Lowepro Flipside 300 AW II
Photo backpack
Question about Lowepro Flipside 300 AW II
Hello Together Does anyone have experience with filling the 300 and can help me? I have a Peak Design Everyday 30L and it's tiptop when I go somewhere in Switzerland to a place (e.g. city) and want to carry all my stuff.... it's not "bad" but I'm looking for something slimmer, where I don't have to carry my whole lens collection for "one task" on like 2h marches. I'm also willing to sacrifice page access. At the maximum I would like to put the Sigma 150-600mm in (26cm long!) possibly with the body mounted (Canon 77D), but somehow I can't find out if the inside measurements (40cm height) are with or without the bag on top. Otherwise I could see a typical load with my 70-300mm Canon (13cm) , the Sigma 20mm Art (15cm) and maybe the Nifty Fifty. - Is there still room for a sandwich or something - or is the 300 stuffed full? I don't expect to be able to cram everything in there for an 8h hike, including my jacket and photo gear, etc. I could just get the 500cm. I might as well get the 500 ;-)... It's not a hiking backpack. But I would like to consider taking it with me to Iceland next year (short trips from the car), if someone can answer the above question(s). Thanks in advance!
Helpful answer
Hello Axonteer
I use this backpack for my everyday equipment with a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens mounted on an SLR camera and 3 other compact lenses and that is rather the limit for this backpack in terms of size.
For the Sigma 150-600 it is rather small and the lens will probably not fit mounted on the camera. (For my Nikon 200-500) it was too small and too impractical.
However, telephoto lenses mounted on the camera and other lenses fit easily into the backpack of 450 or 500 Lowepro backpacks.
I forgot that I first had the Flipside 400AW for my telephoto zoom. There's room for the 150-600mm fixed in it + additional lenses and a small jacket. And the backpack is still relatively compact.