Lowepro Slingshot 200 All Weather Backpack (Black) by Lowepro
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Digital camera reviews of Lowepro Slingshot 200 All Weather Backpack (Black)
Digital camera Review: Fantastic amateur bag
Summary: 5 Stars
Love this bag. It holds my Nikon D90 with the 18-200VRII lens, my SB-600 flash, my 35mm prime, and my Sony HDR-1100 Video camera. Plus the top storage compartment holds all the associated cords for both and part of my camera cleaning kit. The front pocket holds extra batteries, flash cards, etc. Lots of extra belt loops to attach stuff if needed later also. Feels very secure wearing it.
Also has these two snap buckles that close over the zipper on each side of the camera access flap, which allows you to open just the flap to access the camera without the zipper accidentally opening further and letting all your other items fall out.
The one shoulder strap construction actually always you to essentially "roll" the bag around from your back to your belly/waist area to access the above referenced camera flap and retreive your camera, without taking the bag off. Obviously great theft deterent. Love the bag. Haven't had it in the rain yet but I have used Lowe products before while camping and they are always top notch.
Digital camera Review: Fantastic!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great quality and well thought out. If you carry loads of equip. you might consider the next one up.(300) For me...perfect!Digital camera Review: Functional and AWESOME!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this bag on a recommendation from a collegue of mine at work. He is another Nikon lover such as myself.
I have a Nikon D5000 with an 18-200mm Lens. I also have a little Panasonic Lumix point and shoot. I purchased this bag in preparation for my 2 week vacation to Scotland.
First of all, the bag is very light. With nothing in it, it almost seems weightless. Then, after putting my new camera in and my extra strap and such, the bag was still quite light when put on your shoulder. It hardly seemed to be there.
I not only fit my camera in there, but an extra rain jacket, a can of soda, and many little trinkets I purchased along my travels.
The bag was taken hiking for 3 hours on a BIG HILL, through Castle gardens, Pallaces, rivers and waterfalls, hiking up and down the side of a mountain, and through the streets and closes of Edinburgh and it's Castle. Not only did the bag outperform any other camera bag I have owned in comfort, but it has to be one of the most convienient bags for a camera ever! I had NO trouble swinging the bag around to unzip and quickly (and quite effortlessly) pull my camera from the bag.
Because I was in Scotland I knew that it was bound to rain. This bag is totally prepared for the rains that we saw in Bonnie Scotland. It started to rain and I just whipped out the little rain cover and viola! Instant protection. I didn't need my big camera in the rain, but I did pull out my little point and shoot from the top compartment which was easily accessable through the rain cover (just pull it down a wee bit).
I would say the only negative to this bag is the fact that I didn't have more camera equipment to fill it. It stood through international travel and scored a 5 star rating. It is worth every penny I invested!
If you have camera equipment you want protected but don't want to carry a clunky case or take forever digging it out of a bag, then the Lowepro Slingsot is your answer!
Digital camera Review: Get this one if you use multiple lenses!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have a Nikon D40x, with the 18-55mm lens and also the 70-300mm VR lens, which is just monstrous. However, even so...the lens can remain attached to the camera to fit nicely back in the bag (although it wouldn't fit with the lens hood on).
I got this bag for travel with my camera, and one of the reviews I read before getting this bag was to get the Slingshot 200 instead of the Slingshot 100 (what I'd initially considered). EXCELLENT piece of advice!! The 200 isn't as big as you're probably afraid it will be, and I can carry both my lenses; the lens hood; and the rubber Giottos air blower to clean the lenses.
As an aside, if you're swapping lenses out fairly frequently, it's a must to carry the blower with you...otherwise you'll wind up seeing flecks in your viewfinder and have no way to get them out. Therefore, the bag you get also has to be able to accommodate a blower. I will tell you that both the hood and the blower are snug fits in two of the compartments, but I still have the 4th compartment empty.
If the lenses you use are more in number or longer than what I've described here, you'll probably want to go with the 300.
There is a nice memory card holder on the inside flap; and the all-weather covering is stealthily hidden on the backside.
The bag has much more padding for your back than I expected; and the foam compartments inside the bag are sturdier than I would have thought. The top zippered area on the back of the bag is not quite as useful as it maybe could be, but still a good, safe place to throw keys, and/or a 20-oz bottle, and a manual too. The bottom zippered pocket is great for storing an extra battery, the Nikon lens pen, filters, and other smaller items. My tripod doesn't fit in either slot on the outside of the bag, but a monopod would fit there.
All in all, I would highly recommend this bag. I was very pleasantly surprised with the design and construction.
Digital camera Review: Glad I did not settle.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the few bags that have exceeded my expectations. I seem to have become a "collector" of various packs. Never owning a slingpack prior to ordering, I was greatly impressed when I donned this one. I've never experienced this level of comfort AND stability before. I own/owned high-end tactical backpacks that cost me 4X what this pack did and they do/did not offer better construction than the AW200. After careful scrutiny (hey, you got to find SOMETHING that could be improved or you're not looking hard enough), I've decided that the zipper would be smoother if they had used one that was larger. Understanding the mechanics, it was a trade-off that the company made in order to help keep the pack weather-tight. Forethought was evident while loading the pack with my DSLR + lenses and accessories. The pack still had room to spare and offers great protection for the equipment I choose to carry (including room for an additional super zoom back-up). It does not mention in the specs, but it does have 3 modular support locations to strap additional accessories to the pack. This was one of the many pleasant surprises I noticed upon receipt. The captive, tuck-away micro cloth and weather cover is ingenious. The closest dedicated camera slingpack I've found is the Tamrac Velocity series. I immediately returned my Velocity locally upon discovering that the pack inadequately protected what little equipment I could fit into it. The AW200 is clearly superior to the Velocity in almost every way. I would highly recommend the AW200 vice the AW100 based upon the fact that it gives you room to expand if you do not immediately fill it to capacity. Finally, I feel that the AW200 is somewhat discrete in design, i.e. I do not feel like I am carrying a target on my back if I go out in town with my equipment.