I can certainly second the problem with backpacks. It seems that getting things in and out quickly just doesn't work well. I prefer more of a shoulder bag that I can set down and flip the flap back and grab the camera/lens. My backpack would have to be taken off and unzipped and then get the camera out. To move a little further along you have to put everything back, zip it up, put it back on.......Mine sits at home holding camera equipment.
Bruce Dayton Saturday, March 16, 2002, 1:59:49 PM, you wrote: KH> At 14:14 16/03/2002 -0600, you wrote: >>I am in the market for a new backpack for my 6x7 gear, as I have >>outgrown my previous camera bag. >>I am looking at the following backpacks from LowePro: >>Super Trekker AW >>Pro Trekker AW >>Photo Trekker AW >>Photo Trekker Classic. KH> Well I have the Pro-Trekker AW and I have to admit not liking it too much KH> for the following reasons: KH> When I pay the better part of �300 for a bag I do not expect it to be made KH> in China; I have nothing against the Chinese, what I am against is using KH> cheap and under-paid labour to produce a big ticket item sold in the West KH> for an outrageous amount of money. May God reach down and pinch my backside KH> if this isn't a sorry state of affairs. KH> The next thing I dislike hugely is the fact that you have to put the bloody KH> bag down everytime you want something out of it. As a 35MM man, this is a KH> disaster and is the reason why it hardly ever goes out the house. It's KH> mainly just an over-priced receptacle for unused kit. These kinds of bags KH> aren't much more than sorry status symbols. KH> The harness on the bag doesn't seem too well made and it has no shoulder KH> strap at all. If you want some pictures of what my bag looks like loaded, KH> please let me know and I'll post some on my web site. KH> My main bag is actually a cyclists' courier bag made by a company called KH> Timbuk2 in San Francisco (www.timbuk2.com). I love this bag and use it KH> almost exclusively, weatherproof, tough and easy to work from, I just use KH> padded cases inside it for my equipment. KH> Kev. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
