hteasley
Pupil
I recently got the Niko camera bag from Chrome, and it's really a nice rangefinder bag. Chrome makes bike messenger bags, mostly, and are known for heavy-duty construction and excellent water resistance. The Niko has a sling shoulder strap that is the most comfortable strap of that type I've ever worn.
I've got two rangefinders with lenses, plus three extra lenses in the main part of the bag, two of them on the bottom of the bag so they're in heavily padded individual cases.
The main compartment has one large zippered flap, which can also be opened as just a side flap, to get into the middle of the compartment, so that's where I have the M9, for easy access. There's a slim pocket on the inside of the flap, for memory cards and such.
It has a tiny top compartment for random other stuff. One netting pocket in there, otherwise just space for a few things.
It has side straps for carrying a tripod, but I don't think it could accomodate a tripod of real significance. I haven't used them.
The dividers I have in there actually came from a Tamrac backpack I'm not using anymore. The Niko's dividers are its weak point: very little velcro on them for making custom arrangements, so I subbed them out. There's also no laptop/ipad compartment, which might matter to some folks.
Anyway, it's Chrome's first camera bag, and I think they did a good job overall.
I've got two rangefinders with lenses, plus three extra lenses in the main part of the bag, two of them on the bottom of the bag so they're in heavily padded individual cases.
The main compartment has one large zippered flap, which can also be opened as just a side flap, to get into the middle of the compartment, so that's where I have the M9, for easy access. There's a slim pocket on the inside of the flap, for memory cards and such.
It has a tiny top compartment for random other stuff. One netting pocket in there, otherwise just space for a few things.
It has side straps for carrying a tripod, but I don't think it could accomodate a tripod of real significance. I haven't used them.
The dividers I have in there actually came from a Tamrac backpack I'm not using anymore. The Niko's dividers are its weak point: very little velcro on them for making custom arrangements, so I subbed them out. There's also no laptop/ipad compartment, which might matter to some folks.
Anyway, it's Chrome's first camera bag, and I think they did a good job overall.
scottwallick
ambition ≥ skill
Thanks for sharing, love me a bag thread. Is that bag itself very heavy?
hteasley
Pupil
No, it's very light, and of course its compactness means you're unable to make it too heavy, with laptops and such. It's a very compact bag.