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Comment from UFO6
Time April 16, 2010 at 1:14 pm

I just recieved this camera bag and it’s about what I expected: Nothing fancy, just a well-made nylon & mesh camera bag with a couple of pockets behind a Velcro flap in front. It will suit my needs – ‘still waiting on the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5A camera that’s going in it so I can’t judge the fit, but that’s my fault and I expect no problems.

What is immediately disappointing is the fact that the belt loop in back, though nice and solid in itself – there’s apparently a reinforcing piece of flexible plastic built into the nylon for added stiffness and strength – is only sewn at the top. The bottom of the flap is attached with just a Velcro closure with an opposing 1/2″ wide nylon flap with a standard metal snap. This product bills itself as something designed to “protect your investment,” and the one thing I do not want to worry about is having bag, camera and memory card with pix on it torn off of my belt via a pickpocket or a stray tree branch. It feels solid despite the detachability but… it’s not something I want to have to worry about.

The mitigating factor is that for 15 clams you can’t complain about the product overall.

Caveat Emptor alert: Another negative is that the included documentation states that “Lowepro Proudly Supports” four partisan, activist political organizations. They may be benign, they may be some of those frothing neo-fascist types who want to drag humanity back to the material and intellectual squalor of the pre-industrial (read: Medieval) age. ‘Don’t know. But I would never have purchased this product had I known that I was indirectly contributing to causes that may or may not represent the antithesis of my deepest beliefs, indeed of my very life. Buyer beware.

ADDENDUM: Aside from the flaws mentioned above, I wish I had seen Mr. Gershon’s review of November 2 before I bought this thing…

I’ve since received my camera, which too happens to be a Panasonic DMC-TZ5, and I concur that this bag is an extremely tight fit even empty; if you add anything to the front pocket – your SD cards, f’rinstance – the bag is virtually impossible to close. Doubtlessly it would stretch with extended use, but a simple camera bag shouldn’t require a “break-in period.”

I’ll be using a cheaper (~$7) camera bag I found at a local sporting goods store – which has ample space, a solid belt loop in back that’s heavily sewn both top and bottom and has a carabiner hook to boot. Maybe I can use the Lowepro bag to carry a pack of cigarettes to my next political rally.
Rating: 3 / 5

Comment from S. Schrader
Time April 16, 2010 at 3:43 pm

We were looking for a small, basic bag for our PowerShot SD700 and this seems to work quite well.
Rating: 4 / 5

Comment from F. Soares
Time April 16, 2010 at 6:31 pm

It is too small for a Lumix ZS-3.

Sometimes the camera turns on when I am trying to put it inside the case, because it is so tight that I accidentally touch the on/off button. I plan to change it for another case soon, and definetively do not recommend it.
Rating: 2 / 5

Comment from R. L. Grant
Time April 16, 2010 at 8:23 pm

This bag can only be opened by a zipper on the top. I was very disappointed, because I have an older Lowepro camera bag that opened by velcro and it was extremely easy to get the camera out. This one is useless to me. It’s very hard to open the zipper and very hard to get the camera in and out. I gave it away to someone. I will not purchase a camera bag through Amazon again because it is important to see it. By the picture, you can’t tell how hard it is to open. Also, the zipper will scratch the camera every time you take it out. As with many things, the Lowepro older design was much better.
Rating: 1 / 5

Comment from Oluf Timmol
Time April 16, 2010 at 9:16 pm

The hooks to the neck-strap is too fragil and easy to undue, causing the lost of the back + camera . . . too sad.
Rating: 3 / 5