JMitchell
Loves the place
Registered: January 2007
Location: London, England
Posts: 4940
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Review Date: Tue August 26, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: £50.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Big, well thought out, very tough looking, discreet, secure
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Cons:
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NOT light when full, once you've done it up it's a pain to open again :D (but that's a plus in a way), could do with bigger outer pockets
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This is a preliminary review only, as I have not had the bag that long (only taken out once), and haven't used it on a proper photography 'job', so I can't judge it fully yet.
EDIT: See update below
After a small amount of time slightly adjusting the dividers and moving things around, i got the bag to be laid out to fit all my camera kit, with nothing spared. Then I tried to pick it up. Then I took half of it out 
More seriously, there are some well thought out things in the main section of the bag, such as a space underneath where the two cameras go for extra lenses, and dividers designed so that most things fit around each other, allowing more things to be squeezed in.
I was impressed with the quality of the 'construction' for want of a better word. The label thing said 'military grade this' and 'ballistic that' and I was having none of it as I assumed it was just talk, but it really does seem tough. It also has a nice hard bottom with 4 rubber / plastic feet that is handy when you are thinking about putting it on the ground. There are loads of pockets, and they are mostly left up to you in terms of deciding what to put in them, but there are little cards with photos on that come in some of them, indicating what kind of thing should be in there.
The rest of the praise I suppose has to go towards the little touches that make this bag good. The three 'layer' closing system for the main pouch: zip, velcro, then 4 clips, mean that I am not worried if the back is over my shoulder and not in front of me, as I know no one would be able to get in without me noticing.
Then things like the tripod holster thing, two straps on the bottom, which could be invaluable when walking long distances. And finally the top handle. I imagine many manufacturers might have missed this out when designing a bag, but it means you can grab the bag and move, or just hold it differently if you need to. Like I said, just touches.
I might add to / change the review once I've had more of a chance to try it out under working conditions, but for now I like it, and it looks like it will take a bit more kit too (when I omit my film stuff, which I don't carry often), so that's good.
UPDATE
Not much more to say, but having used the bag for some jobs etc I can say I still like it  All my different bits of kit have found their own little places in the bag, and I haven't had any space issues so far, even with the addition of the Nifty (50mm).
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