Bag for 70-200 f2.8 IS

Hi,

 

I know this question was asked in the camera equipment section but I

would like to continue it here. I know a lot of people own this

monster and the non-IS version. How do you carry it? I am looking

for a small shoulder bag (currently have a Domke F3) for

street/travel shooting. I would like it to fit a 16-35 f2.8 and 50

f1.4 and Canon 1dMKII as well.

 

Right now, the Domke F3 fits everything but it really snug. What is

everyone else using? Lowepro AW 75 Toploader was suggested as well

as the Lowepro Specialist 85 (which looks like a very intersting

bag).

 

Also... just for tidpits... I was messing with my 70-300 DO IS on

the drive back from Mammoth this weekend and shot some frames out of

a car window moving at 85mph. Boosted contrast and saturation in

ACR... not to bad.

 

Best regards,

 

 

aaron<div></div>

I use the belt loop on the supplied 70-200 bag -- attach it to my main bag: I attached it to my large Lowe Pro bag and it rides along. It's way too large to fit inside the Lowepro with my other gear. Sometimes too I use a separate strap and wear the 70-200 bag on one of my shoulders.

I usually have this lens in my Lowepro backpack. When I shoot wedding or anything that I

need to change lens fast and frequency, I bought a little bag which was design to hold a

sport plastic water bottle also made by lowepro. It comes with a big belt clip, soft, doesn't

have a lip. Its not big enough to hold the whole 70-200 IS inside but it fit 3/4 of the lens

from bottom up. (it could fit from the head down w/o the hood, assume the front len is

the head.) because the lens is heavy enough it won't fall out by accident. It doesn't

have a lip so that i don't have to open and close it when use. and most of all, its cheap. I

bought it at REI for about $12. You may want to have something with more protection,

but its very convinence for myself to shoot at fields.

I can think of several but I will not state names. To me, bags and tripods belong to a category of their own in a sense that they require very personal fitting and what's good for me may well not be good for you, even if we have the same equipment. Thus I will - personally - never recommend a specific model. For example, I once saw on the web a bag that I really liked. However, when I got to the store and tried it out I found that it wasn't very comfortable. I tried another and - surprise - it was excellent. Thus I suggest you do the same. Go to the store and try them out yourself.

 

Suggesting a brand is a different thing and I (like many) find Lowepro bags to be excellent. HTH.

 

Happy shooting,

Yakim.

I have just purchased a lowepro 75AW toploader for the 70-200 2.8L. It is a great bag and gives the camera and lense plenty of protection. It is massive though about half the size of the lowepro mini treker. I figured I spent a small fortune on the lense and I want it protected between shoots.

Aaron,

 

I usually carry tiny bag inside my ordinary (non-photo) backpack. The bag is enough for the camera with small lens (like 50mm f/1.4) attached + 2 lenses of similar size go there, then I put 70-200 f/2.8 IS inside the soft-case that came with the lens and put it also inside the backpack. I'm quite content with such setup.