werds Offline Upload & Sell: Off
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craig_k wrote:
good luck endeavor, take your time....this may sound silly but it allowed me to initially verify if the internal compartment measurements given by any (mfg'r of choice) would hold 2 bodies w\attached lens of preference.70-200 28 is w\hoods and 24-70 2.8 on 7d or 5dmk2 body...speedlight, filters, cf carry cases, batteries...everything I carry in my pelican that will get me thru the day on site .......get a large piece of paper, sharpie, large ruler straightedge....draw the dimensions of the purported internal dimension's onto the paper including the depth of the carry thing...on another piece of paper draw\outline around your preferred bodies w\attached lenses of choice ...........lay the cutouts of the individual equipment pieces inside the dimensions of the interior measurements of the carry thing and you will get a pretty true idea if it'll work or not. yep it takes time to do that but so does going to the store, anywhere.... or blindly ordering a bag with purported internal measurements getting it and its "just" too small...hassles of returning it.....I was looking for backpacks for 2 people with different gear and spent hours researching various makers and products...ordered 4 bags so my friend could see if she wanted one style over the other......found out that 2 I preferred for myself weren't quite large enough, as the mfg'f purported they would work for what I had.......so I cut those templates and layed out the sketched interior dimensioned of a prospect and that enabled be to see if it will actually fit and not be right up against the posted tolerances of internal carry things.......my friend decided on her bag of choice by putting what she'd carry around and is happy...ive got 2 brand new bags laying in the closet floor, yet to be returned or used because I don't really like the huge size of the lowepro 500aw that doesn't have an internal frame for added support but it will hold all my preferred carry gear whereas the 400 model wouldn't, like the lowepro site made references it would...if I would have had the templates in front of me before I ordered it..i would have known for sure....... so it sits awaiting future action of re-sell to someone that'll it work for.......I was attempting to get a bag with external measurements that weren't "overboard" while trying to get the internals large enough to fit.......f stops are where I'm looking now w\o any action......don't go by mfg'r dimensions w\o making templates of actual size cutouts to visually see if it'll work in short...save the aggravation you'll willfully impose upon yourself by just accepting mfg'r word "its good to go" w\o physically checking yourself...the important thing to me was backside or against the body entry only..i didn't want to take any chances of someone being able to access the internal contents from my backside, unknowingly..... basic, common sense, security prevention....Show more →
This is wonderfully good advice and seems to be the next step I will have to take as I am feeling extremely gun shy on making an online purchase of anything atm. The F-stops are definitely intriguing, but still concerned about the hassle of a returns for a product that just didn't meet all expectations.
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