Review: ThinkTank Urban Disguise 60. (26 images)

Jon wrote in post #7391519
Trust me. If you want to be working out of your bag on the run, you want a Domke. Jim Domke was photographing for the Philadelphia Inquirer when he had the first one made.

To be fair, the design team at ThinkTank is full of very accomplished photographers

http://www.thinktankph​oto.com/about_ttp.html

Jared Byer wrote in post #8043121
Thanks for saying that, that sounds almost exactly like the kit I want to carry.

I'd be careful about your expectations using a gripped body in this bag. You may be able to get it to fit, but it will be clear that it's not made for it. At least not with a lens attached.

I can get my gripped 5DII and a 24-70L in to the top fine, but it does distort the bag's shape, especially if I have a laptop in the rear slot. Sometimes I take the grip off and pop that in one of the lens slots...there's a lot of room in this bag that's spare.
The front pockets are intended to take a gripped body, they work fine but I find that the nternal material is a little harsh on the camera's paintwork. So i wrap my camera in a Lee lens cloth if I use them.

Great review!

Great review. I may have to pick one of these up for the times I want a full digital workflow with me - and not have to take the huge and heavy Computrekker AW with me.

I use the UD20 for my Leica M8/Zeiss Ikon and ZM lenses and the bag/features/quality is second to none.

sweet! just bought mine this morning. Just glad that it fits my laptop (17" MBP)

It strikes me that this would make a great travel bag.

I usually take a Crumpler Seven Million Dollar Home loaded to the gills plus a separate laptop bag for the 17" MBP and associated stuff. The benefit is that you can delegate the load(s) to others... Heh. But for a three-zoom combo along with a fast prime, a body and a flash...

But this would consolidate everything into one bag nicely. The downside being the empty laptop section and overall size of the bag when "out and about" shooting. In that situation, I don't know - I think I'd prefer the Crumpler... Which is why I stuck with the combo I have for so long. I considered both bags beforehand as well.

Tough choice. Think Tank Photo makes fantastic stuff, and I don't need much of an excuse to pick up more of it.

That's a very good review. Thanks for taking the time.

Glanced at yours and many other reviews before I went to my local photo store for their 15% bag sale. I have a Crumpler 5MDH and needed something bigger for a trip to Japan. I also read a travel photographer's suggestion that, if you get a shoulder bag, get a bag that is long from top to bottom so you can stuff non-photo items in the bag, also.

Like you, I gravitated to the 7MHD and the UD60. The 7MDH looked slightly smaller than the UD60, but seemed to have lot less interior space because of its thick padding. The UD60 was larger (top-to-bottom and side-to-side but not thickness) with thinner padding and, thus, had a larger interior space. The UD60 looks like a big bag my wife uses occasionally.

After testing the UD60 with my 5D2 + 200/2.8 combo, I bought it.

At home, I could easily fit both XTi+200/2.8, 5D2+24-105/4 and 430EX flash into the bag. But for the trip to Japan, I'm taking way less: Just the 5D2, 24-105/4, 50/1.4 and 270EX flash (plus other small photo stuff). With the 5D2+24-105 facing lens down, there is about 2 inches of space above the camera and 8 inches to the side. So, they'll be a lot of room for my water bottle, waterproof windbreaker, a parka (for downpours), shoe horn etc. The fact that it can also carry a small laptop is just gravy for us.

Edit: Forgot to mention my only complaint so far. The shoulder strap is well padded, BUT the padding material "wrinkles" when bent and thus the edges dig into my shoulder. I hope these edges softens up the more I use the bag.

FInally Edit: MY BAD!! Forget all I said about the UD60. I bought the UD40 not the UD60 The UD60 was the one I passed over because it was too big for me.

Just noticed on TT site they now have a Urban Disguise 70 Pro. It states it can hold Pro bodies with a lens as big as a 70-200 attached.

http://www.thinktankph​oto.com …-70-pro-shoulder-bag.aspx

Yeah the strap is comfortable, but it slips off my shoulder a little to easily for my likes. I think I might up grade the strap to an Up-strap model.

Anyone seen the new UD 70? It's basically a UD 60 without the laptop compartment, but it keeps the same thickness...meaning a lot more room to fit pro bodies (or gripped XD/XXD bodies) in the main compartment. Once the Uk postal strike is over....I'll have one on order.

GMCPhotographics wrote in post #8936097
Anyone seen the new UD 70? It's basically a UD 60 without the laptop compartment, but it keeps the same thickness...meaning a lot more room to fit pro bodies (or gripped XD/XXD bodies) in the main compartment. Once the Uk postal strike is over....I'll have one on order.

LOL, I was literally JUST looking at it on the TTP site... Thinking, "wow, hadn't seen this before." I know the 60s are pretty big so I can only imagine this bad boy loaded up. Nice to have the option of with/without laptop. And can easily hold a body w/70-200mm f/2.8 on it.

GMCPhotographics wrote in post #8936097
Anyone seen the new UD 70? It's basically a UD 60 without the laptop compartment, but it keeps the same thickness...meaning a lot more room to fit pro bodies (or gripped XD/XXD bodies) in the main compartment.

I grabbed one a couple of weeks ago. It is a little wider than my UD60. It's a pretty huge bag--good for bringing a bunch of gear to a shoot, but I don't think I'd wear it on my shoulder all day.

BBrat wrote in post #8682843
Just noticed on TT site they now have a Urban Disguise 70 Pro. It states it can hold Pro bodies with a lens as big as a 70-200 attached.

The UD60 can hold a 1D3 and 70-200/2.8 IS.

Right now my UD60 has a 50/1.4 and 85/1.8 at one end, inside the bag, next to that a 5D2 and mounted 24-70 with deployed hood fitted, then a 16-35/2.8LII with reversed hood to provide some spacing and finally a 1D3 with fitted 70-200/2.8IS with reversed hood. I could put 580EXs in the end pockets or the front pockets, and still have with ample room for spare batteries, cables, chargers, cards etc..

It is a snug fit, but very doable and it will zip up fully without a problem. I'm sure the UD70 would make things a little less snug, if you have no need to include a laptop/netbook in the bag as well, but I think it is handy to at least have the option. I admit, I think I would not get a laptop in there now, with all that gear already in the bag, but load it a little lighter(no pro body) and a small laptop should hopefully fit. I don't have a netbook but I would guess one might well squeeze in, even with the bag loaded as it is now.