Waist Bag with Tokina 12-24

[roamingstudio]

I have read many of the discussions for belt bags for various lenses etc - and

checked out kinesis and lowepro. Unfortunately kinesis wont accept returns from

international orders (I asked) which makes me wary of ordering without trying.

 

I recently found a good stockist for the Lowepro and tried a couple of thier

waist belts - but found I could not fit my Tokina 12-24 ATX lens inside any of

the circular cases - and even my canon 28-135 was a tight fit. Their catalogue

listed other waist lens kits - but all had the same diameter as the ones I tried.

 

Does anyone know of waist bag combos which are relatively light (im a careful

hiker and find all the extra padding a little too excessive) and can take wide

lenses? In the future I hope to add a couple of wide primes - and move towards L

and would hate to shoot myself in the foot with a system which could not cope.

 

Thanks for thoughts

 

(and yes I have google searched and after 4 pages and going back 10 years I did

not find a direct answer).

[brucecyr]

Although the Lowepro site is slow even with a fast connection, the wait is worthwhile in terms of the available information. Almost every piece of gear I've viewed there is extensively documented and diagrammed.

 

On-line sites, for example BHPhoto.com and, I think, Adorama.com, also have excellent documentation on internal and external dimensions of their bags and cases, etc.

 

HTH