{"id":1964,"date":"2008-06-03T10:01:20","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T18:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2009-05-17T13:39:17","modified_gmt":"2009-05-17T21:39:17","slug":"camera-bags-packs-for-hikers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/06\/03\/camera-bags-packs-for-hikers\/","title":{"rendered":"Camera bags, packs for hikers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51QR8YG6VYL._SS500_.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"camera bag\" class=\"alignleft\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trailspotting.com\/2008\/05\/camera-bags-kata-torso-pack.html\">Trailspotting <\/a>reviews the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000FA348U?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=twhedrabaarhi-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000FA348U\">Kata T-214<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=twhedrabaarhi-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B000FA348U\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>,  a way-cool sling bag for carrying your cameras into the woods. It&#8217;s built by a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kata-bags.com\/index.asp\">company<\/a> that makes bags for the Israeli military and looks tough enough to intimidate a terrorist (and might well convert to Uzi-carrying duty; good luck getting through security at SFO). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shuttertalk.com\/articles\/katat214\">Another fan reviews it in even greater depth<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>LowePro <a href=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/catalog\/Sling-Bags,4.htm\">makes a few sling bags<\/a>, too.  None of these are precisely cheap at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000B9O83A?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=twhedrabaarhi-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000B9O83A\">$80<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=twhedrabaarhi-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B000B9O83A\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001E07NY6?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=twhedrabaarhi-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B001E07NY6\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001E07NY6?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=twhedrabaarhi-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B001E07NY6\">40<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=twhedrabaarhi-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B001E07NY6\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, but if you&#8217;re hauling $2,000 worth of lenses and camera bodies, it doesn&#8217;t make much sense to skimp on a case.  Mind you these are SLR-and-lenses bags &#8212; definite overkill for the point-and-shoot-crowd though LowePro <a href=\"http:\/\/products.lowepro.com\/catalog\/Compact,25.htm\">has some interesting choices for compacts<\/a>).  I have an old bag from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaglecreek.com\/accessories\/pouches_waistpacks\/\">Eagle Creek<\/a> that has plenty of room for my Canon A710 plus a snack lunch. <\/p>\n<p>More hard-core shutterbugs might like the integrated setup from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kgear.com\/\">Kinesis Gear<\/a> (to lust after if nothing else). This is the kind of gear National Geographic shooters take on African safari. In a pinch they can stuff the bag into the jaws of an attacking lioness.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rotation360.com\/images\/image_4.jpg\" width=\"110\" height=\"136\" alt=\"rotating pack\" class=\"alignleft\"\/>The system that appeals most to my inner geek is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotation360.com\/\">Rotation 360 pack,<\/a> which rotates part of the camera bag from back to front in a snap. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotation360.com\/r360_video.html\">Watch the video <\/a>to see how it works. Very clever. A steal at just $279. <\/p>\n<p>Makes me think I might have to get a big camera to justify having one of these awesome packs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trailspotting reviews the Kata T-214, a way-cool sling bag for carrying your cameras into the woods. It&#8217;s built by a company that makes bags for the Israeli military and looks tough enough to intimidate a terrorist (and might well convert&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/06\/03\/camera-bags-packs-for-hikers\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[285,498],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}