40D + 400f/5.6
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He means a Toploader bag. Lowepro has a lot of these. It means what it says basically. The Camera loads from the top 
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Sorry Liam, I meant a padded shoulder case of some sort, preferably one that has access from the top and holds only the body with the 400f/5.6 lens attached.
I use these kinds of case when I'm just using the one lens/body combo - keeps things safe in the car boot and when I'm hiking in the mountains - but I haven't seen one yet that's long enough for this combination.
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EDIT : Ah - you guys beat me to it!
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I use a Topload 75AW with my D3 and 70-200 VR. I nkow its a little shorter but there does appear to be a little bit of "growth" room
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'Barney' - I have the same bag and it's very well made; it fits my 100-400 perfectly. But it's 4 or 5cm too short for the 400mm.
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Anything bigger than that and you will struggle I think to get a topload to fit it.
Let me know if you do though, as I've got a 120-300 F2.8 that I could do with sticking in a tolpoad bag.
Let me know if you do though, as I've got a 120-300 F2.8 that I could do with sticking in a tolpoad bag.
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What about one of these?
http://products.lowepro.com/product/Vertex-300-AW,2074,16.htm
That will take a camera body with a 400 2.8 on it....
http://products.lowepro.com/product/Vertex-300-AW,2074,16.htm
That will take a camera body with a 400 2.8 on it....
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The toploads are a type of bag, basically takes a single camera and lens combo, with space just about for memory cards and batteries.
They work just like a holster.
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That looks like quite a good idea.
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That'll definitely do the business, desantnik.
At the mo' I have a Lowepro Mini Trekker that also manages with an inch to spare plus room for a whole lot of other lenses. But ideally, I'd go for a long skinny shoulder bag with room for just the one lens + body attached.
I'm shooting lowfly military jets in the mountains and so have plenty of other kit to carry along in a seperate rucksack - food, clothes, maps etc etc. - and the camera seems to work best for me in a shoulder bag on it's own.
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At the mo' I have a Lowepro Mini Trekker that also manages with an inch to spare plus room for a whole lot of other lenses. But ideally, I'd go for a long skinny shoulder bag with room for just the one lens + body attached.
I'm shooting lowfly military jets in the mountains and so have plenty of other kit to carry along in a seperate rucksack - food, clothes, maps etc etc. - and the camera seems to work best for me in a shoulder bag on it's own.
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Yeah, I've got a ThinkTank Holster. Got mine from Jacobs IIRC. Good design and well made
Note that the base extends quite a bit when you unzip it. Long enough?
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Not quite, although the base obviously is. You could prolly slip some stiff foam or even corrugated cardboard down there, retained with gaffa tape?
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I have a topload 75AW which I put my 50D + 300mm F4 in. It is a VERY snug fit and I wouldn't be able to get anything longer in. The 400mm F5.6 is longer.