Lowepro Classified 140 AW Pro Shoulder Bag, Black (Winner of TIPA 2009 Award as Best Photo Bag)

2012-04-15T21:00:00

If you are serious about photography, before long you will accumulate some equipment and several camera bags. You will soon learn that camera bags are like luggage –you will need one to fit the occasion. I now own five Lowepro camera bags. From smallest to largest: • Classified 30 • Classified 140 • Classified 160 • Fastpack 350 • Pro Trekker 300 AW Bags have to accommodate not only the occasion, but the equipment you want to carry, and maybe the equipment you hope to one day own and hope to fit in the bag. Below is the new stuff I own: • Canon PowerShot G11 • Canon EOS60D (without grip) • EF-S 17-55 • EF-S 10-22 • EF 70-200L IS • Speedlite 430EX II • Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 Carbon Fiber Tripod with the 054 Magnesium Ball Head with Q2 QR OK. I bought the Classified 140 to hold my EOS60D with EF-S 17-55 lens, hood, and perhaps a map or travel book or sunglasses. It works for me as a small bag to carry just the essentials – one DSLR camera (not too big), one lens, – around town when I want to keep a low profile. I have read all the bad reviews about this bag but I still bought it anyway – it was my last bag in my lineup. For anyone contemplating one of the Classified bags, I would recommend looking at the 160. The 160 is bigger, deeper, can carry an iPad, and has a little pocket for my tabletop tripod. Most photographers would be better served by the 160, but for what I describe above, the 140 is perfect. I can carry it all day without bother. I use the 160 when I want to look discreet and carry more – with the exception of the tripod, I can get all of the above in the 160, but it is heavy. If I want everything the 160 carries plus more room for extras and a laptop, I choose the Fastpack 350. And finally, for when I do landscape photography, I want something to carry a tripod (the Pro Trekker has three ways to do it), lots of water, lots of equipment, and a removable fanny pack/top pack, then there is no contest –the Pro Trekker is the one I use. You see, trying to get away with one bag, especially if you have lots of stuff, will never work. Get the 140 for when you walk around town with what I describe while on vacation or doing other things. Choose the 140 for when you are in dress clothes and want to use your DSLR for some great low light event pictures. And get the 140 if you have an ILC camera, a couple of lenses, flash and what have you. For an ILC or larger compact with extras (think PowerShot G1X), the 140 should work well. I hope this helps. I just wanted to counter all of the trashing of this bag by reviewers expecting something it is not and was never designed to do.

Thomas N.

2012-04-07T21:00:00

If you are serious about photography, before long you will accumulate some equipment and several camera bags. You will soon learn that camera bags are like luggage –you will need one to fit the occasion. I now own five Lowepro camera bags. From smallest to largest: • Classified 30 • Classified 140 • Classified 160 • Fastpack 350 • Pro Trekker 300 AW Bags have to accommodate not only the occasion, but the equipment you want to carry, and maybe the equipment you hope to one day own and hope to fit in the bag. Below is the new stuff I own: • Canon PowerShot G11 • Canon EOS60D (without grip) • EF-S 17-55 • EF-S 10-22 • EF 70-200L IS • Speedlite 430EX II • Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 Carbon Fiber Tripod with the 054 Magnesium Ball Head with Q2 QR OK. I bought the Classified 140 to hold my EOS60D with EF-S 17-55 lens, hood, and perhaps a map or travel book or sunglasses. It works for me as a small bag to carry just the essentials – one DSLR camera (not too big), one lens, – around town when I want to keep a low profile. I have read all the bad reviews about this bag but I still bought it anyway – it was my last bag in my lineup. For anyone contemplating one of the Classified bags, I would recommend looking at the 160. The 160 is bigger, deeper, can carry an iPad, and has a little pocket for my tabletop tripod. Most photographers would be better served by the 160, but for what I describe above, the 140 is perfect. I can carry it all day without bother. I use the 160 when I want to look discreet and carry more – with the exception of the tripod, I can get all of the above in the 160, but it is heavy. If I want everything the 160 carries plus more room for extras and a laptop, I choose the Fastpack 350. And finally, for when I do landscape photography, I want something to carry a tripod (the Pro Trekker has three ways to do it), lots of water, lots of equipment, and a removable fanny pack/top pack, then there is no contest –the Pro Trekker is the one I use. You see, trying to get away with one bag, especially if you have lots of stuff, will never work. Get the 140 for when you walk around town with what I describe while on vacation or doing other things. Choose the 140 for when you are in dress clothes and want to use your DSLR for some great low light event pictures. And get the 140 if you have an ILC camera, a couple of lenses, flash and what have you. For an ILC or larger compact with extras (think PowerShot G1X), the 140 should work well. I hope this helps. I just wanted to counter all of the trashing of this bag by reviewers expecting something it is not and was never designed to do.

Thomas N.