Hi Charles I've had had the Fastpack200 for several years and have used it as a combined day bag and camera carrier for walking holidays. It works fine. I happily carried a K7, 16-50 and 50-135, along with wet weather outers for a couple of weeks averaging 12 miles a day. Only thing that might trouble some is that it gets a bit hot and sweaty on the back as there's nothing to keep it off the back.
Chris On 23 July 2014 03:00, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: > I'm going to be taking a trip with the wife to Washington, DC in late > September. > > I anticipate that it will be many days of walking and biking around, and I'm > thinking I might want something more comfortable/convenient than a standard > camera bag -- not only because they have just the one strap so they're always > hanging off of a shoulder (or over your neck), but also think it might be > convenient to be able to carry a windbreaker, or water bottle, or other > sundries with me. > > I don't picture carrying a LOT of camera gear with me - but I do anticipate > wanting at least one alternate/telephoto lens for the K5 (16-50 is my daily > lens) with me, as well as the P&S and other stuff. NOT a laptop, not a lot of > flash gear, not a tripod. > > Searching around Amazon, I've come across the Lowepro "Fastpack 200" (not the > newer 250) and it seems like just the ticket. A bit of camera gear in the > bottom section, and "regular stuff" up top. > > It looks like access to the innards of the bag is relatively straightforward > when you need to root around for extra gear (most backpacks make you take > them off and lay them carefully on the ground before opening them up), and I > like the "quick access" for pulling out the camera/lens combo if you've been > walking around with the camera stowed. > > Has anyone here used these, or anything similar to them? Good? Bad? > Suggestions? > > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
