraordinary amount of gear with the 4x5, a Tachihara > body, 4 lenses, a > Zone VI meter, a bunch of gel filters, a dark cloth and 20 or so film holders > (which was the > bulk of the weight). There was no way in hell that amount of weight can be > carried in a shoulder > bag. > OTOH, if all you are carrying is a junior sized camera and a few little > lenses, a shoulder bag > is ideal. > > William Robb > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
