06-15-2016 06:48 PM
If I have a Canon 80D with a 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 lens attached, should I get a Lowepro Toploader Zoom 50 AW II Camera Bag or the Lowepro Toploader Zoom 55 AW II bag? I have chatted with different people from two online vendors and I am getting different answers to this question. Thanks for any advice.
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06-16-2016 12:50 PM - edited 06-16-2016 12:51 PM
@RobertTheFat wrote:Don't overlook the Canon bags. They're not very expensive, and some of them are pretty good. I got one as a freebie with my 5D3 a couple of years ago, and I find myself using it often as an alternative to my giant Domke bag.
I just checked the EOS 80D with EF-S 18-135 IS STM lens will fit in the Canon Zoom Pack 1000.
Great bag if you just want to carry the camera with one lens, spare battery, a filter, and a spare memory card.
It is a holster style that fits over your shoulder, it also has a tucked away waist band if you need to hold it into your body for hiking or climbing.
I really love that little bag and at $20 I've ended up owning several of them.
06-16-2016 02:16 PM
I checked with the 40D and EF-S 18-135 IS STM.
The 40D has very similar dimensions to the 80D. (146 x 108 x 74 mm vs 139.0 x 105.2 x 78.5mm)
06-16-2016 04:27 PM - edited 06-17-2016 11:35 AM
"I'd avoid sling type (single strap) bag as it will hurt your shoulders if you carry all those above. The ability to quickly pull the camera out is not that big of a deal. When you get to location, the camera is permanently out, you don't need to put it back to be pulled out quickly again. So a regular camera backpack will be just fine...get the one with padded straps it will be far more comfortable."
I have found a holster type of bag to be very useful in casual social settings. You carry one bag with you, and leave the backpack camera kit behind in your car. For example, we recently went out to dinner to celebrate something. The holster was perfect, while a backpack would have been too much. I could hang it on my chair as I ate.
Of course, there is a no substitute for a bag that can hold your entire camera kit, or at least most of it. If you have mulitple cameras and lens arsenals, now that is a horse of a different color.
06-16-2016 01:59 PM
@Waddizzle wrote:
@TTMartin wrote:
@RobertTheFat wrote:Don't overlook the Canon bags. They're not very expensive, and some of them are pretty good. I got one as a freebie with my 5D3 a couple of years ago, and I find myself using it often as an alternative to my giant Domke bag.
I just checked the EOS 80D with EF-S 18-135 IS STM lens will fit in the Canon Zoom Pack 1000.
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Great bag if you just want to carry the camera with one lens, spare battery, a filter, and a spare memory card.
It is a holster style that fits over your shoulder, it also has a tucked away waist band if you need to hold it into your body for hiking or climbing.
I really love that little bag and at $20 I've ended up owning several of them.
Checked where? That bag is way too small to hold my T5 with a EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM attached. BTW, forget about the hood being installed, too. It's made for a T5 and the kit 18-55mm lens.
That bag is made for Rebel sized DSLRs, like a T5. My 6D simply does not fit, not even with the "nifty fifty" mounted on it.
If you can't fit your T5, with a EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM attached, you didn't move the adjustable velco cradle to it's lowest position.
06-16-2016 02:16 PM
I checked with the 40D and EF-S 18-135 IS STM.
The 40D has very similar dimensions to the 80D. (146 x 108 x 74 mm vs 139.0 x 105.2 x 78.5mm)
06-16-2016 02:30 PM
Thanks a lot for trying it out.
06-16-2016 02:35 PM - edited 06-16-2016 02:36 PM
Waddizzle wrote:
Checked where? That bag is way too small to hold my T5 with a EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM attached. BTW, forget about the hood being installed, too. It's made for a T5 and the kit 18-55mm lens.
That bag is made for Rebel sized DSLRs, like a T5. My 6D simply does not fit, not even with the "nifty fifty" mounted on it.
Rebel XTi with battery grip and EF-S 18-135 IS STM.
The 6D with EF 24-105 f/4L IS wont fit due to the lens size, but, the 6D with a 50mm lens most certainly will fit. If it's really needed I can post a picture of the 6D with a 50mm in the case too.
06-16-2016 02:44 PM - edited 06-16-2016 02:44 PM
I read some other reviews of the Canon Zoom Pack 1000 bag. It looks like I would have to reverse my lens hood.
06-16-2016 04:08 PM
@shorty1 wrote:I read some other reviews of the Canon Zoom Pack 1000 bag. It looks like I would have to reverse my lens hood.
Generally, reversing your hood is a good thing because it helps protect it. You would most likely need to reverse it in either of the two Lowepro bags you mentioned, anyway.
06-16-2016 04:09 PM
Thanks. I did not know that was the recommended way of storing the lens hood.
06-17-2016 09:21 AM
@shorty1 wrote:I read some other reviews of the Canon Zoom Pack 1000 bag. It looks like I would have to reverse my lens hood.
I'd think you'd want to anyway. Stuffing the camera into the bag with the hood in its operational position strikes me as a good way to risk getting it bent or broken.
06-16-2016 03:32 PM - edited 06-16-2016 03:51 PM
"The 6D with EF 24-105 f/4L IS wont fit due to the lens size, but, the 6D with a 50mm lens most certainly will fit. If it's really needed I can post a picture of the 6D with a 50mm in the case too."
Those are really tight fits with a 6D, w/grip. Basically, you have removed the inserts and padding, and then crammed it in. Forget about carrying anything in the top pocket, because it will squeeze against the LCD. I like to lay an insert across the LCD as padding against stuff in the pocket, BTW.
IMHO, I say spend a few more bucks and get at least 50% more room, 100% more padding, plus a rain cover. Protect your gear. There is really no comparison between the Canon holster and the Lowepro. Why do you think I went and bought one?
06-16-2016 05:36 PM
Waddizzle wrote:
Those are really tight fits with a 6D, w/grip.
I don't use a grip in the 6D, I bought the 6D because I wanted a compact full frame camera, using a grip on it goes counter to that concept.
Waddizzle wrote:
Basically, you have removed the inserts and padding, and then crammed it in.
I didn't remove any of the inserts or padding. The adjustable padded Velcro cradle is at the bottom of the bag to provide extra padding for the end of the lens.
Waddizzle wrote:
IMHO, I say spend a few more bucks and get at least 50% more room, 100% more padding, plus a rain cover. Protect your gear.
The Zoompack 1000 is waterproof enough that you don't need an external rain cover, and has plenty of padding, many reviewers complain it has too much padding. When I'm using the Zoompack 1000, I don't want to have extra room, I want a compact holster, that doesn't get in the way.
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