Canon Deluxe Photo Backpack 200EG for Canon EOS SLR Cameras (Black with Green Accent)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon Deluxe Photo Backpack 200EG for Canon EOS SLR Cameras (Black with Green Accent)
Customer Review: Excellent camera, lens, and accessory bag
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely love this Canon camera bag. I can fit a lot of stuff in it, its interior layout is made specifically for your camera equipment, and it has adjustable features inside to accommodate different size camera bodies, lenses, and accessories. The bag feels like it is much nicer quality than you would expect for a $40-$50 camera bag. I think that the only aspect of this bag that is slightly lacking is the sturdiness/firmness of the bag, but it is a backpack, after all. Backpacks should be somewhat flexible and less sturdy by their nature.
Although I haven't owned this bag more than a couple weeks, it has been very useful and easy for transporting my camera, lenses, and accessories the couple of times that I have used it. Here is the amount of stuff I carry in it, and where I've been putting it (pockets include primary zipper compartment, secondary zipper compartment, tertiary zipper compartment, and two small side pockets with velcro flaps):
Canon 7D body (primary)
Canon T2i body (primary)
Canon 17-55 IS (primary)
Canon 70-200 IS (primary)
Canon 50 1.4 (primary)
EW-83J lens hood for 17-55 (primary)
ET-87 lens hood for 70-200 (primary)
4 lens caps and 4 camera body caps (primary)
Canon Speedlite 430 flash (secondary)
8 AA batteries (secondary)
Lens cleaning pen/brush (secondary)
2 extra SDHC and 2 extra CF cards (secondary)
100+ business cards (secondary)
8 more AA batteries (tertiary, much smaller compartment on back side)
~100 more business cards in each of the two small side compartments (fourth and fifth pockets with tabs on the sides)
In case anyone was wondering, I still have a lot of room left in the secondary pocket. I plan to put an additional external flash (430 or similar) and a set of remote trigger & receivers. This bad is really awesome, and I am really pleased with every aspect of it. I'm not a huge fan of the color green typically, but very little of the bag is olive green, and it's a really good looking olive green. Most of the bag is black. It isn't too flashy or attention-grabbing, which is nice. There are only two places on the outside of the backpack that have the Canon logo, and both could probably be covered/removed easily if you are really concerned about attracting bad attention for having (expensive) camera equipment with you inside this bag. One of the logos looks like it could be peeled off carefully or loosened with a heat gun, and the other logo is a small tag that could be cut off with a pair of scissors in less than 4 seconds.
Customer Review: Two Cameras, Three Lenses, A Flash Unit, and more room
Summary: 5 Stars
The backpack camera bag is impressive in that is was designed to be a real hiking pack. It has the sleeve through which a waist belt can be run. It has the clips to hold the shoulder straps across the chest from spreading too far. It even has the waist strap of its own.
I tend to like to have everything with me when I take the camera, so let me list what I shoved into this bag and still have more room to go:
1) Canon 20D with the 28-135IS Lens attached AND the flower-type lens hood on (ready to shoot);
2) 300D/Digital Rebel Body with the battery grip attached;
3) 18-55 EF lens
4) 50mm/1.8 mkI lens
5) table top tripod (just in case)
6) four bp-511-type batteries
7) Tiffen filter essentials for the giant 28-135 lens
8) Hoya filter packs (3 boxes) for the 18-55
9) a lens cleaning kit (small 5x7x1 box)
10) a 380EX flash
11) a bunch of odds and ends (like the wired remote for the Rebel, a flat level, etc)
12) Firewire CF reader
13) charger for the BP-511
There is one empty spot in the compartments and plenty of room in the pockets -- plus an empty front pocket for whatever else I migth want to squirrel away in there. Not to mention, I can put a pack or two of Parodis in the side compartment, and my cell phone and its charger in the other side.
Wow! And to top it all off, even with that mess of stuff in the bag, it is comfortable to walk around with on the back...
The best thing for me, is that the camera is easy to retrieve and ready to shot when I pack it in a bag. Here, I can have the 20D ready to go with the 28-135 IS lens and the lens hood on it. All I need to do is move the zipper and the camera can slide out. Unlike some of the back packs, which require you to open the bag completely, this bag can have the camera located near the opening. For me, this is a big plus because I don't have to reveal to everyone the entire contents of my bag to get the camera out. Rather, I can retrieve the camera alone, ready to shoot, and no one sees what else is there.
That's a big, big plus to the bag design.
Fit and finish appears with quality and well done. Not only is the bag comfortable when loaded and worn, but the zippers remain easy to operate.
To top it all off, this bag is worth it at the list price, but at the markdown here, it is a steal.
I give it a 5 because it was easy to set-up and load, and because it is designed for actual hiking with it loaded down heavy to be comfortable and usable.
Customer Review: Excellent for the Money
Summary: 5 Stars
Please note that I am not comparing this backpack to any other camera backpack. I am simply making a value judgement based on the price I paid -- about $35.00.
I've had the pack for about two weeks now, and have loaded it up with a bunch of stuff, including two digital bodies, three zoom lenses, a Speedlite flash, a pocket tri-pod, a flash diffuser and an extra lense bag. All of that is inside the main compartment. I am very pleased with how the main compartment can be sub-divided to fit just about any camera attachments you might have. Padding all around is quite adequate, although a bit more could be used at the top of the bag where the camera body and lense typically sit.
The two zippered mesh compartments inside the main flap hold quite a bit of stuff, including the camera manual, flash manual, and various extra flash cards and batteries.
The two velcroed pockets on either side of the bag are not designed to protect, but to hold stuff. That's fine with me, so I don't put anything in them that I mind getting wet or dusty.
The main compartment flap has two zippered pockets on the outside. The bigger of the two pockets unzips on both sides and the top, and reveals two more small pockets and a small snap-hook. I use this pocket to store a photographic magazine or two I'm reading, cables, etc.
The other zippered pocket on the main flap zips across the top and is wide and deep enough to hold quite a bit more stuff, stuff that is flat or can be flattened.
The very outside of the main flap also has an open, expandable stretch-cord pocket that can be used to stuff in a light windbreaker.
My impression is that this bag has so many pockets and compartments that you could overload it if you are not careful. Before using this bag, I had cameras and accessories in three different "regular" camera bags. Now it's all in one place, and I would not consider going back to a regular camera bag -- even if I do have to set the pack down before opening it up to retrieve cameras and accessories.
Regarding quality of material and work, I am quite pleased. No frayed straps, no broken buckles, no weak seams, no shoddy workmanship.
So the question is, for $35.00 did I get a good camera backpack? My answer without hesitation is, "Yes." Does this pack have the same quality and features of a $65.00 or $100.00 pack. No, of course not.
BOTTOM LINE
For $35.00 my expectations were exceeded by this bag. At this price I see it as a real bargain.
Customer Review: Beats Tamrac Expedition 5 hands down!
Summary: 5 Stars
I originally got a Tamrac Expedition 5 bag, based on reviews. However, I was not happy with its capacity. It hardly held my stuff, and was hard to access everything because of the layout and stiffness of the bag. I ordered the much cheaper Canon 200EG bag, and it rox!! Everything fit in nicely, much easier to work with, and has a TON more capacity than the Expedition bag. How's this? The Expedition dedicates so much of it's design to equipment protection, with lots of very stiff strong padding (much more padding than this canon bag). The storage spaces are very cramped and hard to work with on the Tamrac bag as a result. Physically the Canon and Tamrac bags are similar dimension on the outside, but my pile of stuff now all fits in the Canon bag instead of needing 2 bags!
Also, the way the camera goes in and out of this canon bag is awesome too. On the Tamrac you have to unzip the whole top of the bag, undo the velcro lens strap, and then remove the camera. On the canon bag, all you have to do to remove the camera is unzip the top 8 inches of the bag, and out it comes (with a tiny bit of finagling when you have your vertical grip on). This is because of the way the zipper dips down on the top of the bag, rather than going straight across. Real time-saver if taking the camera in and out of the bag frequently. No special surface to lay the bag on either, just sit it at your feet and pull the camera out of the top.
Removal of the Canon logo looks like it will be an adventure though, I do not want a logo saying "please steal me, I'm worth money". I'm not sure yet what it will take to get it off, however I would like to point out it is made of hard plastic, and may be riveted into the bag. The back of it can not be accessed from inside the bag either, as there is a protective layer inside covering it. It is not stitched into the fabric, as I had guessed from the photo. I'll have to do some google searching to see if there is a tutorial for this.
The camera I use with this bag is a Canon 20D, and I have extra 3 lenses (in addition to the lens on the camera) and 2 full size Metz 54 flashes in the bag, along with 3 spare camera batteries, 2 chargers (AA and Canon chargers), 16 spare AA batteries, a card reader, and a Sto-Fen defuser all in the main compartment. The front pockets are packed with misc stuff too.
Totally awesome bag. I'd have used my camera a lot more if I had gotten this sooner. The other expensive Tamrac Expedition 5 bag was so inconvenient. Thank you Canon!
Customer Review: This backpack is a gem...
Summary: 5 Stars
This is perhaps the best cost-to-value product that Canon makes. I compared this backpack to a similar Lowepro and Tamrac backpack. After reading multiple reviews I made the purchase.
The build quality, and protective padding, are excellent. The color is quite nice, the zippers are well-constructed, and the overall size is bigger than I anticipated. The main compartment holds an impressive amount of equipment and is modifiable for your particular needs. Mine carries a Rebel XT body with battery grip attached, a 400mm f/5.6, a 70/200mm f/2.8 is lens, kit lens, a 50 mm 1.8 lens, a 1.4 teleconverter, and a 2.0 teleconverter.
The bag is laid flat to open. The cover/flap that zips open has both interior and exterior pockets. On the inside of this flap are two mesh pockets with zippers. There is ample space here to store all batteries, flash cards, small manual, or whatever. It has the same length and width as the compartment that contains all the camera equipment I specified.
The external portion of the cover/flap has a zipper that follows a semicircular patern when opening (along the perimeter of the bag) and another compartment that zips horizontally across the mid portion of the cover/flap. Again, there is a lot of storage space in these pockets. I carry the manual, both the remote control switch and the cable switch, the battery holder for my battery grip, and I have room to spare. It would be easy to carry protein bars or other items in this space.
The side of the bag has two smaller pockets that have a zelcro attachment. I place cleaning cloths and lens cleaning equipment in these pockets. They are not overly secure given the zelcro versus zipper attachment, so I wouldn't put expensive items in these side pockets.
There are straps on the bottom of the bag that allow you to attach your tripod. I have the Manfrotto 3021 w/488rc2 head. While the width makes passing through doorways a slight venture, the tripod is held securely and does not bounce against you while walking.
There are straps that connect across your chest and waist to aid in weight distribution. They are thin, and haven't proven very useful so far. I prefer the waist straps to the chest straps. The shoulder straps are thick and well padded. They make toting the bag extremely comfortable.
I saved perhaps $100 compared to similarly sized and styled bags from Lowepro and Tamrac.
For me, this one's a no-brainer.