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(More customer reviews)I got this bag a few months back. It turned out to have a few wrinkles on the lid, and when I brought it to the attention of Tenba, their response was amazing to the extent that the product manager called to find out exactly what was wrong, how I was using the bag, and so on. Compared to the hours on hold that is commonplace, this was a refreshing change. Needless to say, they shipped me out a replacement even before I returned the defective piece.
With that positive experience about their service, I got to setting up the bag.
The bag can be set up with four compartments in a row with the dividers provided. the first one from the left houses a medium zoom (Or, in my case, a 100mm F:2 macro), then the camera with a walkabout lens attached (I have the Tamron 17-250) inserted lens-down with the shoulder resting on a divider, the third compartment can hold another lens. You can put a 10-20mm Sigma in there if you want, but I use it to dump in my filters, spare battery, CF cards and cleaning supplies. The fourth compartment which is 2/3 the size of the others, holds my flash.
The rear zipped section carries the camera manual (which I will read one of these days when stranded on a desert island), and the front zipped section I keep empty, to retain the slim profile. Its actually intended for batteries, memory cards and such.
There is plenty of room in the main compartment for all of the above. Getting things in and out is clean, without futzing with flaps and dividers. The grippy bag handles work well, as does the shoulder strap. You can take this bag to an elegant event, a graduation ceremony or an informal get-together confident that you will not be under-dressed or stand out as a camera nut. You can carry it on a hike, the bag is built to take that treatment, but it will look out of place. Perhaps if they did one in Khaki...
What this bag is not:
This bag is not meant to carry your entire kit and kaboodle. For that, there are other, bigger options, none of which come with a free chiropractor!
Over the years, I have found that I do just fine with a flexible zoom for most opportunities, and sticking with one or two lenses gives me the opportunity to understand and use their abilities better. If there is time, like when a flower emerges from the snow, I attach my macro.
Over a period of time I have got my share of bags - a few Domkes, couple of Tamracs, and a miscellany of others. For all but outdoor hikes, I now stick to this one.
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Capacity: Medium size D/SLR body with 2-3 lenses and flash. This is the perfect lightweight, slim profile bag for a Medium size SLR -- Nikon D60, D90, D300, D700, Canon 40D, 50D, 5D Mark II. For a body and 2-3 lenses, there simply is no better way to carry this gear. Black Label is a collection of camera bags with exquisite tailoring details, including double-needle pleats, sculpted curves and massively yet meticulously reinforced stress points. But the beauty is far from skin deep. Black Label bags draw on Tenba\'s 30-year reputation as the ultimate professional bag, with rugged durability, working pro design, and serious practicality. And while they honor the heritage of those decades of leadership, Black Label bags are crafted, from the first stitch to the last, for today\'s image makers.
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