( 8 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 19 2009
This bag is great. I needed a new bag because my Tamrac Velocity 7 was no longer big enough for the camera gear I wanted to be able to take on the go. As with my Velocity 7, the Express 7 is of the highest build quality and is very well thought out. Inside of this bag I can easily hold my K10D, 18-55mm lens, 50-200mm lens, 50mm lens, 2 lens hoods, filter bag (6 slots w/ approximately 10 filters in it), filter bag with split ND assembly, external flash, charger, and cable. That's all inside the main compartment!! The outside pockets hold my spare SD cards, a flashlight, macro filter kit, various camera cables, lens cleaner cloth, and foldable flash bounce, with room to spare!! The design allows relative ease to get to just about anything in the bag. The bag is very light, yet large enough to comfortably hold all that I mentioned. It is not a huge bag though by any means, as it is only slightly larger than the Velocity 7 that I have. It's comfortable to throw on your shoulder or over your neck to stay on your backside. I really can't imagine a much better everyday camera bag. That being said, if you want to take your camera gear with you somewhere such as a snowmobile trip or something else that you might not want your gear just flailing about then you might want to consider something else (I'm considering the Velocity 8x for this). One other note, it does not have the memory card pockets with little red tabs that some other Tamrac bags have (such as the Velocity 7) which I liked. But there's plenty of room for those to be thrown in the front pocket.
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Posted: Apr 8 2009
I purchased this camera bag last December in time for a Christmas vacation. Since then, I used the bag numerous times from weekend trips to my daughter's softball & tennis matches. The bag is very compact but holds a lot of gear. It is well padded for the camera and for the user. Access to your gear is very convenient without compromising safety of your equipment. I carry the following in my bag: 1. Canon EOS XSI 2. Canon 70-200mm F4 L USM lens 3. Canon 24-105mm F4 L IS USM lens 4. Canon 580EX II Speedlight 5. Canon OC-E3 Off-Camera shoe cord 6. Sto-fen Omni bounce 7. Lumiquest pocket bouncer 8. Canon battery charger for XSI 9. Numerous AA Alkaline batteries 10. Extra battery for XSI 11. Numerous SD Memory 12. IPOD 13. Cell Phone 14. USB Cable I recommend this product.
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Posted: Feb 6 2009
This is a great bag. It looks very nice, is much smaller than I expected (in a good way), and seems very high quality. Right now all I keep in it is Canon XSi+lens and another lens but I have a ton more room. I could probably fit another lens in there without too much difficulty. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 was that the velcro partitions are a pain to move. The straps you detach keep getting attached again.
