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360 of 363 humans found the following review helpful.
Great bag that holds everything!
By R. Wolfinger
I had so much stuff in my big LowePro Nova 5AW shoulder bag that it injure my my shoulder and back to carry it around. Saw the Canon 200EG Backpack and based on reviews ordered one. I am impressed. It was in regards to 1/2 the price of my LowePro bag. Its very well designed with a large total of compartments, padding, external straps and quality materials. It holds everything that was in my other bag and I still have more room. I’ve got a Canon 20D with BGE2 battery grip, 3 zoom lenses (one a telephoto), a Canon 580EX flash, a Slik mini tripod, lens hoods for all the lenses, and a huge potpourri of filters for all the lenses all inside the main compartment. External compartments hold everything else like spare battery packs, chargers, cables, etc. Its got straps on the bottom to carry my tripod which my old bag didn’t have. Its got other straps for carrying all kinds of stuff. And I carry bag this much comfortably. The one thing that the LowePro bag had was an all weather cover that could be zipped out to cover the bag in bad weather. Never used it anyhow so what is the point? The LowePro goes to E-Bay!
159 of 162 humans found the following review helpful.
good bag may be made better for a few bucks…
By D. Kim
This is a good bag for the money. it’s not a outstanding bag, but very useable. with a few bucks and a trip to REI, it may be made much better however.
first, get yourself a 40 inch long, 1 inch wide webbing lashing strap, with a quick release buckle on the end. must be in regards to 2 bucks. use that to wrap the bag through the lashing anchors on the sides of the bag. this acts as a very good compression strap, and gives you an added measure of security. close the bag with the zippers beneath the strap, and it’s harder for would be thieves to open your bag while you are carrying it. it likewise allows you to open the top half of the bag, and grab your camera without letting the other contents of the bag fall out. since the top of the backpack is cut inwards, the camera is reasonably easy to grab for those quick shots. not as fast as a messenger bag, but better than having to put your bag on the ground to get your camera out.
next, get a pack of 1 inch tri glide buckles. use those to tidy up the 40 inch lashing strap, and the long adaptable shoulder straps. stuff the waist strap into the little storage area in the bottom back of the bag, and poof! you now have a neat, and much more useable bag for a few bucks more.
a velbon luxi SF tripod fits great into the front pocket with the 1/4 inch compression cords.
great bag, could use some more padding though.
247 of 256 persons found the following review helpful.
Good Bag, Could Be Better
By Patricia Jeffries
At primary I loved this bag. As other reviewers have said, it fits a ton of camera instrumentation safely. It likewise fits comfortably and adjusts easily.
My only complaint is that the lens holders (see photos) are all open, meaning that it is very easy for the lenses to slip out of position or, if you open the bag the wrong way, fall out or slip. This happened to me a number of times on a recent trip. It would be nice if Canon provided extra elastic/velcro strips, like the one applied for the main compartment, to hold the lenses in place.
Otherwise, it is a in truth good bag at a outstanding price.
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