On 2010-08-24 12:44 , Rick Womer wrote:
I'm looking for a light messenger-style shoulder bag to hold my K7 with 16-45,
10-17, 50-200, and maybe the 50/1.7. I like my Orion AW, but it can hold a lot
more than that and is bulky.
Does anyone have a LowePro Midtown or Exchange that would care to comment on
it? Courierware has some interesting stuff but is expensive. The Tamrac
Evolution and Temba Messenger are too big.
Other alternatives?
first of all, hi, i'm steve and i'm a bag whore ...
with that out of the way, i most often use one of my Mountainsmith
lumbar packs (Tour, Day or my favorite, the larger and out-of-production
Cairn II) with shoulder strap to carry a body & two lenses; i swear by
the Mountainsmith suspension -- weight is mostly on my hips, but i can
easily swing the pack around like a small messenger bag; these are
unpadded, but i've usually got the second lens in a neoprene wrap and a
light jacket is rolled under the body, with the lens up; there's enough
material in the outer pockets to pad light nocks, and the inner waist
area is padded too; there is also a Kit Cube i haven't tried which is a
padded photo bag that fits into the Day or Tour, and MountainSmith has
versions of these bags specifically for photo use
for casual walk-around times, like a walk to a coffee shop, i also use a
Crumpler Skivvy, which is minimal and fully padded, but not an ideal
shape for camera kit - i've got a size small, which doesn't hold much
more than a camera, mounted lens and extra lens (not big lenses); and i
store my camera and lenses in a Crumpler Six Million Dollar home, but i
don't walk around with it; it might work well for your kit
when carrying a laptop as well as a camera, i use an Osprey Torque which
has almost too much room, and is very well padded (also have an Osprey
Transit, which i found much too big); i've seen the Osprey Astro &
Elroy, which look attractive now that i have a smaller 13" laptop
someone recently mentioned an insert for Manhattan DJ bags -- i've got a
small one of these bags i use for errands and the insert looks
attractive -- the bags are relatively cheap, minimalist and sturdy
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