So, Christmas came early this year. At least when it comes to presents – I went to get mine from a toy store today. First, a new camera bag, which I’ve been looking for a long time but especially now since my little back pack is at the “stable state”. That means it’s been everywhere at the stables so many times that it isn’t really presentable anywhere else anymore :D So this is what I came home with:
Tamrac Rally 7 camera/laptop bag. The laptop compartment just came with it – I didn’t actually want it and my 17″ laptop won’t fit in it anyway. But it’s a good place for papers and other stuff you want to keep unwrinkled. The camera compartment can just fit my 7D body vertically with the 70-200 f4L attached to it, so that’s good. And after accommodating my other lenses there’s still room left for other accessories and phone and the wallet. So it’s pretty much perfect.
I didn’t want another back pack because I never carry it like a back pack anyway. And to get stuff out of a bp you always have to place it down – with a bag like this you can just keep it on your shoulder and get what you want without worrying about puddles and other stuff on the ground.
The other purchase was a new lens. My wonderful Tamron 17-50 f2.8 is very good but it’s always been too short for me. So when I found Canons 24-105 mm f4 IS USM I thought it would be perfect for me. Much less switching between the normal lens and the 70-200 – besides it has the image stabilisation! The only minus is that it’s only f4 when the Tamron is f2.8, but you just can’t have everything, can you?
The lens was on sale and the guy at the camera shop dropped the price of the bag with 30 eur, too!
Thanks “Santa”, I really appreciate your gift :)
