New camera bag

I purchased a Lowe Pro Nature Trekker back pack thinking this has bags of room (forgive the pun) for my ever growing list of kit. However I now find that I tend to wander about with one camera, two lenses, polarizer , tripod and two filters fitting neatly into the free bag that came with it, probably worth a tenner. It's amazing what you will purchase when you are not thinking. When I purchased the bag all I thought about was all those nice shiny lenses, I didn’t factor in thing like the UK climate and important things like Mars bar pockets, water, waterproofs, maps, first aid kit and so on.

Does anybody have a good suggestion it must be comfortable and fit for a six footer.

Lowe Slingshot might fit your bill, I don't have it but others here do.
Depending pn the size of the bag and the lenses it will fit in your lenses plus the rest and you've a top compartment for your food and the likes.

Thanks Stefan, I had a look at this bag but was a little concerned about the single strap. I would have visions of all my kit disappearing down a mountain after the stitching gave way.

Slingshot is very strong
My 200AW carries K10D with DA* 16-50mm, DA* 60-250mm, DA* 12-24mm, DA 10-17mm, FA 50mm, Tamron 1.4x Tc and small manual flash. Attached to the side is a Lowe lens case with a F* 300mm f4.5.

Bloody heavy though ...

How on earth do you manage to cram that lot in Mike? I guess some of it is in the top section.

BTW: The DA 12-24mm isn't a * lens. I think you got a bit carried away there, or was it wishful thinking?

Well it ruddy well should be, it performs like one.
Would have been nice if it was at least WR though.

The fisheye and 50mm go in the top section, the 1.4x TC and wired remote plus a couple of spare batteries go in the front pocket.

Still trying to jiggle things around to get a macro or at least a set of tubes in there though

So you haven't got room far a Sigma 180mm Macro anyway then.

I have another shoulder ...

The sling shot is a nice design, however I can be found sometimes on the wettest days wandering round the Lake District carrying raincoat, waterproof trousers, map, compass, spare socks, fist Aid Kit, the all important Mars Bar, water, food and all the other sundry bits, that’s before I start on the camera. The idea of all that on a single strap pressing down on me after ten miles and no sign of a pub for a few hours is just to painful. I think most camera bags have been put together by designers who have looked at the average camera kit someone carries around and haven’t thought about the extra bits. I may appear a bint finicky about this but my last rucksack quite literally saved my if it had not fitted correctly I would have been a goner.

The Lowe Primus AW also looks like a great bag, played with it in the shop and it seems like a good bag for long day hikes but they aren't cheap. link
or else a fastpack would also be a good bag I believe, it looks like a slingshot but a bit different.
If you want to carry more non relate camera stuff the Rover serrie should be better.

These are all Lowe-pro products but there is also tamrac and many others brands to look at.

ps. Technoblurb, a sniker has more energie in it then a Mars and it's the same size

I have a Slingshot 300AW and I love it.
There is no way that the stitching will give way to release the strap, I think that you will have bigger problems when enough force is applied to rip the strap of the bag.

The only thing that doesn't fit inside is the Bigma

Bigma fits in my 200AW attached to the K10D.
Mind you, I have to take all the partitions out and it sits in there nicely sideways.

Thanks for the advice I may go and have a look at these two, If I come up trumps my existing bag will be up for sale, it has never been out in the light of day yet.

Thanks for your comments Stefan, I will give the snickers serious consideration although the extra grams may be too much.

I think a lot of this is down to personal choice. I have a Mini Trekker AW which just about holds my kit (although it is a squeeze) but at 5'11" I do find that after walking any distance it starts to hurt as it rests too far down my back.

It does have a big plus in that it is airline hand-luggage size, an important consideration if you are travelling. Lowepro's Website will show you which are airline approved.

My advice is to find a decent size branch of Jessops and try them on. Make sure you put some weight in to see how they feel!