Tamrac Backpacks.

Congrats on the Tamrac purchase! I own the Expedition 5 and 8. To me, they are the best bags out there. One thing I really like is that it has so many pockets and it can be expandable with the M.A.S. accessories.

jdizzle wrote in post #6368616
Congrats on the Tamrac purchase! I own the Expedition 5 and 8. To me, they are the best bags out there. One thing I really like is that it has so many pockets and it can be expandable with the M.A.S. accessories.

That's one of the reason I've purchased this bag, I'm going to get the water bottle holder before I go on the trip.

yup.. i understand... heres a shot of the inside of my bag... thats a size 9 shoe and obviously my camera and 28-135mm are not in the bag since i was using it to take the photo... lol

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Hahah canonnoob, love the monkey.

and that's pretty cool looks like we can fit the same amount of gear.

By the way that's a long board ain't it?

yup sure is.. im in college so thats my roommates but yeah we long board together.. that is also his monkey...

canonnoob wrote in post #6368742
yup sure is.. im in college so thats my roommates but yeah we long board together.. that is also his monkey...

lol cool.

I'll be in college around summer of 2009 so I'm getting ready for it now although I know we have 6 months of winter coming "hopefully it's light winter like the winter of 1984"

By the way is your bag heavy when you have all your gear in it? Or am I just majorly out of shape and I should wear my bag lots in the winter time to get the hang of hiking and so on?

nah my bag isnt that heavy.. but its actually kinda nice and light. I would carry it when you do go shoot even if its around the house.... thats my opinion...

PacAce wrote in post #6367750
Tamrac backpacks are great! I have the Expedition 5 which is a little bigger than what you have and can hold a little bit more and I just love it. I'm thinking of getting the Expedition 6 so that I can carry an extra body without needing to remove one or two items from the bag but I'm not sure if it'll be big enough (and I don't want to go up to the Expedition 7 because of the large, non-removable waist band it has).

Nothing is non-removable. I have the Expedition 7 which is great. I hated the waist band so I just cut it off. I'll try and post a pic later today, but it's really hard to even see that it was ever there. The 7 is the largest one that can be taken on an airplane so that's why I didn't get the 8. I can't fit everything I own in it, but I can take whatever I need on a given day.

tadrscin wrote in post #6371431
Nothing is non-removable. I have the Expedition 7 which is great. I hated the waist band so I just cut it off. I'll try and post a pic later today, but it's really hard to even see that it was ever there. The 7 is the largest one that can be taken on an airplane so that's why I didn't get the 8. I can't fit everything I own in it, but I can take whatever I need on a given day.

Actually I find the waist band very good and supporitive for hikes "although" I've only been on a small hike with it so far.

I just found that it got in the way too much. It's too bad that they didn't make it removeable, but oh well. Here's what mine looks like. You can hardly notice where it was attached.

Oh and just for the record, THIS is heavy. 2 bodies, 3 lenses, 2 flashes, 2 black box battery packs for the flashes, Skyports, light meter, 2 Ultrapods and an assortment of batteries, cables, CF cards, ball bungies, filters etc. 26 lbs.

tadrscin wrote in post #6375043
I just found that it got in the way too much. It's too bad that they didn't make it removeable, but oh well. Here's what mine looks like. You can hardly notice where it was attached.

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So, where was the waist band attached? That little stub that looks to be about an inch or so wide? I must say, you really did do a good job removing the band.

tadrscin, WOW man, What a messy bag :P

Just imagine what your room would be like LOL.

PacAce wrote in post #6376288
So, where was the waist band attached? That little stub that looks to be about an inch or so wide? I must say, you really did do a good job removing the band.

You got it. I just cut it off as close to the pack as I could get it and then used a lighter to melt the ends so they wouldn't fray. Piece of cake.

DerekRob wrote in post #6376476
tadrscin, WOW man, What a messy bag :P

Just imagine what your room would be like LOL.

Messy? This is the height of organization. And don't worry, my house is spotless http://rayandlinda.net​/p362136813