Lotus

Great bag for rugged/daily use. Straps are soft. Not sure well they'd feel with fully loaded bag on any 7+ mile backpacking trip.

I got this bag to take with me on a week camping trip to Monterey Bay and then Yosemite V this winter. I'd debated just using my protactic 350 awii but really wanted a little more space for extra layers and food. I got A Lot more space and only a little larger volume. I switched out the icu for a shallow medium since I'm primarily shooting mirrorless and have smaller lenses.In the icu alone I had a pani g9, Canon ae-1, olympus pro 12-40 mounted, pani pro 35-100, Canon 50 1.8, lots of film, a handful of batteries, film, filters, cables, and charger, plus extra cover for the g9.Still had room for a power pack, windows tablet, coat, winter gear, tripod, sketchbook, pencase, snacks, water blader, and my lunch for the day. I could have fit more small items but didn't need to. And it still fit under the seat of the airplane (stuck out a bit)The icu worked great in a dry bag on a kyak in the bay, and everything held up great with the little bouldering I did in Yosemite.It was comfortable with about 30lbs of weight but it would be better with wider/thicker straps. My only real annoyances were having to take the bag fully off to get to my camera gear, I would scrafice a side pocket for a second icu access point for sure.There really isn't a good place to put a computer /12in tablet that's padded without bringing a sleave. It fit between the closed icu lid and the back panel of the backpack but that only worked when I wasn't getting into it much at the airport. I like the zippered sleeve in the back panel of the protactic bags and think that would work great here too for smaller computers like mine.Overall it was a great buy and I'll use it alot in the future. Would probably be my daily if it had more access points on the sides. Even with all the times it got tossed onto a rock or set on the dirt or puddles it brushed off and looks new.

It’s a great bag with a lot of features. It fits my black magic pocket cinema 4K well in addition to my 35 and 17 mm prime lenses. The storage with the insert installed is fairly small but certainly doable in most situations.

I bought every adventure camera bag on the market and tried it for a day. Thank you Amazon return policy! The f-stop is as close as your going to get to an Osprey or Gregory backpacking backpack with easy access to your camera gear. The only downside being the f-stop is not even close to the frame, breathability, and above all waist straps as a real backpacking backpack. That's a real shame, because it's so close. Small changes to the design and it would be so much more comfortable on a 15 mile hike loaded with 45 pounds of gear for an overnight image session. Everytime I go destination backpacking it's a decision. Comfortable Osprey and no access to the camera until I get where I'm going, or the f-stop sufferfest. For shorter hikes, it's not an issue and that's where this bag shines. Of all of the adventure camera backpacks it has the best waist straps. You can turn the bag around your waist, flop it down and access your gear without setting the bag down. In snow and mud this feature is crucial. It also comes in orange which is important when I'm shooting the elk rut and don't want to get shot. It's got plenty of room for a DSLR with a 24-105mm, 100-400mm, 14mm, 85mm and 35mm lenses, tripod, batteries, filters, memory cards... It's had thoughful additions like tons of little straps in the inside of the access door for all your microfiber cloths. With all the gear mentioned above I've carried a tent, two days of food, a couple changes of clothes, and 3 liters of water.All in all this the best adventure camera backpack and mine has been on many adventures. I just wish the designers would have spent a little more time with actual backpacking backpacks before they designed it.