In message <b7.2b657b8b.2b2b377e@xxxxxxx>, NSURIT@xxxxxxx writes:
>One thing I will consider is what will fit under an airplane seat or in the
>overhead. I sure wouldn't want to show up at the airport with my soft
>case/back pack and be told I had to give it to the luggage gorillas to put in
>luggage compartment because it was too big. It will be a long flight
>agonizing flight if you stuff is in the bowels of the plane, rather than with
>you. It will be a long flight regardless, but at least you can avoid the
>agony part.
This is what has primarily driven me to buy Lowepro's Stealth AW
backpack for my trip to Magnetic Island. It has it's pros and cons, one
of them being that it's just butt-ugly (for all you fashion conscious
people). :-) It looks big, and it is big. It fits quite a bit of
equipment and don't believe it when they say it only has 3 lens
compartments -- you can easily fit quite a few Zuiko primes in the
backpack without worrying about your glass.
The camera compartments are made for ditigal wunderbricks,
I.e. oversized for OM's. I ended up putting 100/2.8 on -3 and 135/3.5 on
-4Ti and problem was solved. And there was more space for more lenses in
the lens pouches. :-)
Of course, Stealth backpack being "digital warrior's best friend",
there's an extra notebook compartment there. I can say it's well-padded
and can take much bigger notebooks than the two I tried, IBM's T20 and
Dell's Inspiron 2100. So, if you plan to take a digital backup with you
and want to check your photos in the peace and quiet of your hotel room,
Stealth will take good care of your notebook.
In the front big pocket, there's plenty of space for a spare t-shirt or
any other piece of clothing you might want to take with you on a daily
trip (we normally had a couple of spare t-shirts on our hikes around the
island - minus notebook). It's definitely not my backpack of choice for
more than a few hours trips in the wild, but since we had to travel
light, we needed to improvise. Just take the notebook compartment out,
put in more water than you need and you're fine. :-)
So, if you need a backpack for your business travel and you want it to
fit a camera body or two plus a few lens, have a look at Stealth.
Having said that, I'm looking for a new small backpack now, something
that I can take on one day treks around Blue Mountains. :-) I'm thinking
of Mini Trekker or even Micro Trekker. :-)
With the plane be careful if you plan to take bigger bag, LowePro and I
guess other camera bag manufacturers usualy only state the interior
dimensions, so take something as small as possible.
Cheers,
Saso
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