Looks like a good solution, Godfrey. It's really similar in size to my Lowepro Nova 4.
As much as I like the case...I like your lenses better! ;-] -Brendan --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My "big kit" bag search has proven to be very > successful. > > I didn't want to just shoot pictures and say how > much I liked the > Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home after I received it. > I wanted to work > with it for a few days at least and figure out how > best to configure > it, see how it did in the field. I've done that now > and, let me tell > you, I'm very happy with this one. > > A set of pictures of the bag set up as I use it for > my equipment is > available at > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/7MillionDollarHome/ > > As you can see from pictures 1 and 2, it's not a > small bag but it > remains trim and tidy looking. The top handle is > handy for hefting it > in and out of the car, into the closet, and the > accessory loops on > front and side are just right to take both my > Lowepro and Tamrac > accessory pouches and stuff if I should feel I need > to carry even > more junk. > > I bought the bag specifically to fit what I consider > a large kit. > And, on top of that, I wanted a bag that could carry > all I wanted and > still be configured to work out of with ease in the > field. Another > requirement was that it MUST be able to have the > camera in it with > any one of my lenses fitted, and that there must be > an individual > spot for each lens, minus the one on the camera, to > make lens > changing easy and smooth. > > The 7Mill is deep enough that I configured it to > hold the lenses in > individual compartments on the bottom, underneath > where I normally > rest the camera with one lens fitted for carrying. > This leaves a > pretty big compartment to the side of that which > fits my notebooks > and other junk. The front bellows pocket is easily > able to hold all > the small miscellanea of blowers/card > case/remotes/batteries and has > an inside security pocket as well. The mesh pocket > in the top I'm > only using minimally at present for a microfiber > lens cloth, there's > a lot more room up there for other small things > (spare lens caps, > filter wallet, etc.) > > A full load in the bag, for me, includes the > following as you see it > in these pictures: > > K10D body with one lens on it. > DA14, DA21, FA28, FA43, DA70 lenses > two spare batteries > wired remote > Card wallet with IR remote, six 2G SD cards > Blower bulb > lens cloth > Notebook, paperback novel, one-two magazines > Epson P2000 > cell phone and journal in externally accessible > pockets > > The strap is threaded to put the adjusting ladder in > front of me so I > can easily re-set how the bag hangs for walking vs > working. I wear it > bandolier style on the left and shove it around to > my back when > walking, pull it forward to work out of for lens > changes and such. > > I've taken it on four 1-2 hour shooting walks and > I'm amazed. Despite > its much larger size, it does not feel substantially > heavier or > bulkier than the Domke F803 Camera Satchel but it > holds at least > twice as much ... and I still have space to jam more > junk in as > needed. It's better padded too and protects the gear > better. Working > out of it is a joy. > > Hope that this info is useful to someone else > looking for a similar bag. > > best, > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
