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Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens w/1.4x - - carrying case?
Looking for suggestions on a carrying case (which I'll also want to
then strap onto a camera carrying pack or belt) that will successfully accomodate the Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens when it *also* has a 1.4x teleextender installed. Naturally, I'm also assuming the hood's on the lens too, in the reversed storage position. Suggestions? -hh |
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Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens w/1.4x - - carrying case?
This is the stuff I have, http://www.kinesisgear.com/. Very modular, very
well made. I use the belt system along with a holster. The nice thing is I can detach needed cases from the belt and attach them to the holster and make up a very nice shoulder bag. -- Rob "A disturbing new study finds that studies are disturbing" "-hh" wrote in message oups.com... Looking for suggestions on a carrying case (which I'll also want to then strap onto a camera carrying pack or belt) that will successfully accomodate the Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens when it *also* has a 1.4x teleextender installed. Naturally, I'm also assuming the hood's on the lens too, in the reversed storage position. Suggestions? This is the stuff I have, http://www.kinesisgear.com/. Very modular, very well made. I use the belt system along with a holster. The nice thing is I can detach needed cases from the belt and attach them to the holster and make up a very nice shoulder bag. -- Rob "A disturbing new study finds that studies are disturbing" |
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Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens w/1.4x - - carrying case?
-hh wrote: Looking for suggestions on a carrying case (which I'll also want to then strap onto a camera carrying pack or belt) that will successfully accomodate the Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens when it *also* has a 1.4x teleextender installed. Naturally, I'm also assuming the hood's on the lens too, in the reversed storage position. Suggestions? -hh Looked at Lowepro's Street and Field system? I just ordered the "light waist belt" with two lens pouches. I have a Tamrac 517 holster bag for the Canon 300D that I carry around with a chest harness. I find this arragement more practical than carrying my gear in a back-pack. With a back-pack, you need to get the thing off your back when you need a lens change, open the chains, change lenses, put everything back and then put the bag on the back. Too cumbersome!! - Siddhartha |
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Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens w/1.4x - - carrying case?
Siddhartha Jain wrote:
-hh wrote: Looking for suggestions on a carrying case (which I'll also want to then strap onto a camera carrying pack or belt) that will successfully accomodate the Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens when it *also* has a 1.4x teleextender installed. Naturally, I'm also assuming the hood's on the lens too, in the reversed storage position. Suggestions? -hh Looked at Lowepro's Street and Field system? I just ordered the "light waist belt" with two lens pouches. I have a Tamrac 517 holster bag for the Canon 300D that I carry around with a chest harness. I find this arragement more practical than carrying my gear in a back-pack. With a back-pack, you need to get the thing off your back when you need a lens change, open the chains, change lenses, put everything back and then put the bag on the back. Too cumbersome!! - Siddhartha Tamrac's Velocity series bags work as backpacks but you can slide them around to the side or front to get at your gear thanks to the clever strap design. I have the Velocity 7 bag and it works well. |
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Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens w/1.4x - - carrying case?
Siddhartha Jain wrote: -hh wrote: Looking [to] accomodate the Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens when it *also* has a 1.4x teleextender installed. Looked at Lowepro's Street and Field system? Briefly. I'm going to use a daypack bag as my airline carry-on, and I've settled on a Tamrac CyberPack 9 pack as it will also accomodate a laptop. My inquiry here really is for a second bag that I'll use for transporting the camera system out in the field...one that I can preferably wear a standard day pack with, for carrying raingear, water and lunch. This relegates its basic design to a waist-based "fanny pack" on steriods type of system. To this end, I've test-fitted the gear into the Lowepro Off Trail 2 Camera Beltpack, and I've found that it will *just barely* fit the vertical stack height of a 20D+1.4x+(lens): this combination is 11.75" deep, whereas the Lowepro is officially only rated to swallow 11.5" - hence, why its a tight fit. In digging down through Kinesis's website's products, the C580 appears to be slightly deeper than the above LowePro..."enough deeper?" is the question. Next, I expect to typically be carrying the body with either very wide or very long lens, so I want two lens-only bags in addition - one of which will fit my WA, and the other one to fit the stack of a (1.4x)+(lens) together. FWIW, I don't consider the storage needs for a loose 1.4x to be a major concern. The two external lens-only cases that Off Trail 2 comes standard with doesn't cut it, since they measure 3.5" x 8.5" and the (1.4x)+(lens) measures 9 11/16" (~9.6875") long. I didn't measure it without the 1.4x, but I think that its diameter isn't happy trying to swallow the 70-200 with its hood attached anyway. I haven't checked it with my WA, but its also a 77mm lens + hood, so if diameter's a problem for the one, it will be a problem for both. For lens bags, the Kinesis E280 lens case looks like it *should* be barely deep enough for carrying my Canon (1.4x)+(70-200mm f/2.8 IS) stacked together, as its dimensional claims suggest that it will just barely fit (specification's rating of 11.75" suggests I have 1/16" of clearance) that this will fit, whereas they state that the Nikon version of the same will not fit. Of course, this doesn't say if its a "tight fit" or a more generous one that won't result in a stressed zipper or similar. If anyone can confirm fit on either of these two, I'd greatly appreciate it. -hh |
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Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens w/1.4x - - carrying case?
"-hh" wrote in message
oups.com... Siddhartha Jain wrote: -hh wrote: Looking [to] accomodate the Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens when it *also* has a 1.4x teleextender installed. Looked at Lowepro's Street and Field system? Briefly. I'm going to use a daypack bag as my airline carry-on, and I've settled on a Tamrac CyberPack 9 pack as it will also accomodate a laptop. My inquiry here really is for a second bag that I'll use for transporting the camera system out in the field...one that I can preferably wear a standard day pack with, for carrying raingear, water and lunch. This relegates its basic design to a waist-based "fanny pack" on steriods type of system. To this end, I've test-fitted the gear into the Lowepro Off Trail 2 Camera Beltpack, and I've found that it will *just barely* fit the vertical stack height of a 20D+1.4x+(lens): this combination is 11.75" deep, whereas the Lowepro is officially only rated to swallow 11.5" - hence, why its a tight fit. In digging down through Kinesis's website's products, the C580 appears to be slightly deeper than the above LowePro..."enough deeper?" is the question. Next, I expect to typically be carrying the body with either very wide or very long lens, so I want two lens-only bags in addition - one of which will fit my WA, and the other one to fit the stack of a (1.4x)+(lens) together. FWIW, I don't consider the storage needs for a loose 1.4x to be a major concern. The two external lens-only cases that Off Trail 2 comes standard with doesn't cut it, since they measure 3.5" x 8.5" and the (1.4x)+(lens) measures 9 11/16" (~9.6875") long. I didn't measure it without the 1.4x, but I think that its diameter isn't happy trying to swallow the 70-200 with its hood attached anyway. I haven't checked it with my WA, but its also a 77mm lens + hood, so if diameter's a problem for the one, it will be a problem for both. For lens bags, the Kinesis E280 lens case looks like it *should* be barely deep enough for carrying my Canon (1.4x)+(70-200mm f/2.8 IS) stacked together, as its dimensional claims suggest that it will just barely fit (specification's rating of 11.75" suggests I have 1/16" of clearance) that this will fit, whereas they state that the Nikon version of the same will not fit. Of course, this doesn't say if its a "tight fit" or a more generous one that won't result in a stressed zipper or similar. If anyone can confirm fit on either of these two, I'd greatly appreciate it. Ok I can't confirm the exact fit of your gear but I can tell you what I carry in my Kinesis rig and you can compare measurements to see if it will work. Before I start I will also say that I looked at Lowpro and Tamrac before Kinesis and ran into the same sizing problems you are having. I found the Kinesis system to have more realistic sized cases for my purposes. I have the following: Holster C500 http://www.kinesisgear.com/c/C500.html This carries my 20D w/ grip and 28-135 including properly attached hood. It also has my backup flash, an EX420 NOTE: This is not attached to my belt. Lens Cases E280 Large Case http://www.kinesisgear.com/e/E280.html This case very easily holds my 100-400 w/ hood inverted along with my 2x converter. I can also keep the tripod bracket attached although with the tripod mounting bracket attached to the lens bracket it's a bit difficult to slide in and out. E180 Medium Case http://www.kinesisgear.com/e/E180.html This case is for my 28-135 when it's not attached to the camera. The lens fits with plenty of room, hood inverted. I can even get the lens in with hood installed correctly and close the lid using the Velcro strap. Works nicely when swapping lenses in the field. E330 Two Lens Case http://www.kinesisgear.com/e/E330.html This is a very versatile case. When I first got it I only had a 300D so it held things like my kit lens and a cloth and extra batteries. Now that I have a 20D and a 300D, I place the 300D body w/ grip in the case and the kit lens and my 50mm f1.8 stacked beside the 300D. There enough room for a padded divider between the lens and body. Even with the 300D body and two small lenses there is still enough room for me to fold my cotton cloth and put it on top of the 300D and close the lid with the zippers. In the front pouch I have plastic bags, my remote shutter releases, and my AA battery back for the 20D grip. Other Cases A126 Vertical Accessory Pouch http://www.kinesisgear.com/a/A126.html This holds my primary flash, an EX580 along with 3 sets of extra batteries and the mini stands for both flashes. F103 Filter Case http://www.kinesisgear.com/f/F103.html This holds, of course, a few filters and I've found it a great place to hold my CF cards and lens caps then I'm shooting. I also have a half sheet of decongestant tabs there for when I suffer from an allergy attack. A170 Water Bottle Case http://www.kinesisgear.com/a/A170.html For the obvious but it's also proven handy as a spot to dump things when needed. It has a cinch strap at the top so it can be securely closed if necessary. Seems like a lot to have around your waist but I can tell you it's all very comfortable. I've done some long hikes with the gear, including my tripod, and was very comfortable and if necessary I can just remove what I don't need. As noted the holster in not attached to the belt because most of the time the camera is around my neck. I have a shoulder strap, from Kinesis, for the holster and on occasion when all I need is a small shoulder bag I'll take only the holster and I'll attach any one or two of my other cases to bring along the proper equipment. The thing to note about Kinesis is that the product was created by a photographer so you can safely assume that it will meet the needs of a photographer. I'm sure that other bag manufactures do a large amount of research but there's nothing like a system designed by a photog for photogs. -- Rob "A disturbing new study finds that studies are disturbing" |
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Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens w/1.4x - - carrying case?
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If anyone can confirm fit on either of these two, I'd greatly appreciate it. Despite the prices, I _highly_ recommend Kinesis equipment.. The F&S stuff is vaguely ok, but isn't as modular as the Kinesis system. You should email the proprietor and ask: he is very cool about questions like this. |
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Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens w/1.4x - - carrying case?
-hh wrote: If anyone can confirm fit on either of these two, I'd greatly appreciate it. See this: http://www.kinesisgear.com/competitors.html Hope this helps, - Siddhartha |
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Canon 70-200mm L IS f/2.8 lens w/1.4x - - carrying case?
"Siddhartha Jain" wrote in message oups.com... -hh wrote: If anyone can confirm fit on either of these two, I'd greatly appreciate it. See this: http://www.kinesisgear.com/competitors.html Hope this helps, Then after you look buy the Kinesis system, you won't regret it. ;-) -- Rob "A disturbing new study finds that studies are disturbing" |
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