F stop ICU configuration

[cardiff_gareth]

So I bought a F Stop Tilopa with large ICU in it. I have my camera body, a Pentax K1 and 3 lenses in it, them being a 24-70mm (on body), a 60-250mm and an Irix 15mm as well as my filter pouch. That's all that fits into it. I think maybe the configuration I have isn't the best and was wondering what do you get into yours and if you wouldn't mind sharing a pic also?

 

[James Blonde]

I can get a Nikon D810 with a 24-70, a D7100 with an 18-200, a 70-200 F2.8 and a 50mm f1.8 in my Lotus with a meduim shallow ICU (left). This is my general use day sack

I've got a large ICU in my Tilopa (right), and getting all of the above, plus my Lee filter case, and probably some space for something else as well (flash maybe?? you can see that space to the right of my D810) This is what I took to Oz as hand luggage oops: )with 2 F-Stop Navin bags attached to each hip belt using the molle loops. and I'm pretty sure I had Capture Clips on as well.

Neither ICU configuration is particularly efficient I'd say - I could do better! But I'd say the key is to take advantage of the depth of the large ICU and put things on their end.

 

[rob-nikon]

So I bought a F Stop Tilopa with large ICU in it. I have my camera body, a Pentax K1 and 3 lenses in it, them being a 24-70mm (on body), a 60-250mm and an Irix 15mm as well as my filter pouch. That's all that fits into it. I think maybe the configuration I have isn't the best and was wondering what do you get into yours and if you wouldn't mind sharing a pic also?

Have you had a look at their website? They now show packing example photos for what the ICU's can hold.

https://fstopgear.com/products/icu/pro-icu-large

I'd hope to get more that that in a large ICU as they are pretty big. In a medium shallow ICU I've manage to get a sony A7R3 with 100-400 attached, 24-105 f4 and a 70-200 f4 in the main ICU compartments. For filters I generally put them in main compartment but outside the ICU. I've since sold the 70-200 so the filters fit in section where the 70-200 was. The Lee filter field pouch is too bulky for the ICU so I've changed to the smaller thinktank pouch. It takes only 4 filters but its smaller and the perfect size for the ICU section. Since moving to Sony and dropping large primes I've only used the small shallow and medium shallow ICU's. I generally only have the camera and lenses in the ICU's and everything else in the main compartment above.

Photo of the Sony kit in a medium shallow ICU.




Photo showing Nikon D810 with 70-200 f4, 24-120 f4 and 24-70 f2.8.



The deeper Pro ICUs should let you stand the lenses on their end. I’ve always tried to set up the ICUs so any lens can be left attached to the camera yet leaving space for other lenses. This means a section may need to let free.

 

[cardiff_gareth]

Here is my insert showing the camera, lenses and filter pouch. There is a load of free space at the top so it's not calibrated properly. I'll take a look on their website and see what I can do