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 enlarge | Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $75.00
Buy New: $42.58
You Save: $32.42 (43%)
New (15) from $34.84
Avg. Customer Rating:  800 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 15 x 12.2 x 7
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: 200EG
Model: 200EG
UPC: 750845806137
EAN: 0750845806137
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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 good bag can be made better for a few bucks... July 21, 2005
33 out of 33 found this review helpful
This is a good bag for the money. it's not a great bag, but very useable. with a few bucks and a trip to REI, it can be made much better however.
first, get yourself a 40 inch long, 1 inch wide webbing lashing strap, with a quick release buckle on the end. should be about 2 bucks. use that to wrap the bag through the lashing anchors on the sides of the bag. this acts as a very good compression strap, and gives you an added measure of security. close the bag with the zippers below the strap, and it's harder for would be thieves to open your bag while you are carrying it. it also allows you to open the top half of the bag, and grab your camera without letting the other contents of the bag fall out. since the top of the backpack is cut inwards, the camera is fairly easy to grab for those quick shots. not as fast as a messenger bag, but better than having to put your bag on the ground to get your camera out.
next, get a pack of 1 inch tri glide buckles. use those to tidy up the 40 inch lashing strap, and the long adjustable shoulder straps. stuff the waist strap into the small storage area in the bottom back of the bag, and poof! you now have a neat, and much more useable bag for a few bucks more.
a velbon luxi SF tripod fits great into the front pocket with the 1/4 inch compression cords.
great bag, could use some more padding though.
 Inexpensive, CHEAP non-pro style backpack November 24, 2005
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
I was swayed by all the good reviews and bought one, even though the older style Canon backpack I had bought and then promptly got rid of some years back had left a bad taste in my mouth. Well, let's just say things aren't much better. There are a number of improvements and the styling is nice. But a Rebel with battery grip doesn't fit. Therefore, I don't think a 10D or a 20D will either. Not sure about an XT since it is smaller. Assuming of course you have the add on battery grip like I do. The zippers absolutely stink. They are light duty and don't zip smoothly. I feel like the weight of the camera up high will force the zippers to slowly unzip and there goes the camera. I am so unimpressed. It's not even worth the cheap price Amazon is asking in my opinion. Spend some more money for a good bag like a Tamrac.
 Poor zippers March 18, 2006
29 out of 33 found this review helpful
This bag is dangerous! It zips from both sides. When new, I had the two zippers meeting at the top. They opened spntaneously and dumped out my new Canon Digital Rebel and a lens. Luckily I was on a carpet and nothing broke.
I fixed that problem by using a safety pin to keep one zipper at its bottom location to force me to zip the other all the way over the top. So far, so good. Then, when the bag was about 2 months old, the zipper gave out totally. The bag is worthless.
 Great Features and Value. May 25, 2006
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
The bag is just shy of a standard sized backpack/bookbag, just slightly shorter. It's black nylon/cordura or whatever that fabric is called now, with an olive accented panel on the front. Two Canon logos are visible from the front, nothing gaudy or obnoxious. It doesn't really scream "camera bag" either - just your run of the mill black backpack I guess.
What I like about the most is that it opens a clam shell fashion. This is a big step up from my previous bag, where you had to undo a flap cover, and then undo a zipper that basically cut the bag in half - not a very speedy or convenient process. The Canon bag is easy access; the camera sits right at the top, and you can remove it without having to totally open the bag up. Another thing I find nice is the amount of useable space. A couple more dividers would be nice, but I can use the leftovers from my previous bag if needed. In the main compartment, I can fit my Drebel body, with 28-105 attached, 28-300, 128mm prime, 16mm zenitar, 8mm Peleng, 50mm Takumar prime, 18-55 kit lens, flash, cheapo slave flash, and two coversion lenses (.24 wide angle, and 1.5 tele - both are junk, but are keen for that lensbaby effect). After all that, I still have a little space leftover for another lens - or battery and charger, or pack of smokes. I could probably even free up some more space if I rearranged the dividers, or leave a couple lenses behind and pack another body. That's just the main compartment.
There are two zipper pockets on the front of the bag, one sort of shallow,
you could fit maybe an envelope in it. The other pocket utilizes the entire
length of the flap - you could fit a few magazines, maps, socks or a t shirt
in there with no problem. There's even a small hook inside the pocket - for keys maybe? If not, there's enough room to hang a Camelback bladder - at least the smaller sized ones. Covering the front pocket is another sort of open laced pocket, with a drawcord that tightens it all up. A windbreaker/pants would fit in there easily, or maybe even a folded up reflector. The front pockets expand outward from the bag, so you can stuff them pretty full and still close it with no issues.
Either side of the bag is flanked by smaller pockets, with a hook/loop closure.
They are not really the `right size' for anything - and I'm not sure I trust the
closure method on them either. Still, at least they are there if you need them,
or if you need to lose something. I have yet to discover any hidden or non
advertised pockets or zippers...
The bag also has plenty of straps all over the place: the main shoulder straps are quite wide - I'm not sure they are actually a bonus - in fact they are admittadly awkward at first, but you get used to them. There's a small breast strap that connect them together on the front, and also a strap for you waist. Two extra straps on the side, not sure what their uses are. Also two straps on the bottom, for a tripod I presume.
Now, for the critical stuff.
Now, $35.00 is pretty cheap for a backpack/camera bag, right? So what's the catch? The first nit I would note is that the build quality - not sub par, but also not on the level of a $150.00 bag. That said, I would note all the seams are sewn completely, no frayed threads, and the zippers align and and work as they should. The material, while being labled as "water repellent" (urethane coated!), is also a lessor grade of nylon than you find on pricier bags. If you own a Camelback, you wold notice a difference in material quality, for instance. The webbed pockets on the inside, seem solidly sewn in place, but I'm not sure I'd want to test just how far you can stretch them, you can sort of feel a "give point" just beyond where everything seems tight. Hmmm, actually the build quality is okay, it's more the materials I have issue with.
I wish there were some tie downs or buckles to keep the loose ends of the straps
under control. Not really a performance issue, just keen attention to details. The main zipper has a small rain flap running its entire length, but some reason is just seems backwards - like maybe it should face the other way. I am concerned about being caught in the rain with it, seems like the water would rush right in. Good thing I'm in the desert.
Last thing, is the shoulder straps. They are about two inches wide. I can see the
logic behind this, potentially heavy weight one's back adds up after a while, but it seems that their width may add to fatique rather than relieve it. I have yet to test this theory though... I may report back in a while with my findings, just because I find them so odd.
But any criticism has to be taken with a grain of salt as well; it is, after all, a $35.00
camera backpack. For the price, it offers convenience and features that far outweigh
nitpicky negatives I've commented on. I only raise them to make people aware - it's not like getting a $200.00 bag for 40 bucks. But it is like getting a really keen bag for 35.
Student-Type backpack, decent for the price December 14, 2005
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
I admit it-- I bought this backpack for two main reasons. The first was that it looked like I could shove a water bottle into one of those side pouches. The second is because I could shove a normal sized notebook into that large front pocket.
Neither is *exactly* true. I can fit a waterbottle in this thing, but that's because I put it on in the webbing on the front. But my wallet fits perfectly in that side pocket, as well as my cell phone.
The large front pocket won't hold a notebook computer unless it's a *small* notebook computer -- smaller then my fairly normal sized toshiba. But it will fit a comp book, two paperbacks, or a 1 inch binder. It could probably even fit a small text book and a comp book, which makes it great for a photography class.
One thing I miss is that my Lowepro Minitrekker had pockets within pockets-- inside the large fromt pocket, there are two little "bag" pockets that look like they were meant to hold water bottles. They're aaaaaallll the way down at the bottem, so there's not really any place to put things like lens caps while you're shooting ( I'm a girl, so I've gotten into the habit of sticking lens caps in my bra. Don't laugh! It works! ).
It's padded and all, but it just doens't feel padded enough to me. There's not really much padding on the sides, and there's none whatsoever on the top (where you put your camera!). The reason for this is that the bag is supposed to be sort of quick-draw -- if the zipper is at the very top and middle of the main pocket, and you open it half an inch, you can see the LCD of your camera. Another few inches, and you can draw your camera right out without having to open the entire bag.
Speaking of "the entire bag", that's something to be aware of. There's plenty of room in this thing to shove random doo-dads to the point where I've started putting things in there that I don't really need ( for example : a pair of gloves. I should mention I live in the tropics--I haven't used them yet ), just to fill in the empty spaces.
My two favorite things about this bag is that it A) doesn't look like a camera bag ( it looks like a semi-bulky school backpack, especially if you use a seam ripper and get rid of the canon logo )and B) If you empty it out, it folds down pretty flat for a camera bag --useful if you transfer your stuff from bag to bag like I do.
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