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Urban disguise, a second impression

Eric W — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:09:35 +0000

After a short couple of weeks, I can say that I’m starting to like what the urban disguise offers. Give me a month though, and you’ll get a better overview. I have some events coming up that’ll really put it through the paces.

This short in, I just want to say: it does very well at storing everything you need, like a “go bag.” Right now, I can grab it & go, assured that I have the minimum of what I need to get things done.

Urban disguise, first impressions

Eric W — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:12:54 +0000

So after a few days, my first impressions of the Think Tank Urban Disguise 40. I love it.

Part of that is the pack-rat in me. There are a ton of pockets – you can’t open a flap without getting an extra zipper. It’s extremely well designed for daily walkabout use, and you can pack a crap-load of stuff in it. For landscape an wildlife photography, I’ve packed it with my Nikon d200, the old-style (meaning huge & bulky) Nikon 80-200mm lens (note on this: Nikon Rumors claims it has been discontinued – the price has fallen far!), a Nikon 105mm lens, my lovely Nikon 50mm f/1.4 (not the ASM, and I highly recommend you grab it!), along with my Nikon 18-200mm and my Sigma 10-20mm.

But that’s not all – it also carries my blackrapid strap, filters, memory cards, extra batteries, pens, paper, space for a few magazines…

I’ll update again in a couple of months, but it looks like an excellent carry-around bag. The type that works well for urban photography, travel, and maybe even car camping.

Searching for a new bag

Eric W — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:24:44 +0000

It really is my bag, baby! Or rather, that’s my excuse for not lugging all of my photo equipment around with me. The problem is, I’m starting to get tired of that excuse. More importantly, I’m starting to feel the pain of not having my equipment with me when I need it. I’ve narrowed my search down to two choices:

I’m leaning towards the urban disguise right now. Any thoughts?