Another bag question, two bodies this time!

[crispypie]

Hi,

I have been looking through the reviews and questions about bags but cant seem to find an answer to my specific question. I am going on a cruise which includes stops to some amazing places and would like to do the city walks with two bodies, each with a different lens attached.

I have a 20D with a 70-200 f4 and a 350D with grip and tammy 28-75.

I like the way the slingshots can be used to spin around the body and access the bag and quickly pull out the required cam without having to remove a backpack.

Does anybody know if there is something similar that will hold the two bodies with lenses attached? I some cases I will have little time to swap gear around and think this may be the quickest way, unless somebody has a better idea.

thanks in advance

Chris

[Mike K]

here
http://www.rkgphotos.com/articles/Kata_3n1-30.pdf

this was posted and discussed on this forum as well as FM General Gear
You can carry a lot, but making it comfortable at getting to it may be more difficult. Carrying a lot also means it will be rather heavy.

Mike K

[tdodd]

If you configure a Slingshot something like this....

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=4511118&postcount=23

then with one camera on a strap round your neck you can always get to the other one quickly if need be.

Alternatively I might simply have one camera round my neck and another off one shoulder, if I wanted to keep swapping back and forth.

Another option is to use a shoulder bag which is large enough to take a couple of bodies with mounted lenses and allow either camera to be withdrawn and replaced with relative ease. I have the Think Tank Urban Disguide 60, which can work like that.

Another option for fast camera access is to use no bag at all, but instead to use the Cotton Carrier System, which I also have. As an option you could have one camera on the vest or holster and the other camera in a Slingshot.

Lots of options.

[crispypie]

Hi Mike,

that looks like the sort of thing I am after, I want to have both bodies loaded so I dont hold up the excursions with setting lenses, (more time to compose and check I havent left the iso wound up (Grrr)).

Do you think the 20 will be too small to hold the two?

Are the dividers seperate and easy to buy or did you modify those supplied?

How difficult is it to flip over and get at the camera on the underneath when slung around the shoulder? I really like the idea of being able rucksack it for longer walks when time is not a fatcor, my favorite option so far, thanks!

Hi Tim,

I need to avoid having a camera round the neck due to a previous strain which is why I thought the sling option with two bodies may give me the flexibilty to change sides if its getting uncomfortable. The slingshot looks to only open from one side, is that a disadvantage do you think for having to stop all the gear falling out to get at the body packed farthest away from the opening wihtout having to set it down somewhere?

Thanks for all your help, I am once a gain trawling through the backpack photo thread, but at least I know what to look for now, thanks again.

Chris

[Jon]

If it weren't for the grip, I'd say a Domke F802 or F803 with the 720-230 insert.

[Biciclettapc]

I got this http://www.amazon.com/ACPRO1400-Large-Video-Camera-Black/dp/B00079SWNQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1268699668&sr=8-1

from here
http://www.provantage.com/norazza-acpro1400~7NRZA032.htm


and I am very very pleased with it.

[tdodd]

Hi Tim,

I need to avoid having a camera round the neck due to a previous strain which is why I thought the sling option with two bodies may give me the flexibilty to change sides if its getting uncomfortable. The slingshot looks to only open from one side, is that a disadvantage do you think for having to stop all the gear falling out to get at the body packed farthest away from the opening wihtout having to set it down somewhere?

Thanks for all your help, I am once a gain trawling through the backpack photo thread, but at least I know what to look for now, thanks again.

Chris
The Lowepro Slingshots are only designed to hang across the body with the weight over the right shoulder. You cannot swap the strap over to alternate the burden between between shoulders. Apart from any other considerations, that is why there only needs to be access from one side of the bag, although the wraparound design of the opening means that you can get to everything, but it is a bit awkward, perhaps even precarious. Other Slingbags might offer more flexibility, or there is the Lowepro Fastpack, which has double straps like a regular rucksack, but still only swings one way to access gear.

Another option to consider is the Lowepro Flipside series, which works in a quite different way, but has a rather novel method of keeping your gear off the ground when you want to swap bodies. In fact I'm toying with the idea of a Flipside 400 for myself.

[Mike K]

Hi Mike,

that looks like the sort of thing I am after, I want to have both bodies loaded so I dont hold up the excursions with setting lenses, (more time to compose and check I havent left the iso wound up (Grrr)).

Do you think the 20 will be too small to hold the two?

Are the dividers seperate and easy to buy or did you modify those supplied?

How difficult is it to flip over and get at the camera on the underneath when slung around the shoulder? I really like the idea of being able rucksack it for longer walks when time is not a fatcor, my favorite option so far, thanks!
Chris

Go to the Kata site to get the dimensions of the 3n1 -20 Vs -30. Its mostly in width. I would think the -30 would be much better for two bodies. Again, I have read users say 2 bodies and several lenses may rather heavy and awkward to sling around to the front. I don't own a Kata. The Kata is the only sling design that I know of that is a two strap design (what they call X configuration where you use both shoulder straps at once) and where the bag is built for slinging to the front and opening up both sides (needing to sling by taking off one or the other shoulder straps). I would contact the author of the link I posted for more practical feedback.

Mike K