Spec me a Backpack

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[Jase]

Well I'm in work and don't have all the my camera gear with me but first impressions are good!

Firstly it's green and looks awesome

1) It's not as big as I imagined. It's it tall but not wide and bulky and actually a little lighter than my smaller backpack
2) It's deeper than my other bag so most of my lenses can stand upright
3) Plenty of dividers to get gear as I want it - well that's the hard part as I'm terrible at organising
4) Nice big pocket in the front for a jacket, gloves, snacks etc.
5) Build quality (as expected with think tank) seems really good but only time will tell but material feels pretty good

My concern with it was the length and it is quite long. I have put some stuff in it and tried it on and I think it will be OK, I'd say I'm probably on the minimum height for the bag but feels good. I think I will only know for sure when I go out for a hike and it's full of gear. I need to try my tripod with it tonight as I'm not sure if I'll want it on the front or side and if I have other stuff in the front if it will make it awkward.

 

[ChrisHeathcote]

As you wish Mylord
The small ICU in Guru. Ive removed a divider at the end of the 2 speedlights (stacked). The camera (A6000) usually sits on the blower. 2 lenses are also stacked and batteries, the camera charger etc occupies the mid section. the orange box contains a remote trigger/reciever for the camera and an extra battery. On top of that a small cooler bag with my lee filters right now the polarizer and Bigstopper. Planning on getting the little stopper a 3 stop ND and the 3 stop grap in hard and soft. The trigger is on the camera used to take the photos
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4X5" Chamonix in Large pro ICU in Tilopa BC incl 3 lenses (65mm, 75mm and 150mm) and five DD's
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The medium slope ICU holding my Nikon F100 with 50mm f1,4 ( +180mm AIS right, 105AFD micro, 55 f3,5 ais on top of a tube, SB26 and the kit zoom for the A6000 25mm ZF and 85 f1,4)and the one with my Mamiya RZ67ProII (+ extr filmback, 50 f4,5, 110 f2,8 180 f4,5 and 10rolls of film +bits and pieces
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Thanks for that Soeren, I think based on that, it will be a great daypack and use the bigger when I need more clothing for bad weather

 

[LostInSpace]

Well I'm in work and don't have all the my camera gear with me but first impressions are good!

Firstly it's green and looks awesome

1) It's not as big as I imagined. It's it tall but not wide and bulky and actually a little lighter than my smaller backpack
2) It's deeper than my other bag so most of my lenses can stand upright
3) Plenty of dividers to get gear as I want it - well that's the hard part as I'm terrible at organising
4) Nice big pocket in the front for a jacket, gloves, snacks etc.
5) Build quality (as expected with think tank) seems really good but only time will tell but material feels pretty good

My concern with it was the length and it is quite long. I have put some stuff in it and tried it on and I think it will be OK, I'd say I'm probably on the minimum height for the bag but feels good. I think I will only know for sure when I go out for a hike and it's full of gear. I need to try my tripod with it tonight as I'm not sure if I'll want it on the front or side and if I have other stuff in the front if it will make it awkward.

Any chance of some photo's when convenient?

 

[Jase]

Any chance of some photo's when convenient?

Below photos as requested sorry for quality taken with the phone.

I've got everything in there that I need and surprisingly it doesn't feel that heavy when carried. Really nice.. ohh and I forgot to say I contacted Mindshift a few times with questions before I bought it and they were super helpful.

 

[Jase]

Tried the bag out properly today with a walk up/around Llyn Y Fan Fawr, had it pack with all the above and it was fine, didn't feel that heavy (although it was).

OMG was it cold up there today though and too windy to fly the drone

 

[jonneymendoza]

I'm really struggling to find a Backpack to replace my Tamrac Expedition 6X which is a little small (mainly not very deep).

I wan't something slightly bigger but not over the top big.

I ordered a Tenba Shootout 32L last year and didn't like it, the bag was nice but the inside dividers made it difficult to organise and there was a lot of wasted space.

I need to carry :

Nikon D850 with Grip
16-35 f4
24-70 2.8
70-200 2.8
100 macro or 14-24 2.8 (depends on what I'm doing)
Flash (maybe) or a 2nd Body
Extender
Lee Filter Pouches and holder
plus bits like remotes, torch, memory cards, Rhode Mic Pro, Hoodman Loupe etc

I was thinking of putting my Mavic Pro in there as well but not top priority


It also need to be able to attach a tripod (Gitzo GT3542LS)


Thanks

fstop lotus with medium ICU