The design is super compact and likewise large enough so that the bag is a medium-sized DSLR such as an EOS 600D, 60D, 7D, and even a 5D Mark II with the respective standard lenses (18-55, 15-85, or 17-85 in the APS-C camera with Geli, 24-105 receives in the 5D Mark II fine without Geli). A weather protection cover with openings for the shoulder strap is present and in the front and lid pocket can carry a lot of accessories. (Filter to 77mm, spare batteries, memory cards, cleaning cloths etc.).
The processing of the bag is good and even after a year of intensive use zipper is like new and the seams also keep super. The fabric is also very robust, the padding is pleasantly thick, even if they might like to be a bit thicker at the bottom of the bag.
The shoulder strap is well padded and fits comfortably on your shoulder. He might be a bit anti-slip.
About loops on the right side can still attach a lens case to take a Wechselobjetiv. It would be nice if the other side of the bag would be equipped with such loops, so you could still connect a second quiver. On the back of the bag has a belt loop, which also is now and very practical.
Now to the problem: The carabiner of the supplied carrying strap are equipped plastic and with a hinge, which is simply clicked into each other. This joint is now so primitive designed to be dismantled sometime autonomously by the weight of the bag. During an Italy vacation last week suddenly jumped when waiting in front of a museum apart the carbine and the bag fell to the ground. Here, the screwed UV filter was destroyed during and jammed in the lens, so that its front thread was also damaged. Damage: 100 euros in repair costs and for a new filter. The carabiner could be the way, then put together again easily, was therefore itself is not defective. But what does it matter?
I will now return the bag. More than a star is therefore not possible. It is simply inexcusable that Lowepro has the supporting parts of the bag well-built for cost reasons so primitive that the bag may fall down unexpectedly. So a Miss construct I do not want to entrust mine expensive camera !!!!
I therefore strongly advise to use a different carrying strap or equal to buy a reasonable case, in which the buckles, eyelets and carabiners are made of metal.
Addendum bezgl Customer: On my own email Lowepro showed no reaction so far. Customer looks different.
Addendum 2: Meanwhile, Lowepro has still reported and promised me a new bag and the replacement of the repair costs. For this reason I would like to at least express the customer a clear praise. Once I actually get the spare lines, I will change the rating to 2 stars. As before, I am of the opinion that Lowepro should use of the structures of a higher quality bag material precisely and should carry out an extremely accurate Quality Control, revealing such errors. Especially if like me dropping the camera on holiday, the replacement of material damage to the camera eventually can not compensate for the entgagenen images.
Addendum 3: Meanwhile, I have received a new bag from Lowepro and get completely replaced the repair costs. On the new strap bag other carbines are now attached. These no longer have the pivot but only through a kind of flexible joint, judging that its construction after, can not spring apart. However, the carbines are still plastic. I raise now on 2 stars because of the good customer service.
A higher rating is not in it, because the revision of the carbine is a Eingeständis of construction error and shows that Lowepro has tested this product until the customer. Every tech savvy people must eventually already watching it must be clear that a merely ambitious swivel plastic as it was originally used clearly represents the weak point of the pocket. It should therefore have been tested intensively on its robustness, before bringing the case to the market. I hope now that Lowepro reconsiders its policy and let go in the future only sufficiently tested products to its customers. Incidentally, I would have expected Lowepro recalls the pocket or the customer new risers offer (eg a notice on its website, posters in retail or at least on Amazon customer contact) after the error was obviously noticed. This would be the least been to preventively avoid damage due to the customer.
