What Bag!

[Muzza22au]

Well I picked up my new D80 and 80-400mm VR but now I am looking for a good bag to carry it in! Any body got any recommendations? Waterproof would be ideal!

Cheers

Scott

[Kyle]

Slingshot 300AW???

[PiroStitch]

What style of bag do you want? Backpack, shoulder back or hybrid (shoulder bag which can maneuvered to be backpack style)

[Glen]

No idea on a bag, but love your signature Wayne

[Muzza22au]

What style of bag do you want? Backpack, shoulder back or hybrid (shoulder bag which can maneuvered to be backpack style)

Prefferably a backpack! I will be using it for Nature and landscape photography mainly with the odd speedway shots! I like hiking aswell so must be WP...

Cheers

Scott

[Oz_Beachside]

I have a crumpler backpack that I dont use, its a laptop / camera combo, small size, nice fit for a D80, long zoom, 2-3 other lenses, and a flash....

i might off load it, think it was about $250 new, May this year.

[PiroStitch]

Have a look at the lowepro mini trekker aw

http://www.lowepro.com/Products/Backpac ... er_AW.aspx

[Mal]

Scott (MHD) is selling on this forum. The bag that is a wonderful all weather bag, carry heaps of gear. I have this bag a would recommend it. http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?p=265405&sid=b08130cdd25de3c631057c25791ec437

[Oscar]

The slingshot 200 fits in my D70 with the 80-400 attached (tight fit) and extra stuff. Cool bag and very practical for hiking etc. Worth checking out. Lots of guys in the forum now have this bag.

Cheers, Mick

[Yi-P]

Most popular bag here was the Mini-Trekker AW and Compu-Trekker AW from lowepro... they now turned out another popular one for the Slingshot 200AW...

Take a look a few months back... from one of our meets:

The lowepro bags gallore
Got to take a careful look before you snap a bag with goodies filled D2X/70-200VR or D70/kit lens inside

[MHD]

Scott (MHD) is selling on this forum. The bag that is a wonderful all weather bag, carry heaps of gear. I have this bag a would recommend it. http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?p=265405&sid=b08130cdd25de3c631057c25791ec437

Spoke to soon

I have a Lowepro AW computreker

Pros:
Laptop + Pro body + all kinds of toys
JUST fits into airliner carry on
Good harness
Excellent tripod attach points

Cons:
Very heavy when full (and who doesnt fill a bag!)
Looks like an expensive camera bag=target for security etc (as against the crumpler bags which are great "stealth bags")

[MHD]

Well I picked up my new D80 and 80-400mm VR but now I am looking for a good bag to carry it in! Any body got any recommendations? Waterproof would be ideal!

Cheers

Scott

Oh and there is a BIG difference between AW and waterproof...

Lowepro do make a Almost waterproof bag:
http://www.lowepro.com/Products/Backpac ... e_200.aspx

AFIAK you pay through the nose though

[Razor]

I got a Computrekker AW Plus. Its definitely on the big side but I like it that way. I read reports about the non-Plus version having an uncomfortable 'belly' strap...

[MHD]

I just checked mines a plus too....

[edneeves]

I have the minitrekker AW and it is a pearler of a bag. It can carry some serious gear, you can wear it all day without feeling it plus the waterproofing is pretty neat.

[aaron1]

I also have the Computrekker AW Plus, yes it is big but it fits all my crap with room to spare, and i have done all day treks with this bag, just slip your camebak bladder in the front zip pocket and off you go.

[stubbsy]

I'm a bag junkie

I had a micro trekker. I now have a Nova 4, a Mini Trekker AW, a Computrekker AW and a Slingshot 200 AW

The one that USED to be most used was the mini trekker. Now I use the Slingshot 90% of the time. It holds D2x with 28-70 attached, 10.5 FE, 12-24, spare battery, cards, 2 filters, sunscreen and either a water bladder or an SB800 and spare batteries. Onlt ime I consider either of the orhte trekker bags is if I need to take the 70-200

Get the Slingshot 200 AW - brilliant bag, easy to use.

[gstark]

I'm a bag junkie

"Hello.

My name's Stubbsy, and I'm a bagaholic"

[Muzza22au]

Hey all thanks for the comments! And info!

Just got back from Freo and picked up a CompuDayPak (lowepro) Got most of the features I need, not waterproof but water resistant! Gonna pay over $450 for a waterproof one!!!
It is able to carry my 17" widescreen laptop along with camera gear and weighs in at 7kg loaded up, that is until I add water bladder and other stuff! Hope fully it will do the job!

Thanks again for the info!

Scott