Slingshot 200/40D/70-200 f/2.8 Question

I'm currently in the market for a new bag (sigh) and I'm wondering if the Lowepro Slingshot 200 can hold a 40D (ungripped) with a 70-200 f/2.8 non-IS lens attached (hood reversed).

Would appreciate guidance/advice from those who may have this camera/lens combination.

Thanks very much.

I asked the same question to the guy I bought my Slingshot 300 from and he said you can't.

Here's my 40D with a mounted 100-400 and reversed hood, plus plenty of other stuff. There is room to squeeze a 1.4X teleconverter on there too. I also have the 70-200 f/2.8 IS and that is pretty much the same size as the 1-4 and fits also.

https://photography-on-the.net …hp?p=4511118&po​stcount=23

Obviously if you want quick access to the camera with the long lens you just swap it over with the short stuff.

Hmmm....anyone wants to break the tie? LOL.

Thanks for the responses, gusy. Tdodd...that's some awesome packing you did there.

Haha...I have the Slingshot 200 and yes it can fit, but you will have to get creative with the layout, depending on how much else you want to fit in there. Search here on the forum and you will find some photos of some interesting layouts.

I tried the 200 with my 30D and 7-20 2.8 IS and it didn't fit in the "normal" orientation where it slides out easily from the bag without completely unzipping it.

With the 300AW, the 30D and a 1-400 fits in the normal orientation, haven't tried with grip yet.

"Normal" to me would be up and down in Tdodd's image, not left and right (at the side of the bag) as he has it.

I have no idea what a "normal" configuration is supposed to be. Surely the whole point of removable dividers is to arrange the bag as you wish. If people lack the imaginatoin to be a little creative then so be it. I've had this arrangement for over six months and I can't see myself changing it any time soon. The only thing I would do is, to swap back and forth between the divider at the back of the bag or the front, depending on whether I wanted quicker access to my body with the long lens or my body with the WA. "Normally" I have my 17-55 mounted as my "grab" lens when just ambling about, but if I know wildlife is the priority I'll stick the big gun at the front.

Anyway, I have just shot a short video to demonstrate the quick and easy removal of my 30D and 70-200 f/2.8 IS from my Slingshot 200 AW. Apologies for the poor framing - there was nobody around to aim the camera properly. There was a 17-55 and 10-22 lens, both with reversed hoods, in the rear of the bag. It took far longer to untangle the camera strap from the tripod mount than to get to the camera in the first place.

http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=1tOfWHWcUrA

The whole video is 38 seconds long. It takes about 11 seconds from pulling the bag round to my front, removing the camera, doing the bag up and returning it to my back again.

tdodd wrote in post #5518123
.......The only thing I would do is, to swap back and forth between the divider at the back of the bag or the front, depending on whether I wanted quicker access to my body with the long lens or my body with the WA...............It takes about 11 seconds from pulling the bag round to my front, removing the camera, doing the bag up and returning it to my back again.

TDodd, sorry, didn't mean to imply anything abnormal about you or the bag or the way you use the bag. I was referencing this image, where I felt you couldn't easily access the big gun.
https://photography-on-the.net …hp?p=4511118&po​stcount=23

When I bought my 300AW, it was configured with a large tunnel down the middle (bottom to top relative to your image above), where the 7-200 fits well, and that is my impression of normal, such as it is.

No problem I did mention in post #3 above that it would be easy to swap the "big gun" to the outside of the bag, with the little'un stuck at the back. I don't think that makes my arrangement any less capable than the more conventional format, which also only makes one body/lens available for quick access.

Personally, I like to have two bodies ready to go, one wide and one long, rather than repeatedly swapping lenses. I'd more than likely drop a lens while frantically trying to swap them over while in the field (no handy table top) and at the same time trying to avoid dust covering everything. If I'm shooting seriously rather than just wandering about the camera(s) will be out of the bag anyway, one round my neck and one on my shoulder. It's just nice to be able to shove one or both back in the bag with no fuss and no disassembly of kit.

Sometimes, say for a zoo trip, I might have my 100-400 on one body and my 70-200 on the other. With my bag configured as it is I can easily fit one or both away when not needed. I think my arrangement makes for a much more versatile, yet compact, solution than the "normal" way. If the bag was configured the "normal" way I would have to dismount both lenses in order to squeeze everything in the bag - or get a completely different bag. I like compact. I like quick. I like dust free. I think I get those things with my SS 200. I would not want an SS 300.

Doing what you do kind of defeat the purpose of having a sling bag. You still need to take it off to get our your 40D+20-700 even if that all you carry. It fits, but not the intention of the sling.

eel

tdodd wrote in post #5515426
Here's my 40D with a mounted 100-400 and reversed hood, plus plenty of other stuff. There is room to squeeze a 1.4X teleconverter on there too. I also have the 70-200 f/2.8 IS and that is pretty much the same size as the 1-4 and fits also.

https://photography-on-the.net …hp?p=4511118&po​stcount=23

Obviously if you want quick access to the camera with the long lens you just swap it over with the short stuff.

eelnoraa wrote in post #5524954
Doing what you do kind of defeat the purpose of having a sling bag. You still need to take it off to get our your 40D+20-700 even if that all you carry. It fits, but not the intention of the sling.

eel

Really? What is the intention of the Slingshot design? Is it not to provide quick access to one camera without removing the bag? My soluton continues to permit exactly that benefit, as my video clearly illustrates. Did you actually watch the video? It is plain to see that I can easly remove the camera without removing the bag.

I do not understand the point you are attempting to make.

tdodd wrote in post #5524709
I did mention in post #3 above that it would be easy to swap the "big gun" to the outside of the bag, with the little'un stuck at the back. ........which also only makes one body/lens available for quick access.

Personally, I like to have two bodies ready to go, one wide and one long, rather than repeatedly swapping lenses.

Oops, gotta read ALLL the little words.

Gee thanks buddy. Just rub it in (several times) for those of us who only have one body (and its off for shutter failure repair this afternoon).

I didn't mean to brag about having two bods. My point was really that the SS 200 is a very accomodating bag, and yet relatively compact too - a bit like a Tardis (http://en.wikipedia.or​g/wiki/TARDIS).

Hey Tim,

Any chance of you uploading the demo video again?

Re-uploaded and link updated - http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=1tOfWHWcUrA