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Pre-trip pack shot from my crappy cell phone camera. Bag is a Crumpler Whickey & Cox.

What's not shown is the laptop carrier which attaches to the inside flap. Taking my work provided IBM R51 laptop, which is loaded with DxO Optics v4.1 for easy (but not quick) automatic image processing of both JPG and RAW.

DxO Optics automatically detects the lens used for the image from the EXIF data, and applies a defined lens correction profile, as well as other common adjustments such as sharpening, adjusting exposures, color balance, etc. No replacement for manual corrections with CS2, but when on the road, and with a less than powerful laptop, it should get the job done... I hope. :)

Photo contains:
Left column
Garmin Etrex Vista CX GPS
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM

Middle
Inside the junk pouch:
77mm Circular Polarizer
58mm ND and cross hatch filters
30 GB video Ipod
small flashlight
lens brushes and cloths
PCMCIA CF card reader

Manfrotto 709B mini tripod
Canon EOS 20D
Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM

Right
(3) 4GB Extreme II CF cards
Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 IS USM
Extra lens and body caps
Charger and extra battery

Side pockets:
(8) AA batteries for GPS
USB cables
general junk

thanks to Chris (slickshoes) for review

Review #2

(Added 8th April 2008)

Review text:
Very solid and well padded bag that can pack a decent amount of gear (clocks in at about 12 kilos as shown). Even fully loaded, the fit is comfortable as the shoulder straps are thickly padded. The waist belt while not padded is still usable to reduce strain to the spine while carrying the bag for longer distances.

Crumpler paid lots of attention to detail (as usual), such as the easily removable waist belt, the flexible Velcro dividers and the removable shell holding the camera equipment (turning the backpack into a regular day pack).

My only gripe are the two outer pockets. When the bag is well loaded, they are all but useless as I cannot get my hand inside anymore.

This is not a bag that I would choose to shoot out of while on the street - I would prefer a smaller shoulder bag for that. But it works very well to transport gear and a mid sized Laptop from A to B and allows you to shoot out of the bag from a set location.

Likes about the bag: size, design, flexibility

Dislikes about the bag: outer pockets

Thanks to Zara for review

Reviews for Canon 350D / 400D XT / 1000D / 450D

Photo contains:
Canon 400D Digital Rebel XTi + Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Canon 430EX Speedlite
Cheap Lambency Diffuser
Memory cards, remote, spare batteries etc

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The new bag. Damn heavy (8kg) when full of all of the toys! 



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Crumpler Whickey and Cox with Crumpler 5 Million Dollar home as a comparison 

Thanks to Dany (WellingtonDany) for review