But I lacked a smaller backpack that I can use for everyday life and small city tours, and where a small yet professional equipment fits into it. A backpack should be there already, because of my back. Very promising I always found the Flipside concept where the pocket is to open on the back side, and the whole is on the waist belt can rotate forward in order to serve as a vendor's tray. The Flipside Sport 15L corresponds roughly to the "civilian" Flipside 300, which I then the Flipside 400 find more attractive because of the wide hip belt. But that makes it even difficult ...
The Flipside Sport series has certainly a more attractive design that looks more like an alpine daypack. Orange I found something too flashy for the city, so I opted for the blue model.
The build quality is very good, and you realize that the manufacturer has been in business longer. Everything is very well thought out and fits. For example, an iPad fits easily into the side pocket, which is normally intended for a hydration system. Since this bag has a flexible fold, you can stow Miscellaneous Accessories. The tripod mount on the other side is great to fix a jacket.
I think a large tripod belongs anyway not as a backpack, but you can specifically contribute to the Manfrotto Quick Action Strap (contrary to the opinion of a reviewer there you can very well use along with a backpack, only the tripod depends on the page, and the belt is positioned over the neck area) to make it quickly to have when photographing at hand or can leave. But a monopod fits very well through the compression strap to the hydration system pocket.
We come to the main compartment. This can be removed easily and even has its own protective sheath. This backpack is transformed into a daypack. Well, I will almost always have my camera with me, but even so this results in additional storage space, namely between the inner bag and the outer wall. Here fits an iPad equally well in and is even better protected against shocks. Whether you can sense stow a flat notebook under the inner pocket, have to try someone else, I just none at hand.
LowePro advertises a product photo where a Nikon D3 can be seen with an attached 300 / 2.8 and two additional lenses and a flash. Have tried it, really works. But if you the "vendor's tray" rotates forward, it is indeed held by the (narrow) hip belt, but you want the backpack still hold intuitively. The zipper can be easily opened with one hand, and when you have practiced it, you can also take the camera to the 300 with a hand out and then Reassign. Also, the stopper goes back quite a hand, but is somewhat tricky, since the half-filled compartment slightly deformed as a vendor's tray. I would still prefer to settle the backpack, but in an emergency it would also in the running.
Frequent but I will select the following filling: D3 with attached 70-200 / 2.8, two additional 2.8-zoom and a flash. The flash can be also with the LowePro Quickflex Pouch (not in the Amazon range?) Outside attach the grip.
Of course, the backpack also has a rain cover, which is housed in a bag on the ground, wohinein the lap belts fit when they are not needed.
Although the backpack holds so much equipment, he still feels relatively small and can for example take him comfortably on his lap, without attracting attention.
Five stars for the whole package:
+ Appealing "technical" design but unremarkable
+ Looks from the outside is relatively small and feels slightly
+ Quality workmanship
+ Thoughtful details
+ IPad-ready
+ Additional storage compartments with removable inner part
+ Flipside concept generally enables virtually with the "vendor's tray", the fast changing lenses in Laufen
+ Enough space for professional camera with three zoom and a flash, accessories, jacket and monopod.
- To narrow hip, affects not inspire confidence when filled with heavy 300 / 2.8 in Bauchladen mode
- No tensioning straps on the top, where you might well secure a jacket
- Something expensive that you would like to recommend it to anyone
