Re: Fastpack 250 AW II review
On 7 October 2015 at 23:11, Larry Colen wrote: > Eric Featherstone wrote: >>> >>> On 7 Oct 2015, at 20:33, Larry Colen wrote: >>> >>> They now have a strap on the side to use the water bottle pocket as a >>> tripod holder. Unfortunately, the strap is too low to do a good job of >>> holding a full sized tripod, but it's a big improvement. >> >> >> If it's anything like the 150AW I think you'll find the tripod holder is >> tucked away behind the water bottle pocket, hidden like the all weather >> cover. That brings the tripod down so that its strap is at a sensible >> height. >> > > Alas, no. Great idea though. It looks like it's a feature they've dropped from the first version of the bag. AW 250 (see the 4th photo) http://store.lowepro.com/dslr-video-fastpack-250-aw vs AW 250 ii https://www.lowepro.co.uk/categories/products-fastpack/fastpack-bp-250-aw-ii/pd332/250/ > You did just prompt me to discover that the backpack belt unvelcros. That > makes the bag easier to use when I don't need the belt. Cool. -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Fastpack 250 AW II review
Eric Featherstone wrote: On 7 Oct 2015, at 20:33, Larry Colen wrote: They now have a strap on the side to use the water bottle pocket as a tripod holder. Unfortunately, the strap is too low to do a good job of holding a full sized tripod, but it's a big improvement. If it's anything like the 150AW I think you'll find the tripod holder is tucked away behind the water bottle pocket, hidden like the all weather cover. That brings the tripod down so that its strap is at a sensible height. Alas, no. Great idea though. You did just prompt me to discover that the backpack belt unvelcros. That makes the bag easier to use when I don't need the belt. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Fastpack 250 AW II review
> On 7 Oct 2015, at 20:33, Larry Colen wrote: > > They now have a strap on the side to use the water bottle pocket as a tripod > holder. Unfortunately, the strap is too low to do a good job of holding a > full sized tripod, but it's a big improvement. If it's anything like the 150AW I think you'll find the tripod holder is tucked away behind the water bottle pocket, hidden like the all weather cover. That brings the tripod down so that its strap is at a sensible height. -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
