I currently have a 5Dmk2 with 17-40L, 50/1.8, and my original lens 28-135IS. The first two are good but not long enough. The older lens just can't keep up optically with the 5Dmk2, so I'm about to buy the 70-200 f2.8 ii. That seems to give me a good coverage of everything from wide to long.
I'm flying out Thursday and buying this on Amazon, it should be here in time. But my current bag, which fits all three lenses snugly, won't fit the 8 inches of the new lens.
So two question:
1. When you guys walk around a city, do you bother to carry a bag or is it just camera and lens? I think I'll probably have to have a bag since I'll want some wide shots too.
2. If you have a bag, what do you suggest?
I am a big fan of Think Tank gear. They have just about every possible set up you could imagine. It really depends on how you are most comfortable carrying your gear? For me, I use a Think Tank backpack to carry all my gear. This includes 'extras' like spare batteries and even the charger. When I get to the location to shoot, I then use the Think Tank waistbelt with just a couple of lens changers on each side. This keeps me really mobile and able to change lenses for different situations really easy. Plus, my shoulders don't hurt from carrying a shoulder bag. Just my .02.
+1 on Think Tank bags. My primary bag is a Think Tank StreetWalker Pro Hard Drive, but I just ordered a Think Tank Urban Disguise 35 shoulder bag today to keep a second body, lens and flash for a day bag. The reason I ordered it was it can hold a gripped 5D II with a 70-200 MK f2.8 II mounted.
I've never found a single "best" only better bags for a given day. Having said that I almost always end up using a Think Tank or Billingham bag.
For the city I've grown fond of messenger bags converted to camera bags.
Maybe I have to try my ud 30 again, I was just about to put it up for sale because I already have a transport backpack, and need a carry bag... I felt the ud 30 (admittedly a bit different than the 35) was a great solution for the former but not the latter.. but I also like to keep the rs7 attached.
Good advice all around, but note that Think Tank bags are heavy. Great, but heavy. Timbuk 2 has a messenger style camera bag that might be good for your trip, and the dividers come out so you can use it as a bag for other purposes, as well.
That's odd because the Timbuk2 one you linked has 3 sizes that are 2.2, 3.0, and 3.4 lbs respectively. The Urban Disguise 35 is 3.1 lbs. So it's a wash.
But that looks good too and it's cheaper. But I already got the UD 35 and with Amazon Prime, it's in tomorrow.
Thanks tho.
If I put the 50 in a pouch, I can easy add a 28-75 Tamron but the bag is getting pretty heavy. There's an Ipad/Netbook pocket in the back and the whole thing is very ergonomic. Awesome design and it doesn't look like a photo bag which is a bonus in a city.
The perfect fit is the LowePro Toploader 75 AW. It takes a gripped body with the 70-200 2.8 and reversed hood. You can attach an additional lens pouch to it and carry a wide zoom in it. That is my standard walk around bag when I carry one or two lenses only. The bag has a zipped side pocket that can take an additional 580EX II if needed.
Fr3d wrote:
The perfect fit is the LowePro Toploader 75 AW. It takes a gripped body with the 70-200 2.8 and reversed hood. You can attach an additional lens pouch to it and carry a wide zoom in it. That is my standard walk around bag when I carry one or two lenses only. The bag has a zipped side pocket that can take an additional 580EX II if needed.
I had that one and sold it once I received the Kata
Kata H-14 fits (all at the same time, without needing an additional lens pouch):
5d II with RRS L bracket and attached 70-200 II with hood reversed and tripod collar attached.
Then on one side pocket will fit a 24-105L or 16-35II L (but not the hood), or 17-40L.
The other side pocket will fill a 580ex II, or 50/1.8 + 85/1.8.
Each side pocket is actually large enough to hold a 70-200 2.8 II (without the hood and tripod collar), but not if the middle is stuffed full with the 5d II and 70-200 2.8 II.
h00ligan wrote:
That looks like a really interesting bag. It's a pity it won't take two lenses with hoods reversed.
It will, if the hood is not a huge WA hood, like the 16-35L II. But then the 16-35L II hood fits in the middle front divided compartment, if you don't have the tripod collar on the 70-200 II.
