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camera bag - extreme

ludovic

Chimp
Aug 5, 2008
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Any one know of a really good, light, comfy bag for a large camera?
The ideal bag would have to be able to handle a bike crash (or two)
 

binary visions

The voice of reason
Jun 13, 2002
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Yep.

Enough protection in a crash negates the ability to have a really light bag. If you want it to really handle any kind of serious crash, you're probably looking at some kind of rigid internal framing or a pelican box inside - again, heavy. Tends to become less comfy at that point, too.
 

Transcend

My Nuts Are Flat
Apr 18, 2002
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Towing the party line.
I ride with a lowepro phototrekker 2. It's well padded but not extraordinarily so. It does ok for travel though, i wouldn't want to crash on it.

How big do you want, this thing is huge. (ie: 2 x canon professional bodies, 1 x 70-200mm 2.8, 1 x 300mm 2.8, 1 x 17-40mm F4, 1 x 15mm 2.8 fisheye, 4 pocket wizards, light meter, 2 x flashes, cleaning crap, cables, connectors, mounts, 2 x mini tripods etc)

The Burton zoom pack is light, good for riding and decently padded, maybe along the lines of what you want?