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Backpack suggestions/recommendations

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Hey all so I have a ton of Pelican cases and would love a large/sturdy enough backpack to cary my gear when I don't want wheel around my cases. Ideally, I could just pop the camera in the bag without having to remove a ton of accessories. I'm curious if anyone has come across a bag that I haven't seen yet. Any suggestions are more then welcome! thanks
 
Tenba Cineluxe. I have the shoulderbag, but they do have a backpack version. Metal frame reinforced 'soft bag'. "Doctor bag" opening. Lens wraps. Padded rigid interior divider. Airplane carry-on sized. The width will take an Epic-W with dsmc2 side handle AND dsmc2 EVF attached. You might not have to take a single accessory off. Very well made in my opinion.
 
I use a Cinebags CB-25 to transport my Epic-W. It's deep enough to fit the camera with top and bottom plates, Wooden Camera dovetail clamp, and the DSMC2 side handle. In addition, it fits a 7" Touch monitor, 2 batteries, 3 lenses and other accessories.

When I get to the location it's literally just this - pull out the camera, attach screen, attach battery, attach lens, insert mag, and boom, you're ready to go.

Actually there's enough room where you can even configure it to have the lens attached, so one less thing to set up.

I'll see if I can get a pic when I get home.
 
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Edwin Perez said:
Tenba Cineluxe. I have the shoulderbag, but they do have a backpack version. Metal frame reinforced 'soft bag'. "Doctor bag" opening. Lens wraps. Padded rigid interior divider. Airplane carry-on sized. The width will take an Epic-W with dsmc2 side handle AND dsmc2 EVF attached. You might not have to take a single accessory off. Very well made in my opinion.
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Thanks Edwin! Is this the bag?
 
Homer Dulu said:
I use a Cinebags CB-25 to transport my Epic-W. It's deep enough to fit the camera with top and bottom plates, Wooden Camera dovetail clamp, and the DSMC2 side handle. In addition, it fits a 7" Touch monitor, 2 batteries, 3 lenses and other accessories.

When I get to the location it's literally just this - pull out the camera, attach screen, attach battery, attach lens, insert mag, and boom, you're ready to go.

Actually there's enough room where you can even configure it to have the lens attached, so one less thing to set up.

I'll see if I can get a pic when I get home.
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Interesting when I look online they seem built more for DSLR's then REDS
 
Edwin Perez said:
Tenba Cineluxe. I have the shoulderbag, but they do have a backpack version. Metal frame reinforced 'soft bag'. "Doctor bag" opening. Lens wraps. Padded rigid interior divider. Airplane carry-on sized. The width will take an Epic-W with dsmc2 side handle AND dsmc2 EVF attached. You might not have to take a single accessory off. Very well made in my opinion.
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Pretty sold on this bag. I just wish it had a pocket for a laptop :/
 
Depends on the purpose. I like fstop, but it's impossible to get hold of "parts". At least up here. They don't seem to be able to produce enough, or have problems with their logistics. I gave up on them.
I just found a new Lowepro backpack that I love.
http://store.lowepro.com/flipside-trek-bp-450-aw
It's super light and really smart. It's best suited for long hikes where you don't want to carry too much.
I've used it backcountry/randonee skiing. I could even attach my skis on the side.
I could fit my Dragon with a 24-70mm Canon lens and a few batteries and accessories.
Plus a separate room for extra clothing for myself. I even got a 70-200 in on one trip.
It was importa that I could have an almost ready to shoot camera, at least the lens and LCD has to be attached as it's a pain to assemble in the snow.
I use a MacBook Air 11" on location, and that fits in the front
 
These backpacks we use when we goto the jungle, to islands in Scottland etc. They extremely good for carying and really made it possible for us to lug around 40kg equipment in bad weather with just 2 people.

I use Osprey 105L Zenith. This is a heavy duty mountaineering backpack which means its very light and very strong.

I can have our Epic MX with rails connected to Canon 600F4, 4 Paglink batteries inside it, 4 v mounts, sony batteries.
It works very well because you can carry really heavy loads with it. When we were in Sri Lanka I walked half a day with 23kg and it wasn't that bad since all the weight is on your legs. I can also put a gitzo 3 tripod with a bit smaller head in the backpack.

Natalie uses a Osprey 65L which is probably the most comfortable backpack there is. She can fit a 1DX, 600 f4, and gitzo 3 tripod with head inside it.

I also put the camera inside a thick water proof Ortlieb bag that both protects it from impacts and heavy rain pour.
We also have water protection around the bag. In the bottom of the bags I put soft padding and extra rainjackets that I can bring out and cover the backpack in case of heavy rainfall.

The only downside with this setup is that there is no padding in the backpack on the sides so you cannot bang it around. On our last trip we wrapped all our lenses in bubblewrap which worked really well, but I'm considering sewing custom cases that are rainproof with padding for all the lenses. Also I think I would like to have an even wider backpack than Osprey 105 so I could put a bigger tripod in it as well.

Btw, I considered to do some videos on how we organize our equipment for wildlife shooting, not sure if that would be of interest?
Hope that helps!
/Andreas
 
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