Need a soft case to protect my 400/2.8

Nikon has one, but it screams Nikon in big yellow letters, which is the known

to be translated into "steal me" in the Bronx.

 

I have been looking at the Tenba, the Kinesis and the Lighteware generic carry

bags. Anyone have any experience with with such bags?

 

How do you carry your cannons; not in the Nikon hard case that comes with the

lens, I assume?

How about a bag with big red letters "Canon".

www.lowepro.com

 

Regards, Juan Parmenides

If you like that Nikon bag, you can always get that and then cover up the big Nikon logo. My 200-400mm AF-S zoom comes with a nylon bag which also has a big yellow Nikon logo up front. I use black electrical tape to cover that up, and the tape is easily removable.

 

The long-lens bag I really like is the Lowepro Lens Trekker 600 AW:

http://www.lowepro.com/Products/Backpacks/allWeather/Lens_Trekker_600_AW.aspx

 

It is designed for a 600mm/f4. Therefore, it has plenty of room for my 500 with a large body attached. It is a backpack. I use it for hiking with a long lens. It is going to be big (too tall) for a 400mm/f2.8, but Lowepro only makes it in one size.

 

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/279322-REG/Lowepro_1986010_Lens_Trekker_600_AW.html

Thinktank makes adjustable lens carriers in two or three sizes. Check them out at http://www.thinktankphoto.com. Thinktank is very innovative, and have high quality.

Hi.

C-Icon makes some very well designed digital camera cases

that are marketed and sold at Walmart. Although designed

for digital cameras and compact 35mm's, they can be

adpated to carry Lenses as well, cause they use a full-

enclosure Zipper around the top end. You just slide in

your camera, lens, or whatever, and zip it up, and your

good to go. The one's I'm talking about use imitation

black leather on the outside, and have plenty of good

rubber padding inside, with some extra pockets thrown

in. These bags are very attractively priced, quite a bit

cheaper than a 'pro' bag sold at a retail camera shop.

They come in several different sizes, you would just

need to find the one that best fits the lens. I'm

pretty impressed with these C-Icon compact camera

cases, and the ones in Black Leatherette seem very

well contructed and high-quality, all the way through.

They give your stuff a lot of protection, and they

probably hold up pretty well.