What camera bag to get?

[Kris]

Just a quick question guys, im currently overseas and looking for a bag...

Need to fit a D70, few lenses, few cf cards and a p&s nikon 775.. Perferably those bags that are square in shape...

ideas???

Lowepro Stealth 400AW looks nice.. what are they worth roughly?

Thanks
Kris

[birddog114]

Kris,
Hope you enjoyed!
Many type of bag around that you may/ may not like and depend on your lust.
Hang on to it and tell me what you need once you back to Sydney, might show you some interested bags.

[Raydar]

Ha Kris

Lowerpro
Mini trekker AW is good

Cheers
Ray

[MHD]

I'm looking at some of the AW lowepro bags... they look very good and if the price guide on the maxwell site is to be believed, quite good value...

[birddog114]

MHD,
Price list on Maxwell site is RRP, you may get it cheaper somewhere.

[Killakoala]

i have a lowepro mini trekker and i love it. It is so much easier carrying your camera gear in a backpack rather than a handbag.

[MHD]

MHD,
Price list on Maxwell site is RRP, you may get it cheaper somewhere.

Even better... I am more than happy spending a few hundred to protect a camera worth a few thousand

[W00DY]

Crumpler bags all the way... I love these bags

Might not suit everybody as they are not, let's say traditonal camera bags but geez they built well and you REALLY feel like your camera is protected.

I got the Tallee:

http://www.crumpler.com.au/public/photo ... 0&catid=66

I can fit my D70 with Kit lens on the body, SB25 (soon to be SB-800) and another smaller lens in the top section and then three more lenses in the "hidden" bottom section. Plus all the usual filters / cleaning stuff etc...

I really recommend these bags to anyone.

W00DY

[petal666]

Here is my mini trekker packed to the gizzards



1. Kenko Extension Tubes
2. Canon 28-70 f2.8 L
3. Sigma 15mm f2.8 Fisheye
4. Canon 10D with BG-ED3 Battery grip,
5. Canon 70-200 f2.8 L (Hood fits on 28-70)
6. Canon 50mm f1.8 II
7. Canon 2x Teleconverter (underneath)
8. Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 EX
9. Sigma 1.4x Teleconverter

My flash got banished to the top pocket because I won't fit in the main compartment any more.

[MHD]

*cleans drool off keyboard*

[gstark]

Nice setup.

5. Canon 70-200 f2.8 L (Hood fits on 28-70)

How well does the hood work on the 28-70 when the lens is at its widest? If the hood is from the 20-200, I might expect to see some vignetting ...


I'm using a Billingham at the moment. Lets me carry my laptop, D70 with kit lens, 70-210, 50 f1.4, SB800, plus some odds and ends all in the one bag.

Weighs almost as much as I do though!

[petal666]

Nice setup.

How well does the hood work on the 28-70 when the lens is at its widest? If the hood is from the 20-200, I might expect to see some vignetting ...

Due to the 1.6x crop of the 10D it isn't an issue. Also the 28 is a strange lens in that it is at it's shortest when at 70 and the front element extends when you go to 28mm. So really the problem is at 70mm and because of the crop all is good.

[Greg B]

Many type of bag around that you may/ may not like and depend on your lust.
.

Birddog, I could read your posts all day.

Reminds me of being single.

[gstark]

[quote="petal666]Due to the 1.6x crop of the 10D it isn't an issue.[/quote]

Ok, yes of course. That makes perfect sense.

Also the 28 is a strange lens in that it is at it's shortest when at 70 and the front element extends when you go to 28mm. So really the problem is at 70mm and because of the crop all is good.

Although the crop takes care of the problem, even with the lens at its shortest at 70mm, I don't think that this will actually be the case.

The issue here will be the field of view of the lens, which, regardless of the physical length of the lens, will be wider for a 28mm focal length than it will be for a 70mm focal length.

To prove this, just wrap a paper hood (or something similar) around the lens with the lens set at, for this example, 70mm.

Keeping the lens at 70mm, extend just this hood until you can just see it impeding upon your feild of view in the viewfinder.

Now, without changing the relative position of this hood, move the lens to a wider setting. You should see a far greater intrusion of this hood with the wider angle than you do at the longer focal length setting.

Am I making any sense?

[Kris]

Wow! lots of good information

I dont really like backpacks for some reason...

birddog, I will chat to you when I return from NZ about the bags and so on.. Thinking I also may need a 1GB CF card been taking alot of photos but havent really tested all the manual settings as yet..

Very impressed so far

Thankyou D70 guys! you all rock

[MHD]

Looking forward to the pics!!!

[birddog114]

Anytime Kris!
Bring some snow back with you, we have 27 degree Celsius today, and don't leave your cam behind!

[petal666]

The issue here will be the field of view of the lens, which, regardless of the physical length of the lens, will be wider for a 28mm focal length than it will be for a 70mm focal length.

To prove this, just wrap a paper hood (or something similar) around the lens with the lens set at, for this example, 70mm.

Keeping the lens at 70mm, extend just this hood until you can just see it impeding upon your feild of view in the viewfinder.

Now, without changing the relative position of this hood, move the lens to a wider setting. You should see a far greater intrusion of this hood with the wider angle than you do at the longer focal length setting.

Am I making any sense?

I'll have to check your experiment when I get home but.....from memory the hood is attached to the body of the lens. This means that when I go from 70mm to 28mm the front element moves forward relative to the hood i.e it is further forward in the hood. Although 28mm has a wider field of view it is further forward in the hood to compensate. I suppose it depends on where the FOV is measured from: the image plane (sensor) or front element.

Aside from all of the above, the 70-200 hood is only 1cm longer than the 28-70mm hood so I think the 1.6x crop more than compensates for this.

[Bruno]

i dont know if this has been posted before but there is a d70 user bag website located here:
http://www.asvd07.dsl.pipex.com/d70bags.htm

might help you make a choice

[birddog114]

Bruno,
It's in the Important link section, posted there while ago!!!

[Bruno]

ahhh so it is

[Matt. K]

Mini trekkor is great...but one day you are gonna forget to zip it up and when you go to put it on your back everythings gonna spill out on the ground. It happens to every minni trekkor owner at least once. 10 times if you're really stupid!

[petal666]

Luckily it spills out before you get it onto your back. I've done it once and everything came out as I picked it up which isn't so bad.

[Kris]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the input. I picked up a Lowepro Nova 4AW which suits me quite nicely for a steal

Arriving home from NZ this morning, my D70 is nice and safe and I have many photos (although my photography leaves ALOT to be desired!) First thing now, Photography short course and some reading of manuals and so on..