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Finland, Helsinki
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Review on Classic Camera Bag, Evecase Large Canvas Messenger SLR/DSLR Shoulder Case With Leather Trim, Tablet Compartment And Removable Insert For Mirrorless, Micro 4/3, Compact System, High Zoom Digital Camera by Mike Martz

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Perfectly sized for compact systems

I have a larger canvas messenger bag that I use when I travel, but I needed a smaller bag for short walks in the park or trips into downtown. The Evecase is perfectly suited to the task. It can hold my Fuji X-T1 with a 7Artisans 25mm f/1.8 attached in one of the three interior pouches, my XC 50-230mm f/4.5-6.7 OIS II in another pouch, and my XC 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS II in the last pouch (with extra room to spare).The pouch sleeves have velcro lining which allows you to customize their size and spacing. I take advantage of that when I want to use my larger Canon 6D II. When I use it to carry my DSLR, I remove one sleeve so I can fit my Canon with the vertical battery grip attachment and the 40mm f/2.8 STM pancake lens (attached to the body) into one pouch, and then I'll slide my 100mm f/2 portrait lens in the other pouch.The two pockets on the front are large enough to hold screw-on lens filters or extra batteries. There are three SD card pouches located on the top cover of the interior bag insert, and there's a narrow sleeve located behind the interior bag insert which can hold a small tablet like an iPad Mini or a Kindle. The two exterior straps are leather, but also have a clever set of magnetic buckles that make it extremely easy to access the gear inside the bag. All-in-all, it's a bag ideally suited for short day trips if you primarily use a compact mirrorless system with a couple small fast primes and/or a couple small zoom lenses. It can be used to hold a larger DSLR, but it almost always requires sacrificing at least one interior sleeve which limits you to a single lens.

Pros
  • The bag's classic design appeals to both men and women equally
Cons
  • The zippers are hard to zip and unzip