ThinkTank Airport Security!!

tim wrote in post #10795586
Does anyone know if a 550/580EX flash fit in the international, standing on its end?

i dunno about the 550 since i dont have one, and not sure wat the size is. 580EX II does, and so does 580EX. w/o the sto-fen of course.

http://www.john-lo.com …nternational-v2-0-review/

Thanks John. The 550 and SB900 are just a bit bigger than the 580EX. The gripped D700 bodies are the size of a 1 series too.

Looking at your photos i'm not sure how everything will fit for me. I like to keep at least one body with a lens on ready to go, two if possible, and I need to be able to chuck things in quite quickly when moving locations. The only disadvantage of the security seems to be it's not great for travel, which really isn't a big requirement, just a "nice to have". Having a strap so my assistant can easily carry the bag around fields could be handy too, I shoot in quite a few rural locations.

Tim, let me take a pic what my bag looks like today....... give me a few hours (after I get my boy to shower and sleep)

Cheers John

I'm also thinking the backpack strap on the security would make my assistants life easier.

top, i have two 430EX II on top of each other w/ sto-fen. (red tape)
two 580EX II standing straight up.
1 580EX (yellow tape) on top of 70-200 f2.8 IS L and those are battery packs.
under the EOS CF card holder are all the Hoods for the lense.
50 f1.4 (red tape on hood) and under is 85 f1.8
5D2 grip
40D no grip

Interesting, thanks John. Do you think you could pack it so at least one body has a lens fitted, and still fit everything in?

cant do it tonight.. but i used to have the 24-70 attached to the 5D2... the 70-200 goes where the two 580exII flash are. and the flashes goes where the hood are. something like that. later i just decided to have it un-attached.

i did alot of google searching how ppl were putting their gear inside. i am planning to get two more lense b4 the year ends. have no idea how i am gonna do it. i did recently got a small shoulder bag just for the flashes and battery pack (OCF use). we will see wat i will come up w/ then.

http://www.google.com …=f&aqi=&aql=&oq​=&gs_rfai=

Don't worry about taking another photo, I was just curious. I'll ponder over the weekend, thanks for all your help

Hi guys,
has anyone tried to fit a studio flash head in the bag with other gear?
I'm thinking about buying this amazing bag, but I haven't seen any pics with studio flashes in it.
I know that the Elinchrom Quadra Ranger fits perfectly in this, but I'm think more like the Elinchrom D-lite 4. Any information or even pictures would be really helpful. Thanks a lot.

It'd be a pretty expensive bag for studio lights, which tend to be pretty robust.

tim wrote in post #13909644
It'd be a pretty expensive bag for studio lights, which tend to be pretty robust.

I know. But sometimes I just want to have all my gear in one bag which is much easier to carry around than like 3-4 bags. But I'm probably guessing that if it fits the 300 2.8 or even the 400 it will definitely fit the Elinchrom Dlite4....

They'd probably fit, but they'd take up a heap of room. I don't know how big a D-Lite is, but I could fit an AB800 in there, not sure if it'd be on its side or on the end.

Aren't you a little scared to bring a bag with all that gear onto a flight? When it's not in your hands, someone could just take a pen and open up the zipper and steal your stuff.

It's carry on size. Very strong zips and locks but someone could get past them I'm sure.