My copy of this bag arrived today and this afternoon I transferred the
contents of the Lowepro Mini Trekker Classic to the new bag... and then
added a few lenses.
So at this point I have the bag loaded up with the following:
K-3 with attached DA 17-70 f4
Mz-S with attached FA 28-105 f4.5-5.6
IR converted Coolpix 6000
FA 20-35 f4
F 28 f2.8
FA 50 f1.7
DA 18-55
DFA 100 f2.8 macro
A* 200 f4 macro
Sigma EX 70-200 f2.8
Tokina ATX 400 f5.6
AF360FGZ flash
It's a well designed bag. Oddly, it subjectively appears (to me at
least) to be smaller than the Mini Trekker when it was fully loaded, but
the Nova Sport is holding 3 additional lenses (the A*200 macro, the
400mm f5.6, and the Da 18-55). I realized that I have almost as much in
it as I used to carry in a very large Tamrac 612, which has 12 lens
compartments vs the 8 in the Lowepro. The Nova Sport better
accommodates camera with lenses attached, so compartments aren't taken
up with camera bodies (which wasted some of the capacity on the Tramrac
612), but I am still carrying a few less lenses and a lot less
miscellaneous stuff.
The only cons would be that the Nova Sport is rather light on general
purpose compartments. I still use 35mm B&W film and had to cut back on
the number of filters I packed and also added an external film bag where
I was able to pack film in the general purpose compartment of the Mini
Trekker. I still have to figure out how to fit in some of my macro
brackets and a few other items.
But still - I'm figuring that the K-1 and attached zoom should fit where
the Mz-S is now so I can see this being my main bag for a while.
Thanks again for pointing this out, Igor!
Mark
On 1/4/2016 12:55 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
My bag showed up today and I like it a lot. It is pretty roomy and
versatile for its size. For one thing, my laptop fits in its slot
PERFECTLY. Secondly, I like it for it's "8-pack" arrangement which can
store longer lenses (optionally with a body or two attached) and
larger external flash unit(s). My shorter lenses will probably remain
in my backpack bags. In addition it has a couple of pockets for
filters, ColorChecker, etc. It is even plenty tall enough for the
Bigma, with body attached (but hood must be reversed for storage).
All-in-all a handsome bag and a pretty good value even before the
rebate (IMHO).
Thanks again for passing along that link, Igor!
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