Thin Blue Line: Lowepro

Friday, 21 December 2012

Lowepro

Let’s talk about size first: I currently own an Expedition series bag from Tamrac as well as an older Slingbag from Lowepro. The Fastpack 350 AW completes my Goldilocks and the Three Bears tale of camera bags. The Tamrac is enormous. I can fit almost every piece of equipment I own in there. I’ve also weighed it before when it was loaded and we were tipping the scales at 25 pounds, yikes. The Slingbag is nice, but just is a tad too small for the typical amount of gear I want to carry around. Enter the Lowepro 350 AW which has taken the “what bag to pack” variable out of the equation this past week of shooting.Next let’s discuss the compartments. You’ve got your standard side/top loading camera dept. with padding all the way around. You can change all the dividers around how you choose, and there’s a spot to hold two memory cards. Nothing too unique here. There’s also the laptop compartment that rests against your back when wearing the bag. Again, nothing too major here. Although, as said earlier, it can take up to a 17″ screen laptop for those out there that bought the big boys.