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Lowepro Pro Mag 2 AW
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Review Date: Mar 18, 2005
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $110.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Fits a pro body (mine's a 1D) with a long lens attached (up to 70-200 2.8).
Great shoulder strap - I never feel the pain of too much weight on my shoulder. Also, I've been using this bag while riding my bicycle and it works quite well (no off-roading, just some car-dodging).
Perfect hand carrying loop/strap.
All-weather cover is useful and so is the no-drop pocket.
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Cons:
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Difficult to unzip main compartment when the bag's on your shoulder.
Heavy, thanks to all that padding.
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Not much else to add other than I'm in Canada and maybe that's why I got the bag so cheap (I paid ~140$CA back when the exchange rate was over 1.45$CA = 1$US).
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Tamron AF 28-75mm f2.8 XR Di Zoom
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Review Date: Nov 11, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $400.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Light, fast, and inexpensive.
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Cons:
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Lens barrel extends when zooming.
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Really, if you want a standard zoom (for Canon EOS system) with a maximum aperture of 2.8 then you have two real choices:
Canon's 24-70L or Tamron's 28-75XR. Obviously Canon's quality is higher. The question is: Is it worth the three times higher price and 1.86 times weight? For me, it wasn't even a possiblity - I was stuck with the Tamron. But I don't feel stuck now, I love this lens.
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