Ordered the Crumpler
By DavidFisher. Filed in photography |Tags: camera, crumpler, D200, Macbook Pro, Nikon, photography, Sinking Barge
So I decided to order the Crumpler Sinking Barge backpack. I did so after going to a local photo store and checking it out. I’d have taken the one there home, except for the fact that it was a color of blue which is unlike anything in my wardrobe.
I ordered this over the Adventure 9 backpack for the reason that I simply don’t need that much space for stuff in a bag (the adventure 9 offers far more space for lenses and such) and that I liked the simplicity of the Crumpler. It doesn’t look like a photographer’s bag. Traveling in Europe I am sure that will be an asset. Also the less of a hassle the bag is to open up, the easier it will be for security.
I ended up ordering the black/slate color one and it should be here Monday. Yeah! Not in time for traveling to NJ, but I’ll likely leave my camera at home for that anyway. I haven’t had a new backpack since 8th or 9th grade so I’m pretty excited about this.
Oh, and for anyone wondering, it holds a Nikon D200 body with the 18-200 Nikkor lens and a Macbook Pro 15.3″ just fine. I’m not sure why a person to two had commented it online to not be big enough. I took my gear to the store to try it out and it was perfect.