You got your camera bag in my laptop bag! The Tenba backpack
Written: Mar 30 '07
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Pros: More than enough room to safely carry everything you own on your back.
Cons: You get what you pay for this ain’t cheap
The Bottom Line: If there is a better bag, I don't need it this does everything you could possible want.
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| jckatz's Full Review: Tenba PB-15C Camera Backpack |
The first thing you will notice on the Tenba website is when you click “Where to buy” it takes you to REAL stores not websites. I believe there is a good reason for this, you should NOT purchase a backpack from a website. I know this goes against Epinions.com philosophy, but let me explain.
The Tenba bag will be placing a laptop, a camera bodies, and up to four lens on your back. In my case sometimes two camera bodies (more on that later), since I don’t have four lens yet. It is essential that the bag FITS you, and the only way to know that is to TRY it on. Sure a high quality backpack has adjustable straps, but not everybody’s body is the same and some backpacks will rub you the wrong way, don’t believe me check out articles from overnight backpackers (which I am one).
The good news is this backpack isn’t as large as a the overnight backpack but you will still need to make sure it doesn’t hit you somewhere you are going to find annoying after a few hours.
Safe and secure
Cameras are not cheap and lens are not either, the more you jostle a lens the sooner the optics are going to get messed up, so a good bag is a must have for any photographer. Almost all “real” camera bags have dividers that allow you to shape the storage to your needs, this bag is designed to handle 4 lens including a really, really long lens. This is important since this bag is carrying a 500 MM telephone lens.
FILM we don’t need not stinking film
I remember when camera bags had to hold film but those days are long gone, so now it comes with media storage area, in this case 34 places to keep your media safe and secure. BTW using the 2 GIG cards I got at Amazon.com for $35.00 this bag could hold $1,190.00 in media storage alone, and a whooping 68 gigs of storage. Of course now you can get 4 gig cards for $70.00 if you don’t think 68 gigs is enough.
But with all that storage your batteries aren’t going to last long enough no problem this bag has plenty of storage space for extra batteries and power cords, sub, and even a spot for your cell phone.
LAPTOP BAG
Everyone knows you have to take care of your laptop, I’ve seen people thought their cameras into a hand bag and call it a day and then use a $100 laptop bag, I will not name names, but she knows who she is.
This camera bag has a laptop compartment located behind the camera with a separate zipper giving you access to your laptop with out disturbing your camera equipment. The laptop is directly on your back but the padding is enough the weight not the shape will be a pain in the back.
Plus when you need your computer it comes with a built in easel so you have a flat surface to uses your computer in the field.
Snug fit
When carrying a lot of weight on your back you need a snug fit, and the chest straps and the waist straps need to be snug but not pinching, for me this is not a problem but unless you try it on with a laptop in the bag you can’t know for sure.
Zippers Zippers Everywhere
The first thing I want to say about keeping your computer dry is this unit has zippers unlike any I have ever seen, they are HUGE! The glide soo smoothly and they are waterproof, they have some type of film that keeps water out (it is called WEATHER WRAP™, in addition there are zippers everywhere giving you access to your items without opening the entire bag! The design is AMAZING!
Tri-pods
If you have other stuff such as a trip code, extra storage, or G-d know what else there are easy attachment rings under the unit to strap on all your needs,
You even have a choice of color
OK I didn’t have a choice of color, but according to the website I might have had a choice of black on black or green on black, I got the green on black and it looks great.
Final thoughts
This bag is the bomb, and I say that meaning even the guys are the NTA were suitability impressed with this bag when it has traveled. These guys see lots and lots of bag so when you impress them, it means you’ve hit the big time.
With easy access to all your items, a comfortable and safe storage place for your laptop and even a desk so you can work on photos while sitting at an airport on a log in the rainforest, there just isn’t anything about this bag that wasn’t thought out in advance.
Recommended:
Yes
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