On Apr 24, 2008, at 17:30, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Think Tank Photo has been around just a year or two. The founders are > a photojournalist and an ex-lowepro bag designer, I met them at an > SFBAPPA (San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association) > workshop last Fall. > > The designs are very good, very usable, and not overwhelmingly large > or bulky. No one bag is perfect, but the Urban Disguise series is > versatile and usable. The UD50 (second to the largest) is just right > for my needs when I'm carrying a largish kit and the laptop ... I've > traveled cross country via plane and train three times with it now: > it's about the best I've found for my needs in transport and still > useful for field shooting with a large kit. >
I've seen many a bag which looked perfect online and then disappointed me when I held it in my hands. The "Urban Disguise" 40 and 50 are just about perfect for what I need. They have dividers galore, and the entire interior surface of the bag is made to have the dividers connect anywhere you like, unlike my Tamrac which has a few spots of velcro "loop" which you have to hope works for what you want. The bag is deep (top to bottom) but doesn't stick out away from your body as much as just about anything out there (with the exception of my Tamrac Velocity 3, which hugs pretty darned close to the body). I could drop the K10D with the 16-50 (with hood) right down (lens pointing down) in the middle of the bag with room above the screen to spare. Pockets galore, arranged sensibly. It was all I could do to avoid buying one right on the spot - my daughter is getting married in a couple of weeks and that's where the money is going right now. I'd get the 40 if I never carried a laptop with me - but I think I'm going to get the 50 so I have that as the combo laptop/camera bag when I'm on trips. Darned fine piece of kit. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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.
