This is very scrapbook related as one of the most important aspects of scrapbooking is photos. To take photos we need cameras and to carry camera around we need.....CAMERA BAG.
I just received Kelly Moore's Hobo Bag today and I'm so excited. Honestly it's so hard to bring a DSLR around. Most of the camera bags at camera stores here are quite manly and ugly. They are generally black and hard-case. I guessed for guys they would be ok as typically guys don't carry a bag so it won't be weird for them to wear a camera bag on their shoulder or carry a camera bag.
However, for us girls, we're already carrying bag for mobile phone, wallets, hairbrush, lipstick, tissues, and those are just the basic stuff. Imagine carrying a bag + a camera bag. I did try it and it did look quite silly. I felt that I'm being weighed down with so many gigantic bags. Plus I need to carry my daughter. So my daughter in the middle, a sling camera bag on the right and a sling bag on the left.
I just received Kelly Moore's Hobo Bag today and I'm so excited. Honestly it's so hard to bring a DSLR around. Most of the camera bags at camera stores here are quite manly and ugly. They are generally black and hard-case. I guessed for guys they would be ok as typically guys don't carry a bag so it won't be weird for them to wear a camera bag on their shoulder or carry a camera bag.
However, for us girls, we're already carrying bag for mobile phone, wallets, hairbrush, lipstick, tissues, and those are just the basic stuff. Imagine carrying a bag + a camera bag. I did try it and it did look quite silly. I felt that I'm being weighed down with so many gigantic bags. Plus I need to carry my daughter. So my daughter in the middle, a sling camera bag on the right and a sling bag on the left.
Getting a camera bag that doesn't look like a camera bag AND can hold all my bag's basic stuff is THE DREAM. So I did some googling and found a couple of designers/stores that sell camera bags that are more stylish and girly.
In the end I decided on Kelly Moore's Hobo other than I like the color and style, it's one of the smallest size bag I could find. I was actually very interested in Epiphanie's Lola bag too but in the end decided that it's too big. I'm happy that I chose the smaller size camera bag because it's easier to carry and fits me quite well. For everyday use I plan on just using it to carry my 600D with 18-55mm lens, 320EX flash unit, and the rest will be my basic bag stuff. So I don't need a too big bag for couple of lenses. I'm not very tall so I'm also concern that I'll look quite ridiculous with an oversize bag. I'll post a photo of me wearing it when I got the chance to use it.
From a quick first look the camera bag looks quite sturdy. It's quite soft (synthetic leathery soft) and not stiff like some Canon, etc. camera bag. The zipper is just a tad difficult to open at the "slope" part when I wearing the bag but it's not such a big deal.
Here are the photos of my Hobo bag.
That's really pretty. I just place my dslr in my regular purse since they are quite roomy. :P
ReplyDeleteI did that too but then I worry that the bag's not as shock resistant and that the various items in my bag might scratch the camera.
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