Is it worth getting the leather hard case for the rebel xt body

[Broncobear]

I'll be traveling next month and through about getting the case cause I tend to hand the camera around neck a lot. I can just keep it there and take it in an out of the case.

CANON EH18-L SEMI-HARD CASE D-REBEL XT

is on sale and I thought about picking it up, but I have a few questons..

1) is it worth, i also have a backpack but I generally like to hand it around my neck.

2) It looks like I can put both my camera and lens in this case...does it fit most zoom lenses....like would my 17-70 or 10-20 fit attached on my canon body into this case?

[phylet]

Its not going to fit particularly large lenses due to the rigidity of it. probably only your 50 would fit in there.
save the money and get insurance for the month and a nice strap.

[Jon]

There's a reason they've become known as "never-ready cases". Seriously,if you're hanging the camera around your neck your own self-interest should keep you from running it into things that'll jam it into your ribs.

[DavidW]

The "never-ready cases" are only specified to fit the kit lens (EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6), and won't take anything bigger - so you may get a small prime in them, and just possibly your EF-S 10-20mm f/3.5-4.5, but your (presumably Sigma) 17-70mm is almost certainly too big (and my EF 16-35mm f/2.8L, EF 24-70mm f/2.8L and EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS lenses are definitely too big!). That, plus the problems Jon talks about means that they can't be recommended. I believe there's an ongoing demand for them in the Japanese market, which is why Canon keep bothering. I'm 99% sure they don't accommodate the grip either.

This thread (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=253672) mentions alternatives - either a Toploader style bag (from Lowepro, Tamrac and probably other manufacturers - all my bags are Lowepro, but that's a personal thing) or a couple of neoprene cases from Zing and Optech.

You can chest carry the Lowepro Toploader / Topload Zoom bags - the bigger Toploaders include a basic chest harness, and you can rig a Vest Harness (or Shoulder Harness) and Deluxe Waistbelt combination to chest carry a Toploader (see here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=767262) and keep reading to the end of the thread for details of how you do it - I really ought to come up with some pictures, but nobody has asked for them).



David