Crumpler?

Dani

Are the crumpler bags still considered hot stuff? I need a better camera bag than the standard walmart bought backpack I've been using on hikes. I've got a bad back and tend towards neck/shoulder soreness too and I remember Andy saying that the crumpler was great for people with bad backs.

That being said... which one?!!!??? I've looked at the keystone and the whickey and cox online, but it's hard to tell what all my stuff will fit in. If it'll fit in the smaller keystone that'd be great. The W & C is slightly bigger than John's Kata bag and that thing seems huge on me. Doesn't help I'm 5.5 and 130lbs lol.

I've got:

20D body w/L-plate
300D IR body w/L-plate
10-22 w/hood
17-40L
18-55 kit
50 1.8
70-200 F4 w/hood
lensbaby
misc filters, spare batts and cards

Granted, not all the lenses are in rotation... the 50 and lensbaby are usually left behind.. but I'd like to add additional lenses like the 100 macro, tubes and 1.4x later... and theres talk of maybe a 5D.

I also have a 550ex and lightsphere but I don't usually use those hiking....

thanks all

and HI!!!! :wave

Ann McRae

Dani???? Well, hi there. How'd you work your way over to Oregon?

Crumpler is still much revered. Those that have them love them alot!

ann

Andy

John?

Andy

Ahhh I see:
http://mybluheaven.blogspot.com/2007/07/pdx-or-bust.html

Dani

Does this mean the end of Plum Cake sent to me @ the holidays

Andy

How about the Sinking Barge?

Dani

!!!!! still all about the food I see

Andy wrote:

Ahhh I see:
http://mybluheaven.blogspot.com/2007/07/pdx-or-bust.html

Dani

Does this mean the end of Plum Cake sent to me @ the holidays

Dani

I looked at the barges, but I don't think they'll handle both cameras + all the lenses?

Andy wrote:

How about the Sinking Barge?

Awais Yaqub

Is that you Dani ?

ziggy53

Hi Dani,

Crumpler is pretty popular, as is Lowepro and Tamrac.

A sleeper is the Adorama Slinger Pro. I use this inexpensive bag for both travel and day hike and it's working pretty well.

The "sling" style strap and waist belt do a pretty good job of keeping the weight on the hips and when I want access to the bag I just pop the waist belt and swing the bag to my front or side to pull what I need.

I did add an Op/Tech S.O.S. strap for when I want to use the bag as a shoulder bag. The neoprene shoulder insert does a great job absorbing shock and making the bag seem lighter.

The bag currently holds:

Canon 40D
Sigma 10-20mm, f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM
Canon EF-S 17-55mm, f/2.8 IS USM
Canon EF 70-200mm, f/4L IS USM
Canon EF 50mm, f/1.4 USM
Tamron 1.4x teleconverter
Canon 1.4x teleconverter
Close focus adapter, 3.3 diopter, to fit the 50mm, f/1.4, gives about 1/2 lifesize.
Sigma 500 DG Super flash
Sunpak 383 Super flash
Charger and spare battery.
Fuji F30 P&S

Not quite as much as you want to carry but as much as "I" want to carry.

jpl

Crumpler's product videos include a very oddly dressed man making lewd gestures with his camera. Now THAT is product advertising!

Martyn

Hi,

I have a Crumpler (7 million) and a backpack (non-brand).

The Crumpler is great for when I go into town and want to take my camera (short trips) but I wouldn't reccomend it for long hikes with more than a body and a couple of lenses. For that I'd use the backpack which is far more comfortable on long walks.

Martyn

Photoskipper

got this backpack as father's day present for myself. Good for business travel and camera.
Managed to squeeze a 14" Dell laptop, a 70-200 F2.8 IS, 5D mounted with 24-105, a 17-40 and the 580EXII in it with standard travel accessories and a light windbreaker.
Many pockets for small items.
i like this bag because I can hide all the camera gears in the main compartment and my bosses do not know about it.

Dani

Thanks all

I found a local store that carries crumpler bags... they should have a whickey and cox in stock I hope, so I'm going to go check it out. Maybe they'll let me bring in all my gear and really 'try it on' for size.

Andy

Dani wrote:

!!!!! still all about the food I see

:cry :cry I'm gonna miss that Plum Cake

Dani

I'll see what I can do

Andy wrote:

:cry :cry I'm gonna miss that Plum Cake

Andy

Dani wrote:

I'll see what I can do

(Yes, I admit it, I'm a food-whore, esp where the best freaking plum cake on the planet is concerned!)

SOOO nice to see you again, Dani

Dani

heh.... yeah

now I'll have to try posting some pictures or something

Andy wrote:

(Yes, I admit it, I'm a food-whore, esp where the best freaking plum cake on the planet is concerned!)

SOOO nice to see you again, Dani

gembobs

Dani wrote:

Are the crumpler bags still considered hot stuff? I need a better camera bag than the standard walmart bought backpack I've been using on hikes. I've got a bad back and tend towards neck/shoulder soreness too and I remember Andy saying that the crumpler was great for people with bad backs.

HI Dani,

I looked at the crumpler backpacks here in the UK, which are a bit different to the ones over in the States, so the following may not apply! Over here, I noticed that even though they have well padded backs and straps, they do not have much in the way of lumber support, don't have fully padded hip belts and the top of the shoulder straps are not adjustable. However, I have not tried one on fully loaded, so they may be great on!

I don't know if your aware of this (appologies if you are) but to help reduce neck and shoulder soreness you should carry / direct most of the weight through your hips, rather than carry the weight all on your shoulders.

I too have a dodgy back, and was seriously looking at the Tamrac expedition 7, as that seems to have the best back system of all the camera backpacks I looked at (Lowepro, Crumpler, Kata (but not their HB range)) When tried on empty, it felt as comfy and as adjustable as my Lowe Alpine trekking backpack (65 litre size). Heres a link to their site: http://www.tamrac.com/frame_exp.htm I think the very good back system is only on the expedition 7 and 8, not on the smaller ones.

However, for my needs the bag was far too big and didn't have anywhere to put any of my hiking stuff (waterproofs, lunch etc), so I opted to get a very good regular hiking backpack and can either put a smaller camera bag like a Lowepro Nova, or my homemade effort into it. (I used foam sleeping mats, super glue and duck tape to make pouches / cases for my camera and lenses!)

Hope that helps

Gem

xris

What is 'plum cake'?