Horses for courses.
When I do field photography I really need a backpack type camera bag so I
can walk unencumbered with hands free to carry a tripod and navigate on
crude paths, if any.
When I was doing forensic photography, and the traveling that entailed, I
used a hard sided Halliburton case that travelled well.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Stenquist" <pnstenqu...@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: OT - Lowepro Nova Sport 35L AW bag on great sale ($10 or less)
I don't get bags. I have one of modest size that will hold a camera, two
lenses, a flash and a laptop. But all my "motherships" are hard,
indestructible Pelican cases.
Paul via phone
On Jan 8, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote:
Probably overkill but I snapped a couple comparison shots between the
Nova Sport 35L and the bags I had been using, and put them here:
http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/photo-bag-comparison?blog=9
Comparing the Nova Sport to the big Tamrac 612 - you can see in the
photos that the Nova Sport is a little taller. What you can't see is that
the Tamrac has pouches under the top cover of the bag, so the vertical
space within the bag is actually a good bit less. As a result - it is
impractical to stash camera mounted on a lens into the bag, because the
camera body intrudes on the lens compartments next to it, no room for it
to rest on top of them. The Nova Sport has 8 compartments vs the 12 in
the Tamrac, but as shown the Nova Sport has two camera bodies resting
above the lenses within it. Those two bodies would each need a
compartment in the Tamrac bag - so the actual difference in capacity is
only two lens compartments.
But - the Tamrac offers a ton of ancillary space to hold whatever you
want. I found that all my filters, spare batteries, flash cables,
brackets, etc migrated to the bag. It's the ultimate mothership but can
get pretty heavy when loaded up.
Comparing the Novasport to the Mini Trekker - the Nova sport can hold
many more lenses, particularly larger lenses. The two bags are similar in
size but I have three more lenses in the Nova Sport, two of which are
pretty large (A*200 macro and 400mm f5.6). But again - the Mini Trekker
had more general storage room. NOt as much as the 612 but still more than
what the Nova Sport has.
Nonetheless, I'm pretty impressed with how efficiently the Nova Sport
stores stuff, and for me it hits a sweet spot in terms of holding a lot
and still being compact.
Mark
On 1/8/2016 1:30 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
I use the "mothership" strategy -
Makes sense, I couldn't see hauling all that stuff around in the
boonies.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark C" <pdml-m...@charter.net>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2016 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: OT - Lowepro Nova Sport 35L AW bag on great sale ($10 or
less)
I use the "mothership" strategy - take with my anything that I could
need and when I get to my destination deploy the gear that I want to
use. I keep an empty medium shoulder bag in the car that can at most
accommodate one larger and a couple of small ones, and it is what I
take in the field. That gives me the flexibility to respond to the
circumstances I find.
I haven't enven put the shoulder strap onto the Nova Sport since all I
will ever do is carry it to the car and back.
Mark
On 1/7/2016 11:52 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
Does it have wheels?
That's way too much weight for me to carry if I'm going any distance
from the car.
I'm continually loking for ways to lighten the load.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark C" <pdml-m...@charter.net>
Subject: Re: OT - Lowepro Nova Sport 35L AW bag on great sale ($10 or
less)
My copy of this bag arrived today and this afternoon I transferred
the contents of the Lowepro Mini Trekker Classic to the new bag...
and then added a few lenses.
So at this point I have the bag loaded up with the following:
K-3 with attached DA 17-70 f4
Mz-S with attached FA 28-105 f4.5-5.6
IR converted Coolpix 6000
FA 20-35 f4
F 28 f2.8
FA 50 f1.7
DA 18-55
DFA 100 f2.8 macro
A* 200 f4 macro
Sigma EX 70-200 f2.8
Tokina ATX 400 f5.6
AF360FGZ flash
It's a well designed bag. Oddly, it subjectively appears (to me at
least) to be smaller than the Mini Trekker when it was fully loaded,
but the Nova Sport is holding 3 additional lenses (the A*200 macro,
the 400mm f5.6, and the Da 18-55). I realized that I have almost as
much in it as I used to carry in a very large Tamrac 612, which has
12 lens compartments vs the 8 in the Lowepro. The Nova Sport better
accommodates camera with lenses attached, so compartments aren't
taken up with camera bodies (which wasted some of the capacity on the
Tramrac 612), but I am still carrying a few less lenses and a lot
less miscellaneous stuff.
The only cons would be that the Nova Sport is rather light on general
purpose compartments. I still use 35mm B&W film and had to cut back
on the number of filters I packed and also added an external film bag
where I was able to pack film in the general purpose compartment of
the Mini Trekker. I still have to figure out how to fit in some of my
macro brackets and a few other items.
But still - I'm figuring that the K-1 and attached zoom should fit
where the Mz-S is now so I can see this being my main bag for a
while.
Thanks again for pointing this out, Igor!
Mark
On 1/4/2016 12:55 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
My bag showed up today and I like it a lot. It is pretty roomy and
versatile for its size. For one thing, my laptop fits in its slot
PERFECTLY. Secondly, I like it for it's "8-pack" arrangement which
can
store longer lenses (optionally with a body or two attached) and
larger external flash unit(s). My shorter lenses will probably
remain
in my backpack bags. In addition it has a couple of pockets for
filters, ColorChecker, etc. It is even plenty tall enough for the
Bigma, with body attached (but hood must be reversed for storage).
All-in-all a handsome bag and a pretty good value even before the
rebate (IMHO).
Thanks again for passing along that link, Igor!
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