Lowepro Flipside 400 AW Backpack (Black)
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Manufacturer: LoweproModel: Flipside 400 AW (Black)
Color: Black
Product features:
- Evenly distributes weight and provides exceptional comfort
- Offers easy access to gear, added security while wearing and provides quick access to cables, adaptors, water bottles
- Provide quiet access around film crews or wildlife
- Add SlipLock compatible products to customize your pack
- Built-In All Weather Cover offers maximum protection against rain, dust and sand
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Digital camera reviews of Lowepro Flipside 400 AW Backpack (Black)
Digital camera Review: An excellent big but not too heavy photo backpack
Summary: 4 Stars
Lowepro is always understating the capacity of its bags a bit. If you stick to smaller lenses, such as a 50/1.4 or an 18-200/3.5-5.6, you can actually fit one body and up to 12 (!) lenses into the Lowepro Flipside 400 AW. Alternatively, it provides enough space for, say, one body, one flash, a 70-200/2.8 or 80-200/2.8, and six to seven small lenses.
On the one hand this means that you have enough space even if you have several fast pro lenses or various specialty lenses such as a fish-eye, a tilt/shift, and a macro lens. But at the same time the bag is actually surprisingly compact and only weighs 1.6 kg or 3.5 lbs, which is less than other similar-sized bags.
The paranoid will appreciate that the Flipside bags, as their name suggests, open towards the back. Which means nobody can take your photo equipment out of your bag without either taking if off you or slicing it open.
It also comes with Lowepro's well-known all-weather cover AW, and with an integrated tripod holder that allows you to mount the tripod vertically along the centre of the bag, a design that I think is much better than that of Lowepro's SlingShot bags (which mount the tripod vertically on the side) or that of most of Tamrac's bags (which usually mount the tripod horizontally hanging from the bottom of the bag).
The bag and its padding is very sturdy and it just exudes quality in every detail. What might be even better would be something like a "Lowepro Flipside 350 AW" (i.e. with AW cover, larger than the 300 but smaller than the 400 AW) but at the moment there is no such bag. The Flipside 400 AW is currently the only Flipside bag with the AW cover.
The only real disadvantage is that it is only available in boring (black) or ugly (pine green) colours. I wish it was available in blue or red. But apart from that it is truly an excellent bag for the serious photo enthusiast who carries quite a bit of gear, but no extreme amounts of gear.
Summary of Lowepro Flipside 400 AW Backpack (Black)
This high-performance backpack is ideal for the serious enthusiast and professional photographer looking for all weather protection, superior comfort and extra security. The Flipside 400 AW uniquely offers a premium feature set including Lowepro?s patented All Weather Cover, Hide Away Tripod holder and Contoured Shoulder Strap with Padded waist belt. The Flipside 400 AW back compartment entry offers easy access to gear and added security while wearing, perfect for the travCases & Bags
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