Crumpler Whickey and Cox
for Canon 300D / 10D / 20D / 30D / 40D / 50D / 5D
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)
Equipment
list in bag :
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8L IS USM
Canon 60mm F/2.8 EF-S USM
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L USM
Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM
Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Kenko Teleplus 1.4x TC
Nikon SB24
Cactus V2s wireless
triggers
Canon HV10 camcorder
Kenko 0.5x fisheye
for HV10
2 chargers, spare
batteries, misc
stuff
HP 15" Laptop +
power adapter
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
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