Debate on camera Bag

ok well looked at some lowepro bags today my they where exspencive,however i can get a similar bag made by swiss army,it can fit a laptop in the back ,however the main compartment does not have all the subsections,if i bag the camera and lenses anyway this bag should be ideal shouldent it?or would you go for the real macoy,the bags where about £100 mark and i can get the swiss bag for about £20 through a buisness i do work for

My advice would be to go for the real thing.

By the time you have added a couple of lenses to your kit you will have spent several hundred pounds, you don't want it all bashing around inside a bag.

If you shop around you will get a Lowepro bag for much less than £100 - I think I paid around £40 for my Slingshot 200 AW and then bought a huge Stealth Reporter 550 this week for £70
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Lowepro slingshots are excellent but I dont think they will have the longevity of Billinghams.

I would recommend Billingham as well.

This might sound funny, but does anyone make a left handed slingshot?

Yes.
The Kata 3N1 range (...-10 -20 -30)
Its a backpack plus slingshot, can be configure for left or right hand sided use. Straps can be tucked away, you can top load it for long lenses, rain cover of course... It shows I desperately want one doesn't it?

Pricy

Hi foxycce i use a tamrac expedition 6 had it for about a year and it still looks new and has been well used.I have also used lowepro in my time and they are also excellent bags.

ok thanks for the info i will take a look at them i was thinking about the tamrac expedition 7

A top top bag but its a big unThe 5 and 6 fits 2 bodies with lenses attached and also about 3 more lenses plu8s other bits and bobs.

In the classifieds link

I would not go for a slingshot, I recently got the chance to try one (200) fully loaded, I found it a pain to get on and it put uncomortable pressure on my collar bone, I then considered the Lowepro Fastpack but considering I wanted to tote around both my bodies and rather large DA* lenses I decided it would be to small, I decided to stick with Tamrac and bought an Expedition 5, compared to my old Expedition 3 its huge!

I took it out for a test run today, K20D with Bigma attached down the middle, DA50-135 on the lower right, K10D on the lower left, DA*16-50 above the K10D, and the AF360FGZ above the 50-135. it was FULL, stuck a Benbo monopod in the tripod holder up the back and off I went, I wouldn't normally carry all that gear when out with the Bigma but I wanted to see how comfortable the bag was fully loaded, so far it gets a thumbs up.

Warehouse express £99.99
SRS Microsystems £89.99
I got my off ebay for less than £75 including postage, and it was here in a day.

I can reccomend Tamrax Expedition series, Ihad the "3" for ten years" I hope I have the five as long.

Kata for me (three different models).

Very well designed and very well made.

I agree that they are pricey but you can find some good deals if you shop around.

I'm a Tamrac man!....I need the expedition 6 now!.......or even the 7!.Really comfortable ,well made and a fraction of the cost of the" low" whats his name!...

Let me gaze into my crystal ball......I forsee a hernia coming on

Let me gaze into my crystal ball......I forsee a hernia comming on


dont be silly!...I'll carry it in my wheelbarrow!