Shoulder or Holster bag for 10D + BigEd + Sigma 50-500 ?

[iwatkins]

Hi All,

I've got all my carrying needs sorted apart from when I go to shoot wildlife. I usually then only carry the 10D + BigEd + Sigma 50-500mm + Eyepiece Extender..

However, I haven't yet found a bag to carry this combo except for rucksacks (which I don't like much).

Can anyone recommend a shoulder/holster bag, something like the LowePro TopLoader AW's that could hold this combo.

The combo is. approx. 12.5 inches long in total, but would need about another 1/2 for wiggle room.

Cheers

Ian

[jambo]

I tried the Toploader 75AW when I had the 10D/50-500 combo. No bigEd though.

it fitted but I found it bloody uncomfortable to carry so I took it back. a wheelbarrow is probably your best solution for that lens. I sold mine because i simply wasnt using it enough to justify keeping it. The main reason for not using it was I could never be arsed to lug the damn thing around.

[robertwgross]

I don't have that Sigma lens. I have the 170-500mm zoom. About the only effective means of transportation is a good trailer.

For one thing, you really can't expect to handhold it and get anything. I have handheld a few, but only maybe 10% will be useful with shake going on. I have to use mine from a tripod, so I just carry the camera with the lens mounted on the tripod. I've found ways of carrying the whole mess cradled in my arms, but trying to do five or ten miles that way is no fun.

Sometimes I will transport the whole rig in pieces up to some wildlife viewing area, then assemble the lens onto the tripod and camera.

Further, just try to purchase a gradient neutral density filter and a polarizer. Yikes!

---Bob Gross---

[Scottes]

Yep, you need a Gitzo!

The donkey, not the tripod...

[IanD]

When Gitzo decides to sleep in, I use a TopLoader AW to carry my 10D with 100-400 IS, BigEd, 1.4 TC, a couple of filters, and assorted goodies needed in the field.
The neat thing with the TopLolader series is the chest harness. Makes it a little easier to carry. At least you fall forward on your face instead of backwards on your a**. :lol:

[malla1962]

When Gitzo decides to sleep in, I use a TopLoader AW to carry my 10D with 100-400 IS, BigEd, 1.4 TC, a couple of filters, and assorted goodies needed in the field.
The neat thing with the TopLolader series is the chest harness. Makes it a little easier to carry. At least you fall forward on your face instead of backwards on your a**. :lol:
hi.i have a toploader 70aw that i had my 20d and 70-200f4 in.what i would like to know is
will a 100-400 fit in?on my 20d.not sure how long a 100-400 is.

[Skip Souza]

O.K. I plead ignorance. What is a BigEd. Someone I should be afraid of or something I might desire?

[slacker]

I recently picked up a a toploader 70aw, my 300d and 100-400 just fits and I'm able to zip it closed.

I'm at work and the camera's at home, if I remember correctly, the 300d + 100-400 is just under 10 inches and the bag's depth is 9-something inches.

[markubig]

O.K. I plead ignorance. What is a BigEd. Someone I should be afraid of or something I might desire?

wasn't sure if u were kidding, but in case u weren't . . .

Canon Battery Grip . . . BG-Ex . . .thus BigEd

I also have a friend i nicknamed Big Ed 'cause he's so damn big . . . i'd be afraid of him if he were angry.;) :D ;) :D

[Skip Souza]

wasn't sure if u were kidding, but in case u weren't . . .

Canon Battery Grip . . . BG-Ex . . .thus BigEd

I also have a friend i nicknamed Big Ed 'cause he's so damn big . . . i'd be afraid of him if he were angry.;) :D ;) :D
I was having a brain cramp or a bout of 'oldtimers disease'. I figured it out right after I posted. Since I just got my 20D and I don't have a BigEd myself it just didn't compute for a while. Boy am I getting sloooow.
Thanks for responding though. If I hadn't worked out the cramp I might never have figured it out.

[Xtrema]

Tamrac 519? They describe it as fitting the EOS-1 with power booster and a nice zoom lens and a flash in the outside pocket.

[ScottE]

Most of the time I carry my 20D and 50-500 in a Lowepro Phototrekker AW backpack. By the time you add a few more lenses and a tripod it gets to be a heavy load and it is good to be able to shift the weight to the hip belt. With this combination you can carry the camera with the lens and lens hood installed.

I also have a Lowepro shoulder bag that will hold the camera with lens and lens hood attached under the top flap. If you have to carry that very far, it starts to bite into the shoulder and is not comfortable.

I do put the shoulder bag into a backpack sometimes when I need to carry extra jackets, water, food, etc. that won't fit in the Phototrekker.

The large Toploader bag I have is large enough to hold the camera with a 70-200/2.8 lens attached and the lens hood reversed. It will not close with the 50-500 on the camera.

Scott

[TammieO]

The toploader 75aw is large enough to fit my 1D Mk II with 100-400 attached (lens hood reversed). Kind of bulky and heavy, but it is fast to pull the camera out and shoot a few pics.

[CA PI]

I'm not sure if this is the right place for my first post... but here we go!

I just picked up a Tamrac Velocity 9. It carries my DRebel with battery extension (Big Ed - I guess) and quite a few lenses (and other stuff as the sitiuation demands). It carries all of this in a sling configuration across my back.

I sling it from my left shoulder to my right hip across my back, when I need my camera I pull the sling across my chest bringing the top of the pack to my chest and easily accessable with my right hand. It's quick, used to carry my Unit One (Medical Pack) as a corpsman (FMF Qual'd) this way too.

It works better for me than a back pack would because I don't have to take the trouble of dismounting it to get to the contents. Simple and Easy! Pretty much has to be for me to be able to use it.

Geno

[robertwgross]

Geno, that will work, if you are young and strong.

Once you hit some magic age, your bod will start to give way. So, having the weight of the bag on one shoulder will work for short distances, but for long distances, you want to think about alternating shoulders for that weight. Either that or balance it on both shoulders.

If I do a week's worth of gear carrying on one shoulder only, I'll get a sore shoulder.

---Bob Gross---