Cannon 10D Backpack

[kbhagat]

Hi all,

I'm going to India for my wedding, and I wanted to take all my Canon gear. I have the following

A Canon 10D
24-70 L lens (my primary Lens)
100-400 L Lens
50mm 1.4 Lens
Two 550ex flashes
and some other little nick naks.

I was wondering what is the best backpack I could get for this gear. I want to be able to lugh this stuff around India and not worry about damage.

Thanks

[Icecamp]

I have a 10D, 28-105 f/3.5-4.5, 80-200 f/2.8L, 300 f/4L, And Eos3 body along with some filters, and accessories. I keep in all in a computrekker. It has a flip down tripod holder on the front. When I go on a longer trip it allows me to take my laptop too. Fully loaded it is quite heavy.
I am impressed by the quality of the bag. It holds everything I need, or would want to carry because of the weight. The front pocket has some organizing slots for pens, etc, and is cavernous in front of that.
The laptop slot is a little small for the larger screened laptops of today, the tripod has to be removed for access to the gear, and the front pocket's zipper is hard to get to with the large overhang it has.

[dds]

I do keep all my stuff in a Lowe pro minitrekker:

300D with EF 70-200 2.8 mounted
tamron 28-75 2.8
EF 50/1.4
EFS 18-55
2 filters, 2 hoods
Eos 33 body

Hope this helps.

DDS

[Jyoti]

I love my little Lowepro Minitrekker bag. I'm always swapping lens / flash bounces / changing AAs at gigs and it's both secure and eminently accessible.

What I fit into it:

10D
17-40
28-135 IS
50 ( f1.8 )
75-300 IS
550 EX

Plus loads of doodads like AA battery cases, one of those rocket-shaped blowers, Cokin filters, little plasticky things that I've forgotten the purpose of, the pick'n'mix of photography.

[Stever]

Yet another Mini-trekker by Lowe Pro

During 24 days in Europe in 1999 this was used to carry:
Ellan IIe, EOS 50 bodies - 28-135 and 75-300 Lenses, 380 flash, lots of film, filters and cable release with water bottles attached to the sides.

Now with 10D, 100 - 400 and 28-135 lenses, extension tubes, 380 flash, cable release, batteries, flash cards, bug net and manual and always the water bottles this camera carrier shows few signs of wear.

The 10D with BigEd attached is a little snug, but that stops any movement of contents. Also this camera bag is the perfect size for carry on luggage on all the airlines I've flown on.

I carry it buy its top handle in tight situations and in comfort on my back.

Stever

[DaveG]

Hi all,

I'm going to India for my wedding, and I wanted to take all my Canon gear. I have the following

A Canon 10D
24-70 L lens (my primary Lens)
100-400 L Lens
50mm 1.4 Lens
Two 550ex flashes
and some other little nick naks.

I was wondering what is the best backpack I could get for this gear. I want to be able to lugh this stuff around India and not worry about damage.

Thanks
I've got the LowePro Nature Trekker AWII. I have a 10D an Elan II plus a 16-35, 24-85, 50 f1.4, 100 macro and a 70-200 f2.8, And of course Stuff. Although I've just had it out for testing it seems to be what I need. The harness is very good and I like the idea that I can wrap the all weather cover over the bag when rain - or worse - springs up out of nowhere.

The Nature Trekker also lets me sling a tripod to the bag and that is extremely important to me. I have an older and larger Photo Trekker bag but it lacks that tripod sling feature and it's been a real problem when I try to drag my 4x5 gear places.

[SnJPhoto]

Another Lowepro Mini trekker fan here.

I carry the following:

1Ds
2 spare batteries for 1Ds
550EX
17-40 L
24-70 L
70-200 L
100-400 L
50 1.4
1.4 TC
24 X 30 5 in 1 reflector
2 CF Card wallets
CPL filter
1 set spare AA batteries
Bogen/Manfrotto monopod


Scott

[Laziferous]

I also use a mini trekker, although it's being used for a camera I won't mention right now. It will be kicked out soon, to make room for something else, and stuck in my old canon bag.

I love the mini trekker though, it's really versatile with it's adjustable sections, and can really hold a lot for it's size.

[FJC]

You've all convinced me to give a mini trekker a try. :)

[XXWoodmanXX]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm, Lowepro mini-trekker, eh?

*notes for fiance for my B-day coming up* ;)

[larsesp]

You've all convinced me to give a mini trekker a try. :)

I would recommend a Computrekker. It also has a separate room for a laptop, so you can DL your images while "on the road"...


Lars

[FJC]

I considered that. However, I work in the computer field, and usually when I'm out on vacation that last thing I want to do is lug around a computer!

For now multiple CF cards will have to do. I think soon I'll be looking into one of the portable hard drive solutions...

[bugs]

Photo Trekker for me.

I needed one small enough to carry when flying, but BIG enough to hold everything and then some. The Photo Trekker does its job very well I must admit.

/Johnny

[CyberDyneSystems]

Any of these fit a 500mm f/4.5?

I'm thinking a trekker would be nice :mrgreen:

[bugs]

If its less than 50cm in length, ti'll fit the PhotoTrekker - its way bigger than the normal trekker.

[BigRed450]

fits my 10D w/ Big Ed, 100-400L, 28-135, plus enough room for flash, a wide angle lens and a 50mm lens....

[garethhhhh]

Lowepro Mini Trekker AW.

What's in it:

EOS 10D with EF 85mm f1.8 USM and hood attached
EOS 300 (film)
EF 50mm f1.8 II with hood attached
EF 17-40mm L
EF 75-300mm
1 more hood
3 filters
Some batteries
Some b&w film
Rocket Blower (this thing is really big!)
a small pair of binoculars
battery charger and card reader

[SteveO]

So far so good. I've gone to the LowePro website to checkout the recommendations above and find myself more confused than ever (too many choices). My needs may be slightly differerent in that I need to carry both camera gear AND field gear like lunch, light jacket, notebooks, GPS, small digging tool, maps, two or three water bottles, and (this is a big "and") plant specimens crammed into plastic bags. (I'm a field biologist.)

Camera-wise, I'd like to travel with my 10D, 24-70 lens, 100 mm macro lens, 550EX, extra batteries, extension tubes, diopters, extra CF cards, "rocket" blower", ExpoDisk, remote release, 1.4X teleconverter, collapsible reflector/diffuser, polarizers, and tripod, at a minimum.

I'd love to hear any thoughts on something that will work for me.

Thanks for the help!

Steve

[DaveG]

So far so good. I've gone to the LowePro website to checkout the recommendations above and find myself more confused than ever (too many choices). My needs may be slightly differerent in that I need to carry both camera gear AND field gear like lunch, light jacket, notebooks, GPS, small digging tool, maps, two or three water bottles, and (this is a big "and") plant specimens crammed into plastic bags. (I'm a field biologist.)

Camera-wise, I'd like to travel with my 10D, 24-70 lens, 100 mm macro lens, 550EX, extra batteries, extension tubes, diopters, extra CF cards, "rocket" blower", ExpoDisk, remote release, 1.4X teleconverter, collapsible reflector/diffuser, polarizers, and tripod, at a minimum.

I'd love to hear any thoughts on something that will work for me.

Thanks for the help!

Steve

With all of that the Super Trekker is probably the only thing that'll take it all, and
that is one BIG bag!

The Nature Trekker (bigger than a Mini-Trekker but much smaller than a Photo
or Super Trekker) that I have comes with an accessory bag specifically for non
photography items like you describe. It can be detached and has shoulder straps
so your partner can share some carrying. Or you hook it up to the main bag and
throw a sweater and food inside. It's a nice touch and it keeps liquid and
crumby things away from the cameras.

Although the Mini-Trekkers are nice bags I just didn't think that it would be big
enough for two bodies, a 16-36, 50 f1.4, 100 macro, 70-200, 1.4X and at least one
flash that I'll want to carry. Geez my Nature Trekker is barely big enough! And I
don't think (although I could be wrong) that you can sling a tripod to the side of
the Mini-Trekker pack like you can with the bigger bags.

I literally took my gear into a photography store and loaded into first a
Mini-Trekker and after that was obviously going to fail, into a Nature Trekker.
So I'd suggest doing that same thing, starting with the smallest bag you can and
then slowly moving to bigger sizes until you find one that will do the job and has
enough room for all of your stuff.

[randyk]

here is a pic to show what it can hold:

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2278736

I don't know if anyone else does this but I use some of the extra dividers to hold the equipment in place so it can't accidently fall out if I pick up the bag when its open.

It will actually hold the 70-200 2.8 IS with the hood in the normal position but not quite as snug if you reverse it. Not enuff room for 2 bodies though.