Review for Canon EOS 1D
Equipment list in bag :
Canon EOS 1D Mk III
Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS USM (hood inverted)
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM (no hood)
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM (hood inverted)
2x Filters
Notepad, pen, extra battery, sunglasses, etc etc.
Also note it can also fit a Macbook Pro (and charger) WITH the above list. Don't expect your back to last long though.
thanks to El Jack (TeeTee) for photos and comments.
Review #2
(Added 14th January 2011)
Equipment list in bag
Canon EOS 1Ds MK II
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM plus hood
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM plus hood
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 L USM plus hood
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM plus hood
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
Canon spare battery
It's a rare thing to find a bag that can take a pro-sized body (or a body plus grip) fitted with a large tele-zoom, that itself isn't large and cumbersome.
After much searching and testing, I finally settled on a Billingham Hadley Large. It's a soft, flexible canvas and leather shoulder bag that is built to high quality standards. It is very adaptable (in fact, most days I use it as a business case, carrying work papers, files and a 15" laptop), and it can cary a large amount of 'pro-sized' gear in a grab-and-shoot configuration.
One of the nicest things about the bag is that the padded insert is not too rigid. This means that the bag (which is waterproofed canvas) can flex and mould to your body, and also it gets slimmer and even more discrete as you take items out of it.
Here's the bag empty alongside a Canon EOS 1Ds Mk 2 and a 100-400mm zoom.
Side view. The bag is pretty slim when empty. Even when full, it doesn't bulge out too much.
This is what it comes with - a soft, flexible and removable insert with 4 dividers.
This is what's going to go in the bag!
Main compartment dividers are in place. On the left is the 24-105 with the hood fitted. On the right is the 17-40 (underneath a lift-flap divider) with the 50mm on top.
In goes the 1Ds with the 100-400 plus (reversed) hood. Also tucking in is the hood for the 17-40. The spare battery has gone into one of the large front pockets. There's still plenty of space in them!
Loaded up. Still maintains a pretty slim profile.
As worn. Quite slim, and collapses nicely when you take the camera out to shoot.
The large front pockets can hold a fair bit themselves. Here's a 70-200 f4 with hood...
...and there's the 70-200 in the front pocket. There is no padding in there, so you might want to take care like this - but I'm happy with a large speedlite in there, and I also use them for waterbottles / filters etc etc.
Likes about the bag
Flexible, adaptable, high quality, slim profile
Dislikes about the bag
None as yet! One mark off 10 - for the price...
Thanks to Rustens for review
