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Reviews for Nikon D70 / D100 / D200 / D300 / D700

Review #1

The bag pictures holding my Nikon D70 wit kit lens attached, Nikon 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF, Nikon 50mm f/1.8 , SB-800, and assorted blower, flash cards, etc.
There are side mesh pockets that hold water bottles, sunglasses, or other items.  It is a reasonable small bag, although I do not find the
fit exceedingly comfortable.

Reviews for Canon 300D / 10D / 20D / 30D / 40D / 50D / 5D / 7D

Equipment list in bag :
Config. 1. Canon EOS 20D w/ Battery Grip, Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Canon EF 100mm F/2 USM, Canon 580EX Speedlite (not pictured), battery charger, extra battery, 2 extra CF cards, cell phone, iPod Nano, Canon Powershot SD1000 P&S, pens, water bottle, and room for more but a little bulky with the camera grip!

Config. 2. Canon EOS 20D w/ Battery Grip, Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L USM with tri-pod ring, Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Canon EF 100mm F/2 USM, battery charger, extra battery, 2 extra CF cards, cell phone, iPod Nano, Canon Powershot SD1000 P&S, pens, water bottle, and room for more but a little bulky with the camera grip!

Config. 3. Canon EOS 20D, Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Canon EF 100mm F/2 USM, Canon 580EX Speedlite (not pictured), battery charger, extra battery, 2 extra CF cards, cell phone, iPod Nano, Canon Powershot SD1000 P&S, pens, water bottle, and room for more!

Review text:
This is a very comfortable bag.  As you can see from everything I'm putting into it, it can carry a lot.  They make a Pro version especially for cameras with Grips or high end Cameras like the DX or XD series which is two inches thicker for the grip.  Has neoprene on the sides to absorb water perspiration from water bottles.

Mainly I will just talk about gripes since the bag is so great and inexpensive.

Cons.
1.  No zipper for main compartment.  I like it when bags at least give you the option to zip the main compartment if you want to, it has zippers everywhere else, why not there.  f a big rain comes, just give me the most weather safety please.  Has a nice overlay on the sides with plastic clips which help a lot.

2. Either make it a touch longer or shorter.  It can't have the 70-200mm attached to the camera for quick shooting with that lens.  Make it longer so you can use it attached, or make it a bit shorter so room isn't wasted as it is if you don't have the 70-200 in the bag.  Making it the height of a speedlite would be perfect.  Or making it a bit taller.

3. Plastic clips, not metal.

4. Uh, that's about it.

Likes about the bag:
Comfortable, water resistant, can hold a lot of stuff, inexpensive, discreet.

Dislikes about the bag:
No zipper, plastic clips, weird size in the non-pro version.




Thanks to Michael for review.

for Olympus E-1

Unlike a lot bags, the Slinger is tall enough that I can put the Olympus E-1 with Olympus 50-200mm lens lens and EC-14 teleconverter attached, so that I can take it out and be ready to shoot. Note, I do have to reverse the lens hood to use this bag.

E-1 with Olympus 14-54mm mounted (lens in right side pocket);
50mm underneath the 14-54mm lens;
Olympus 11-22mm lens and EX-25 teleconverter in center pocket;
50-200mm lens and EC-14 teleconverter in left pocket;
FL-50 flash and spare batteries/memory in front pocket.

As I said, you can also switch the orientation so the 50-200mm lens is mounted, and either the EC-14 as well, or just separate in the pocket:

Now, as you can see the camera does extended a little bit over the top, but in practice this isn't an issue, since the top is fairly deep. But the L1 with its extended eyepiece might be more of a problem.

Here is a shot with 4 bags (National Geographic NG-5162 backpack, National Geographic NG-2475 shoulder bag, Slinger, and a Lowepro Nova 1) to show how big the bags are:

Thanks to Michael Meissner for review.