Any suggestions please. Need a bag to take two bodies plus various lenses. Also needs to fit in the overhead compartment on a plane. Backpack style would be great but not necessary.
I like how they have a cable built in so you can lock them to a immovable post etc.
Just saw you are in Oz, so don't know if these are available there.
Thanks Karin. I don't have lots of cash but doubt I'm clever enough to make such a great pack as you've done. Back packs are good but when you're carting a lot of gear, it just gets so heavy to manage.
John & Heather, thanks for the TT recommendation. I haven't seen the Navigator bag before now. I was looking at the Airport V.2 but the weight is starting to get up there and with two bodies and a few lenses means it will probably go over the 7kg limit for most flights.....if its policed, that is. The other one I was looking at is a Lowepro ProRoller X200.
Whether they're available here in Oz doesn't matter much at the moment with the great exchange rate, so long as its good quality.
Do any of you have an opinion on the LowePro bags at all.
Since I am cheap, I use an insulated rolling cooler which holds 3 of my camera bags(1 holds bodies, 1 holds flashes and brackets, 1 is smaller and goes empty but it fills the remaining space and is useful if i want to travel light). The insulated bags do a nice job of not heating too much when left in the sun and they scream "I am noting you want to steal".The one I bought has a little flap on the top to get out cold cans that is just the right size to pull my camera through. The rolling stand and cooler fold up flat for storage.
The model I have has big 8 inch knobby wheels for rough terrain, and I lash the big bag that holds tripods, stands, reflectors and umbrellas to the top with a bungee cord. It holds everything as long as you don't need big lights and power supplies, and untill you open up the goodies, it looks like you are hauling picnic supplies to the beach.
Wow Brennan, another great idea! Like you said no one would suspect it was anything other than a picnic cooler. I'll have a look at the site and see what might work. We've got the 30D and 1D to store plus lenses and whilst most work easily, its the 400mm that we have to also work around. Its food for thought. I have to make sure the size works with the airline regulations for carry on too.
You might just want a big bag and a folding roller cart like so many road warriors use, the type that fold up are pretty nice in these days of cheap carbon fiber and poly wheels.
I carry a kit similar you yours, 2 bodies with lenses on, room for 4 others including a 200mm and a Bigma plus various remotes and the like, plus room to squeeze in a 16" laptop in the thinktank Urban Disguise 60 On the road, that goes in the cooler, but the cooler is too big for carryon, so the cooler gets folded up and checked.
PS check with your airline and get a printout confirming, but most airlines do not count camera equipment as your one carryon. It is counted like a purse; you get the camera bag and one other; however many gate agents do not know that, so the printout is handy.
PS check with your airline and get a printout confirming, but most airlines do not count camera equipment as your one carryon. It is counted like a purse; you get the camera bag and one other; however many gate agents do not know that, so the printout is handy.
I would definitely heed the advise provided here, regarding checking with your airline.
Airline travel within Australia, as well as to places such as New Zealand from Australia often have a weight limit for carry-on luggage (I believe 7 kg) and I can assure you that 3 camera bodies, a 24/105 f.4 and a 70/200 f2.8 USM IS will bring you over that limit.
My Tamrac Expedition 5x would NOT fit in the overhead of a smaller jet, the kind that have two seats on one side and one on the other... It did on the REAL plane, but the puddler jumper back to my little airport not.. and the Stewartdess gave me all kinds of crap about checking it.. OR worse putting it in the under the plane side of the plane pick up... I just had a friend loose her cameras on that deal.. so be aware.. I did win out after I explained to her the value of the stuff and smooshed it under my legs...
The weight will be the biggest issue I think. Locally on domestic travel Virgin haven't checked it as yet. We're just using a standard backpack for now but the 1D does weigh a bit and with the 30D and lenses come to almost the 7kg without the bag weight. I think I'll be doing a lot a reading as some of the better bags (?) already weigh around 4kg without camera gear in them. I might have to get creative and try some of the ideas you've all sent me. That will be interesting!! lol
I have no idea if this is a normal practice, but the last time I was in Australia (this September), they had a weigh in station that one had to go through before entering the secure area.
Knowing that my gear was well over the allotted 7kg, I took the Canon MkII body and the 70/200 lens along with the strap and wore them around my neck... and voila, my problem was solved vis-a-vis the weight allowance for carry-on luggage.
When I flew in NZ, they had the weight requirements, as well. I'm pretty sure my bag would have been overweight but it didn't LOOK like it would be, just being a very small backpack. On the other hand, women with giant purses were asked to weigh their bag, while I wasn't.
Interestingly, I think all they did was then give you a second bag that looked like a plastic purse to put stuff in to distribute the weight out.
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