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The Montgomery Street Courier is a great bag that unfortunately comes with a mediocre strap. The killer feature is the quick-zip side opening that provides fast access to a camera (assuming you're wearing the bag on your left hip). I used to take far too long to get my camera out of several different messenger-style bags that I've used over the years. With the Courier, I leave the wrist strap on my camera hanging out of the bag. I put my hand through the strap, pull the zipper down and grab the camera in a single move, and I can have it out of the bag in a second.
The camera compartment is 5" wide x 7.5" tall x 3.5" deep, which is more than big enough for my Olympus E-PL5 with Panasonic 12-35 mm f2.8 zoom. There's sufficient leftover space that I can put a pair of gloves or other stuff on the bottom under the camera.
There's another compartment above the camera compartment that's accessible from the top of the bag. It measures 5" wide x 3" tall x 3.5" deep, which is large enough to hold a small zoom, a couple of pancake lenses or a flash. The remainder of the main part of the bag is a tall narrow compartment ( 3.5" x 3.5" x 10.5") that fits a reasonably large water bottle. There's a padded sleeve to hold an iPad inside the main compartment, plus a sleeve pocket on the rear exterior to hold papers. The small lens cap pocket on the outside of the bag is handy, and looks to be big enough to hold a 72 mm lens cap, maybe even bigger. There are also a good number of small pockets on the front of the bag, covered by the top flap when the bag is closed. Lastly, there's a pocket inside the top flap, but it's not that useful because if you put anything bulky in it, the flap becomes too thick to close properly, as the magnets on the underside of the flap can't connect with the magnets on the bag.
The strap is the only real disappointment. It's narrow and thin and just doesn't look up to the task, even though it's strong enough. A thicker strap, with padding or something substantial would instill more confidence. A shoulder pad or rubber grips on the underside of the strap might also prevent it from sliding across my shoulder and pressing against my neck, which it frequently does. I dislike the strap enough that I'm thinking about cutting it off and asking my wife to sew on a better one. Still, despite the strap it is my favourite camera bag, and one I highly recommend for any street photographer or travelling photographer.
Update 9 March 2013: I've decided the strap's not quite as bad as I first thought, and I've upgraded it to four stars in the review title. I tried it with an add-on shoulder pad, which actually made it worse (I'm not sure if it was my choice of shoulder pad), so I'm back to using the bag with a naked strap. I still would have liked a slightly wider and thicker strap, and some sort of non-slip feature, but I can live with it as it is.
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This bag does just what it says... it holds everything that I need, though it feels quite bulky. It's not too feminine and has just the right shade of grey to match a lot of outfits, and I can carry one additional lens with me. It's too bulky to carry an iPad with it, though. I like all the little compartments in the front. Overall, good quality camera bag.
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