I agree, Ken. You’d think that it would be easy for experience bag designers
to make the perfect bag – perfect for each situation and kit, I mean – but
there is always some flaw. I have a Tenba DNA 11 Messenger bag: it is
lightweight, has loads of pockets and is nicely adaptable. But it has little
protection on the top, as you mentioned, and the pockets are tight. But I’m
off to Portugal in a couple of weeks (only for a weekend) and it will hold a
body and a couple of lenses as well as my iPad and some other essential gear.
Your Kata looks very businesslike. I have a rucksac and a convertible
sling/rucksac from Kata, each of which is pretty good for the job.
Chris
> On 31 Dec 15, at 04:24, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> As I've sat here this evening doing a little bit of research on some
> of the newer bags I did look at and dismiss, there seems to be a trend
> these days in bag design to somehow make the bags unusable. The action
> seems to be in the messenger category for mirrorless cameras. But
> anything intended for a DSLR kit is incomprehensibly awkward. Of the
> Manfrottos (which absorbed KATA), this category of bags is completely
> horrid. Naneu seems to be about the only company actually TRYING to
> make the bags usable. With the exception of that one I tried to like,
> they usually are on their game.
>
> The more I look this KATA bag over, the more I like it. The quality of
> construction, materials and design really are excellent. I'm just not
> as pleased about the outside dimensions as I like, but for the primary
> purpose of this bag, I think it will do. The overall security and
> protection of the equipment is the best of all of my bags. It's at
> least 50% more protective than my best LowePro and 2-3x better than
> the bag it's replacing. But it is heavier.
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