Which Camera Bag for General City Walking

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Can anyone suggest a nice bag for walikg around a City.

I currently own 2 bags, Lowepro Mini Trekker AW and a Think Tank Urban Disguise 40.

I want something that is comfortable, its bad enough having the camera around your neck.

When I go street walking especially on holiday, I like to carry the following with me.

  • Nikon 24-70 f2.8
  • Nikon 70-200 f2.8
  • Nikon 50mm
 
Depends what sort of bag really. That's quite a lot of weight to be lugging around, not sure it's ever going to be in the 'comfortable' category to be honest! The Lowepro Flipsides are very comfortable on the back and easy to access, I also use a Toploader 75AW with my D700 - the main compartment takes my D700 with either 28-75 or 70-300VR attached, and I've got a lens case strapped onto the side which holds the lens not attached. My 50mm 1.8 sits at the bottom of the main compartment. It works for me, but not sure it's going to cope with a 24-70 & 70-200VR. The Flipside 300 probably would though, if a backpack style bag is suitable.
 
What don't you like about the bags you have, and do you want a backpack or a shoulder bag?

Crumpler do some nice discrete messenger style shoulder bags that would probably do the trick. The Kata 3n1 series are nice backpacks (they also work as sling bags if that floats your boat), although they are fairly obviously camera bags.

Hope that helps! :)
 
I'm currently looking at the Kata 3N1-10. I'm on the hunt for a comfortable, flexible bag which will carry a relatively small amount of gear and be accessible quickly, without having to take it off (like a backpack).

The Kata looks like it can be backpack if you want it to be or a left/right shoulder slingbag if you prefer. I need to be able to carry my stuff all day without it becoming painful, but I also want to be able to access my camera quickly if I need to, so this sounds right up my street.

I'm planning on carrying a D90, 18-200mm, 35mm, 50mm and 11-16mm, as well as a few other small bits and bobs. You can also buy a separate tripod holder attachment for around £12 which allows you to attach a decent sized tripod to the back of the bag.

At the moment the Kata is top of my list.

I currently own a Lowepro Slingshot 100AW because I wanted a decent sized bag that I could easily access whilst on the move, without having to take the bag off my back. The Slingshot is perfect in size for all of my gear, but I've found, especially with a tripod hanging off the back, that it starts to become quite uncomfortable carrying all your gear on one shoulder and not being able to switch to the other shoulder. 6 or 7 hours walking around and I'm cursing my decision to buy it.

So now I'm looking at the Kata. Most reviews seem good so I'm going to try and find a local stockist so I can actually try it.

With your big 70-200 the 3N1-20 might be a better bet, but this is quite large in comparison and far too big for my needs.

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