backpack or soulder bags - DPChallenge Forums

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

02/01/2005 09:12:47 PM · #1

WHat do you use the back pack or the shoulder bags, advantages and disadvantages on each other? i have a Computrekker for lowepro and i think it's too big, its more like a travel bag and i wanted to buy another bag but don't know which is best.
Advice would be wlecome.

deapee

Kodak V803

02/01/2005 09:15:27 PM · #2

I have a quantaray shoulder bag -- it's got enough room and is weather proof...I want a backpack though for riding my motorcycle and if i go on a longer trip...but would still use the bag around here just when I wasn't hiking.

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

02/01/2005 09:19:00 PM · #3

Backpack - Usually holds more. Puts weight on both shoulders. To access you need to take off backpack.

Shoulder Bag - Easier to access. Just push the bag to one side. May not hold all your lenses if you have quite a few. Puts weight along 1 shoulders. Looks cooler then have a huge backpack.

nsbca7

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

02/01/2005 09:19:38 PM · #4

I have a Computrekker and I love it. But if it is too big then it is too big. Mine is always full so any smaller would be too small. Do you carry the pack you have now on your back most of the time or do you do like I do and carry it by the handle? If you carry it by the handle you may feel more comfortable with a shoulder bag or crumpler.

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

02/01/2005 09:20:12 PM · #5

i'm looking at the belt and harness, i just want something to care the camera and two or three lens, and i would like fast access to this, are the harness or belts any good? i'm more for the bag but if there a reason that the harness or the shoulder bag are better i'll change my mind... just need the advice. thanks deapee.

faidoi

Pentax K10D

02/01/2005 09:21:39 PM · #6

Originally posted by Discraft:

i'm looking at the belt and harness, i just want something to care the camera and two or three lens, and i would like fast access to this, are the harness or belts any good?

Get a photographers vest and stuff your lens in a sock. This would be the quickest way to change lenses, next to buying a 2nd body.

Message edited by author 2005-02-01 21:22:00.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

02/01/2005 09:22:19 PM · #7

Originally posted by nsbca7:

I'm not really using this backpack too much since it's too big, i'd rather take it for long trips where i'll take the laptop and the camera... but i want a bag that when i leave the house i just take the camera two or three lens and which is not to big.

petrakka

02/01/2005 09:26:24 PM · #8

ive got the lowepro backpack microtrekker 200....one body a 70-200 lens and 3 or so other lenses with a flash n some other junk. all i have is a d-70, 10.5mm 18-70 mm and 50 mm and it all fits in the bag with room for my p/s cam and a bunch of other little junk. its great i think

nborton

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

02/01/2005 09:39:44 PM · #9

i'm sure people know about this but it might help some. tamrac has a series of backpack style bags that have only one strap (tamrac velocity). it's sort of the best of both worlds between the shoulder bags and the backpacks. all you have to do to get in it is swing it around to your front.

the only thing i don't like about mine is how it tires only one shoulder out when it's really loaded and i have been walking or hiking for a long time.

BooZon

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

02/01/2005 09:46:35 PM · #10

I have a LowePro Rover II AW (backpack) and I swear by it. Nice even weight over the shoulders and space in the top for other junk. I also have the magnum and nova 4 lowepros for special occasions and applications.

Spork99

OM System OM-1

Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro

02/01/2005 09:50:48 PM · #11

I have a Computrekker, and I don't like it. It's a great bag, IF you like backpack camera bags.

I have a Lowe Stealth Reporter 200, it holds just about everything I want to carry daily and has a zipper in the lid, so it's easy to change lenses.

I can put my 10D w Battery Grip, Canon 28-135 lens, Sigma 12-24, Sigma 105, Canon 50mm f1.8, 420EX, TC80 and the off camera flash cord there's still room for a small notepad, my palm pilot, a couple pens and a filter or two.

I still have my old Lowe Pro35 camera bag that I got when I was 13, some 25 years ago. If nothing else, that bag's durability makes me hesitate to buy a bag from any other manufacturer.

I'll probably sell my Computrekker and get a Stealth Reporter 650 (maybe the 500) for when I need everything and the kitchen sink.

nsbca7

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

02/01/2005 09:53:30 PM · #12

Here are some Crumplers.

This may be more of what your looking for.

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

02/01/2005 10:15:24 PM · #13

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Here are some Crumplers.

This may be more of what your looking for.

Those are nice looking bags but i guess they are too small, but very nice.

nsbca7

02/01/2005 10:44:40 PM · #14

Originally posted by Discraft:

Those are nice looking bags but i guess they are too small, but very nice.

I think maybe they only look small. They come in all different sizes.

Can take up to 2 SLR bodies plus 6 lenses & accessories

That's as much as, if not more, then I can fit in my Computrekker.

Message edited by author 2005-02-01 22:47:36.

OneSweetSin

Nikon D3000

02/01/2005 11:58:50 PM · #15

I have a Lowepro Trekker II also and it has enough room in the bottom for my 35mm slr, 2 lenses, a converter, and my digital camera. The top has all the little things in it. The filters, compact flash cards, batteries, external flash and a throw blanket.

colda

Nikon D800

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

02/02/2005 12:11:13 AM · #16

My everyday bag is a Lowepro Orion Trekker, holds everthing I need, not oo big and very useful (not to mention inexpensive) :)

coolhar

Canon PowerShot Pro 90 IS

02/02/2005 12:26:11 AM · #17

I prefer a shoulder bag for the convienece of being able to get into it when I want to change lenses. But the farthest I carry it is from a parking lot to a football field or gymnasium. For hikes in the woods I'm usually carrying just the camera & lens, maybe a spare battery & card in my pocket. Backpacks are great for kids to carry their school books in but, IMHO, they don't cry out "professional photographer".

jbsmithana

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED

02/02/2005 01:12:05 AM · #18

I use a Velocity Sling Bag

Works well for my outings and has very easy access by just sliding the bag around to the front. Slide it back and it is out of your way. Would not work well for taking all your gear on long trip but is great for day trips and vacations where you only take camera, two lenses and a flash, extra cards, batt, and clenaing gear.

02/02/2005 01:26:27 AM · #19

First of all thanks everyone for your opinions and for your advise...
Second i have been looking at the mini trekker, does anyone have one of these? what do you think of it?

The velocity sling bag seems interesting to. but i think i'll go with lowepro, don't know yet.

The Orion Lowepro seems a great bag too. but i have to see it on the store, to see the size of it.

Message edited by author 2005-02-02 01:27:14.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

04/12/2005 06:35:01 PM · #20

I have found something really easy to use to take your lens...
this is if you are only going to use two or three lens... it's a quick way to change... there are these little lens bags that sigma has when you buy a lens, just strap it on your belt and it makes it really easy to change lens.. maybe many of you already new this but i find this really easy and fast to change the lens... just sharing this for those who would like to know...

papa

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

04/12/2005 07:00:59 PM · #21

Hello, I am getting the Lowepro Off Trail 2. I like the beltpacks with nice supportive belts, and I do a lot of hiking, so it works for me.

Good luck deciding.