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Nikon Backpack for DSLR, Lenses, and Laptop

Manufacturer : Nikon
In Stock : 7

List Price:	$99.99
Price:	$57.99
You Save:	$42.00 (42%)

Features

Compatible with Nikon digital SLRs
Fits DSLR body, up to 5 lenses, laptop PC, and more
Weather-resistant compartments
Impact-resistant base
Padded straps; top handle

Product Description

For Digital SLR cameras, lenses, laptop and other accessories / Front pocket holds up to 5 lenses / Protects your equipment and prevents loss or damage

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 4.00 out of 27 reviews

Rating :
Perfect For Me! - Jodel, May 15, 2008

The bag is perfect for me. I have the top loaded with a D50 with a lens attached, and the bottom is loaded with a D40 with a 55-200mm VR lens attached. The bottom is also loaded with an SB600, two additional lenses and a PVS GS300 video camera. It's perfect for me. Two extra batteries for each camera, and extra batteries and charger for the SB600 are located in the side and numerous SD cards, and a couple of lens pens. The video camera will not always be loaded in the bag. I was in a pinch and needed to try it and it worked with space to breath. And yes, all the aforementioned items were loaded in he bag atone time. I know some may not agree, but it's perfect for me., and I am getting another one for my wife. Hope this helps someone.

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Awesome backpack - Jim Constand, May 12, 2008

This is a great backback. I can put my D80 with a 18-135 lens on it in the top section and then down below, I can put my 70-300, flash, and external hard drive, filters, and still have room for somthing else. I put my cables, extra batteries, extra flash cards and charging stuff on one side and my cleaning supplies on the other side. There is plenty of room for a laptop and charging cord in the back.

What a great choice. If you want to carry your camera with extra lens and be able to download to your laptop and then back them up or transfer them with an external hard drive. Then this is the bag for you.

Jim Constand

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A perfect companion - Bruno Chalifour, May 05, 2008

The Nikon Nackpack is a perfect traveling or even everyday companion. It is compact, lightweight, sturdy and makes use of every one of its square inches.
Although somewhat too tight for a D2, D3, or any other SLR with its motordrive equiped with a zoom lens, the camera compartment at the top of the bag has enough room for any of these cameras with a fixed-focus lens between 20 and 85 mm. The zooms can find their nest in the lens compartment that makes most of the volume of the bag.
The now traditional vertical back pocket accepts most 12 to 17" laptops. The side pockets are perfect for extra battery-packs and memory cards. Access is also provided through these 2 side-pockets to the main volume of the bag.
Compact, well-designed, esthetic (although being very "visible" may not always be a plus when traveling) a very useful traveling/hiking bag.

BC

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Love the Nikon 5877 Backpack... HATE Amazon Warehouse Deals! - Stephen Hopkins, May 04, 2008

Got the bag... like it alot... hate "Amazon Warehouse Deals". Item was described as refurbished, but arrived "new" but damaged. Basically, the zipper handle for the body compartment was broken off and all 4 of the horizontal lens dividers were missing. Emailing with Amazon netted a 20% refund driving down the total cost to $43 shipped. They also offered a full refund, but no exchange offer or replacement of the missing dividers (even though they still have them in stock). I replaced the zipper handle with a steel cable off a give-away luggage-tag from a trade show. For now I've replaced the missing dividers with some spares from other bags, but I'm trying to get Nikon USA to replace the dividers since Amazon wouldn't.

There's a lot to complain about with Amazon Warehouse Deals, but otherwise I really like this bag. It fits everything I need it to in a surprisingly slim form-factor. I'm positive it will fit under a mainline aircraft sear. I'm pretty sure it will even fit overhead or under-seat in a regional jet. The body compartment holds my Nikon D200+ MB-D200 + Sigma 24-60mm f/2.8 EX DG. The lens compartment holds my Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX D HSM, Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX DG, Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3, and SB-600 Flash. I'm not sure if the configuration pictured below will be permanent, but it works well. The side pockets hold accessories/chargers well. When traveling with the laptop I'll probably shift all of the camera accessories to one side and leave the other side for computer charger, iPod, passport, etc. I even think there's enough room between the lenses and the lens-compartment door for my Bose QC2 headphones, though that might not leave them very well protected. The bottom is a stiff ballistic-style nylon that keeps the pack sitting upright, even with a heavy laptop in the back, and also provides more protection when sitting the pack on the ground. There are tripod straps on both sides, but with a tripod attached, the accessory pocket on that side would not be easily accessible.

At the $55ish price point I think this bag is tough to beat. It's the smallest camera/laptop bag I could find and is organized better than the Tamrac Adventure 9 or Lowepro CompuDaypack. Cameta is currently selling for $57+SH. The Amazon Warehouse Deals price is $55 shipped but there's the risk mentioned above. With the 20% refund I'd say I got a pretty good deal, especially if I can get the dividers from Nikon USA, but I'm less than thrilled with the Amazon Warehouse Deals service.

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Convenient, but small, fussy, and not great for laptops - Ian Young, Apr 23, 2008

It's a fair little backpack with lots of compartments to stow cables and chargers and lenses and filters. However...

Don't expect to carry your laptop on a hot day unless you keep your laptop in a zip-top freezer bag. The back of the pack is a giant sponge and if you carry it for longer than an hour or so, you'll have a sweat-soaked laptop.

The laptop area features a load-bearing zipper that connects the back to the pack's body. Having experienced it before with other non-camera backpacks, expect it to fail eventually. If you're lucky it won't completely clamshell open and dump your laptop on the sidewalk.

The camera pocket on the top isn't big enough to carry any lens longer than four inches or so. The 18-200mm requires moving the partitions around in funky ways. You can do it, it's just annoying.

The zipper handles have odd bubbles on them, and are rubber. I'd prefer they were metal or at least plastic, with loops you could fit a lock through, just as a deterrent in crowded spaces.

The buckles on the side are entirely useless (except maybe holding a light tripod leg, which I do) and it has some kind of 'vestigal' hip belt, but the pack is so short it rides on your ribs.

Looking at the others available, I think I'd prefer the Kata backpack: [...]

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