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On streets or trails, you can shoot all day when you wear the lightweight, comfortable Fastpack 350 backpack by Lowepro. It protects a digital SLR with grip and a 24-70mm f/ 2.8 or 70-200mm f/2.8 lens attached, plus 17" Widescreen notebook. Generous storage for additional lenses such as 18-200mm, 100, 400 VR, or 70-300mm f/4, flash, and other personal accessories. You won't miss a shot, because side-entry compartments let you grab equipment and accessories, even while you're on the move or without taking the backpack completely off! Customize the easy-to-access main compartment with adjustable dividers, use the outer organizer to keep larger accessories handy, and manage memory cards with a built-in pocket. Brethable, contoured shoulder straps distribute weight evenly.
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 Lots of Room and Easy Access |
| Review Date: August 12, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Thomas C. Royer, Dover, NH USA |
I have a lot of stuff and am pretty much a pack-rat on location. The Fastpack 350 makes it easy to load everything associated with my working camera.
It does take some thought to decide how best to arrange the interior for best access, though. |
Muy buen maletin
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| Review Date: July 27, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Crisgome, |
| Un muy buen maletín, me lo imaginba más pequeño, pero debido al sistema de protección acolchado que posee hace que su tamaá se incremente, pero esto se convierte en su fortaleza, protege considerablemente las cámara sy el portatil, además que tine bastante estacio, es comodo de llevar, resitente. |
too big.....
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| Review Date: July 24, 2010 |
| Reviewer: jackson, |
| I was looking for a bag that would handle both my camera and lenses, but also my lap top. However, in receiving it, I found it to be too big. Once I put all of my equipment in it, it did what I wanted it to do, but I could not see myself carrying that size of a bag all around with me during my travels. Especially knowing that once I reach my destination, I would not be carrying all of that around at one time. I typically leave my lap top in the room, and go with the camera. Thus I would have a big empty bag to carry. |
Good Pack
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| Review Date: July 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Michael Cohen, Simsbury, CT, US |
| Backpack is a bit heavy but does a great job 9f holding photo equipment and camera se curely. Ability to custom the sections was valuable. |
Great all-in-one pack for sports photography & carry-on air travel
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| Review Date: July 5, 2010 |
| Reviewer: bmurray, USA |
I bought the 350 just over a month ago on the advice of another reviewer who described a use case very similar to mine. This is my first-ever review.
This is a very well thought out all-in-one pack that I use primarily for sports photography. I have a Canon camera with a rather long 70-200mm lens, and my normal use is to take this to the ice rink, soccer fields, and swim meets to shoot youth sports. Especially when at the ice rink, I'll often have periods of time where I'm done shooting, and want to download my shots to a mac laptop on the spot. And finally, I need to have some extra space in the pack for a jacket or sweater, glasses, etc.
The other use case for me is travel. We just took a vacation and I used this backpack as my carry-on to take camera, pc, and a few odds/ends for the plane. Stuffed under my seat just fine, enabling me to keep all my gadgets in one place. Perfect.
For these uses the pack has worked out great so far. Though kind of large, it does a great job protecting my gear and helping me make sure I don't damage anything in transit. I was previously always packing two backpacks to do the same job, so this is big improvement. It is *not* the compact carrying case that you would want if you wanted to walk the Louvre all day with the Canon, nor is it something that you might take on a day hike in Yosemite. But for what I described above, it's about the only thing I found on the market that would really protect both a camera/lens and laptop and still leave some space for incidentals. So my main message is: make sure you know your specific use case before making a backpack purchase, and get the closest match. No backpack will suit all cases, trust me.
Pros:
- Great for all-in-one use including laptop and camera --- plenty of pockets on the inside, esp in the camera compartment.
- Straps are comfortable and easy to navigate.
- Not too ostentatious --- I always worry about carrying a pack that looks like something for expensive camera equipment. This looks pretty low key.
Cons:
- zippers worry me a bit, since they feel a bit wimpy for the long term
- too bad there aren't some more velco or other straps on the outside to enable attaching a mono- or tri-pod to the side. This was a dumb omission, and there are so many cheap ways this is done on normal backpacks. Seems Lowepro could borrow some.
- there's a weird non-detachable mini-storage bag in the top section. don't know why velcro wasn't used instead of stitching this.
- too big to take the camera to a larger public sporting event; i.e., college football, pro-hockey, nba game. You'd need something smaller, like one of the Lowepro sling bags for that. But like I said, one bag cannot meet all use cases.
- Rain protection.. ? Not much rain in my part of the country, but I would consider just scotch-guarding the upper half of the bag if you expect wet conditions. The good news is that the camera and laptop are located where they'd be the last things to get wet.
Overall, I'd endorse this pack and even extend a recommendation for Lowepro in the process --- it's my first bag from them, but they do seem to put effort into configuring bags around specific user needs. I'm just a dad who likes to get near-professional shots of my and others' kids playing sports, and this was a good purchase.
Good luck !
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