Where can I guy a good camera front-pack?

I love photography and try to do it as much as I can. Early on in life before I was introduced to photography I loved backpacking in the mountains. Now that I'm older and my two pastimes have met, I'd like to merge them into taking pictures while backpacking.

I know a lot of people who take point and shoot cameras, but I'm a little more serious and want to bring my canon 5d mkii and a couple of lenses. I'd like to have all that gear at the ready so I don't have to take off my pack and can just snap a picture whenever. I like the concept of the Ribz front-packs, but they aren't big enough for a 5d and accessories. I like the way the Ribz don't get in the way of a backpacks suspension like the waste belt, shoulder straps, and chest strap.

Does anyone know of any front-packs that will fit the bill?

Thank you!

Check out this review.

Kata has quite a few options,eg.T-214 Torso-pack.
Just take a look at their website here:
http://www.kata-bags.com/

I don't use a separate bag for gear when I go backpacking. I carry a camera (admittedly, my T2i is a bit lighter than your 5d2) with lens using Tamrac's N-11 D-Ring camera straps, which clip right on to the shoulder straps of my pack. The camera is protected from dings by a Zing neoprene camera case. I've found it very easy to just unclip one side of the strap set to take the pack off. Unless the ground is exceedingly wet or very fine dust, I don't really worry about the camera being on the ground when I take the pack off.

Extra lenses are carried in padded lens pouches hung from the hip-belt. I did 3 days/2 nights in Yosemite with this setup this past summer. T2i, 24-70L, 10-22, 70-300 IS USM with no problems. Gitzo G1126 strapped to the side of my pack.

For trips longer than 4-5 days, I'd just take my G11 instead.

Hope that helps...

--Greg

Thanks everyone. Jon I think I'll go with what you suggested it seems they have the right kind of holster I was talking about.

sam.p welcome to the forum.

I'm a skier too...has-been ski instructor. I've used both the LowePro holster shown and reviewed by Ben and the Kata chest pod. Both are great; they're very stable when worn right. The Kata carries more gear--if you use a smaller zoom lens as I have now. The LowePro works better for longer lenses, like the fast glass Ben J was carrying when he wrote the review.

So if you're going to simplify your life and carry your dslr with a single (long) zoom attached, the LowePro is the real deal. If you carry more gear, then it gets more difficult. I use my Kata with an 18-200lens mounted. It's smaller...

I don't know if Think Tank has a harness that allows you to carry their bag on your chest.