I'd like to give my wife a camera bag for a birthday present. Only has to carry one DSLR body with one lens mounted (at this point a Nikon D40x + 18-200), plus minor accessories like one spare battery and a couple of SD cards. Of course, it should be fashionable and attractive, not "pro" or "serious" looking.

Ideas? Thanks in advance!

perhaps something from http://www.jill-e.com

Hey, neat. I feel like it's kind of expensive, but it fits all the criteria and I think she'd love it. Jill-E's small bag will do everything she wants and exactly how she wants it... great recommendation.

If it didn't take them two days just to ship (and I hadn't procrastinated 'til the last minute), I'd buy her one of these. I still might, but I'd have to give her a "gift certificate" on her birthday this Friday to show what's on the way. Not ideal, but may be necessary.

Any other ideas? That first one was a solid hit.

You can get her a Zing SLR cover... and then she can just put the camera in any large purse she likes:

http://www.tiffen.com/userimages/Zing_SS.pdf

A D40x would fit in a "standard zoom SLR camera cover".

Hey, those Zing covers look nice.

I decided to call Jill-E to figure out when the red bags would come in, since those were backordered. Lo and behold, I got the owner (Jill, of course) on the phone, she got back to me within 5 minutes, found me what I wanted, and will ship priority overnight to get it here by Friday. World-class service, and I'm thoroughly impressed.

Jill-E gets a five-star rating from me so far.

Good swap. Does she know you are going to trade her for a bag?

It's a surprise...

i hope she likes it

Does she know she is going to be expected to carry your back up kit?

Shhh.... she's been led to believe it's her camera. Poor thing.

with the size of mine, a bunch of pelican rollers, maybe...

How big or small is your wife and will you need sound proofing?

Henrik

PS: sorry its getting late down under

tived wrote:
How big or small is your wife and will you need sound proofing?

Henrik

PS: sorry its getting late down under

Yesterday I bought a camera bag for MY wife,

but no matter how many pieces I chop her into, she still won't fit.

Sorry, it's even later here "up over."

yeah, I thought it was a trade goin' on here and was lookin' for pictures of the lovely lady in question!

Now how do we get these bags through airport security...?