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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program This is a rugged messenger style bag which has a single strap that goes across your body.
The material is smooth but tough and feels good to the touch.
There is a large central storage pocket which is padded on all sides and can fit a larger SLR such as the Canon 5D Mark II with a 70-200 f2.8 lens attached and still has room for one extra lens and flash and your ipad.
There is a padded pouch (which is removable) which will fit a smaller dSLR like a Rebel XT or similar entry level SLR with lens attached and has a separate lens pocket. This pouch will NOT fit larger SLR bodies.
There are two water bottle holder pockets on the exterior which fit typical water bottles and are a bit tight with gatorade size bottles. There are little holes at the bottom of the water bottle pockets to let out liquids if you spill or have leaky bottles so it doesn't pool in the pockets (a nice touch).
There are plenty of exterior pockets and zippered pockets to hold battery chargers, memory cards, headphones, and lens caps.
There is an easy to reach external pocket to access your cell phone or lens cap.
The zippers are very sturdy and work smoothly.
The shoulder strap is padded and adjustable.
The bag is large enough that it doesn't look like a man purse.
Overall, well made bag with many uses and nice details.
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I bought a Case Logic backpack about 6 month ago that fit my 17" laptop and was really impressed with the quality of design, engineering and manufacture. Unfortunately, the Small Cross Body Bag, in my opinion, just doesn't live up to the same quality of design, and I'd never choose it as a walkabout bag. The quality of materials and construction are top notch, but what is missing is the functionality. The strap is set off-angle to allow the case to sit upright against your waist or hip when the strap is worn across your body. The main compartment has an off-angle zipper and contains a medium-small area that is not divided into sections. Instead, there is a separate gray bag that you put your camera into, along with a second small lens and a battery. This smaller bag sits loose inside the larger area, and there is a bit of room for other thin or narrow devices such as a paperback book, spare pair of socks, etc.. I don't like the fact that I have to zip open the case, then open the gray bag to get at my camera. This for me is a deal breaker.A cross body bag should allow fast access to the camera so as not to miss those wonderful travel shots of opportunity when they suddenly present themselves. The Reflexion bag more or less guarantees that those shots will be lost as you fumble to open 2 cases to get at your camera. It would have been much better to build in a series of dividers that hold the camera, lenses and extras instead of this separate bag. You can choose to not use the gray bag, but then your DSLR isn't secured and can bump around against your other lenses or equipment. The case will fit even a large DSLR (my Canon EOS 5D Mk II fit) but may not work well with extra long zoom lenses. There's a slot on the inside of the main compartment that will fit an iPad.
On the outside of the case there is a large fabric flap of material that secures via 2 snap fasteners, which I found quite tight and difficult to open, and equally difficult to snap closed again. Once the flap is opened there's a zippered pocket where you can stash a few things. The flap is a lot of material that doesn't really provide much functionality, and I question the designer's choice on including it at all.
Based on my earlier experience with Case Logic, I was expecting to be delighted with this camera case. Yes, it should keep your camera safe when you tote it around, but the interior storage spaces are not well-designed for quick and easy access, and that flap of material is really pointless and offers little functionality. For $80 there are many other small cases that will protect your DSLR and fit a couple of lenses, batteries, digital cards that are much better designed.
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program Pros:Very well made:
1.Strong quality fabric
2. heavy duty zippers with pulls
3. rubber material on bottom to help with wear and tear
4. Shoulder belt made from strong but softer material so it doesn't cut into your body padded area for shoulder
5. Nice padding for camera I thought the bag itself was heavy it weighs 1.8 lbs!
6. Densely woven fabric is water resistant, although it doesn't say so. I sprayed the back of it with the kitchen faucet spray feature excess water beaded up and rolled off the fabric did absorb some water but was dry within 5 minutes.
7. Side pockets hold an average size water bottle
8. Multipe pockets: flap pocket semi functional. Zip compartment with pockets under the flap most functional for wallet/keys/phone etc. Small zip pocket in main body maybe for keys? It's a shallow pocket on 2" deep so not quite sure what I'd put in there other than keys.
9. comfortable to wear across body if somewhat heavy with my camera/wallet/keys/phone/ipad/flash/full water bottle it was 7.8 lbs
10. handle on top to carry is nice option
11. ipad with leather cover actually fits into the ipad pocket! the ipad pocket is lightly padded for additional protection
12. separate, padded, removable "pouch" for camera, with drawstring closure and handles. Nice for easy removal if you alternate using as a purse or a camera bag
13. If used as a purse, it's more functional, holding ipad, book, make up bag, plenty of room in the pockets under the flap for wallet, phone, etc. Space available in flap pocket if you want to put your phone there
Cons:
Design flaws:
1. the outer flap has a curved zipper pocket which is unusable if you use this as a camera bag. I could only unzip it a couple inches and barely get 2 fingers in.
2. the snaps on the outer flap were VERY difficult for me to close, I could not do so when wearing the bag, I had to put the bag on the counter and use force
3. The heavy duty zipper for the main compartment is long and the ends extend into the stretch pockets on the sides, so if you do put a water bottle in this portion will extend a few inches in front or in back of the water bottle.
4. Suggested use for side pockets was water bottle and umbrella both do fit nicely but the umbrella extends above the top of the bag which was awkward as it kept hitting my body.
5. my panasonic camera fit into the smaller camera bag, but there was absolutely no room for additional lens as shown in the picture. I could barely squeeze the flash in. My Panasonic is about 5.25" across the back, the camera bag was approx 7" across with the camera in it so you can see there is no room for additional lens. Your camera may be smaller. There is a smaller pocket in the camera 'pouch' for an extra battery.
6. As you know, once you begin filling up all the pockets provided, the pockets become less functional as space is used. For instance IF you used the flap pocket, it's difficult to fill the pocket space under the flap. IF you have your camera in the bag, only the slimmest items will fit into the pockets under the flap and the flap pocket is useless
I would use this bag for work, I felt it was more functional. It could be a purse/briefcase and is not oversized. The bag balances well across body and would be comfortable while waiting for train or bus. I felt the bag was secure, so it would be difficult to rip off your ipad or phone (as opposed to many bags I have seen which gape open) I found it less functional as a camera bag, I would use it only for short photography sessions when I wouldn't want to change lenses etc. I also have a cannon camera backpack, which I think is more functional when I'm planning to be out for most of the day, there's plenty of room for ipad, water, wallets etc.
Oddly, that bag when fully loaded including additional lens AND camera weighed 9 lbs..
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I see people complaining that this bag is too small. I find this odd, because it's called a "Small Cross Body Bag". Also, the dimensions, both inner and outer, are given in the description. And Case Logic makes a slightly larger version of this same bag, the FLXM-102.While this bag is small, I find that it has plenty of space for its intended purpose.
I'm using this bag with my OM-D E-M1 and a Really Right Stuff base plate, mounted with the 4/3 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 II attached using an MMF-3 adapter and its hood reversed. Also an adapted legacy Canon 50/1.4 with Bluecell screw-on hood in the smaller side division of the inner bag. The camera just slides in lens down and with the legacy lens, just fills padded inner bag.
Under the inner bag, at the bottom of the outer bag, is my FL-600R Flash laying flat in its bag.
Next to the inner camera bag on the left side, in its own cheap neoprene case, is my 4/3 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 (non-SWD), which, while small for what it is, is NOT a small lens in absolute terms (it fills the whole height of the bag and about 1/4 of its width). Dropped into the bottom near the 50-200 is the FL-LM2 Flash that came with the E-M1.
On top of all of this, I can put my iPad in the padded side pocket, and cleaning supplies, media, a transfer cable, and extra batteries in other small pockets. I even have a small emergency table-top tripod stuffed in there.
The bag isn't the easiest to get closed with all of this stuff in it. The way Case Logic have made the zipper work, with the end tabs, has advantages and disadvantages. On the positive side, it makes the top of the bag open wide when you need it to, without adding to the bulk of the bag. The downside is that you have to use two hands on each side to close the zipper, one to hold the tab, and the other to close the zipper. If the bag is too full, you have to go back and forth between stuffing things back in the bag and moving the zipper.
That said, opening the bag IS quite easy. Just grab one zipper in each hand and zip outward, and the bag is totally open. Or, if you're doing it one-handed, just pull each zipper tab towards the outside. Because of the way the shoulder strap is attached, the bag stays upright, and you won't topple your gear out onto the ground.
Overall, I'm quite happy. I'm using every cubic millimeter of this bag, which means I'm carrying no more bulk than I need to. Once I get my 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro lens, which is smaller than the 14-54, I expect it will be a little less tight in there, which will help a touch, though it's really not a problem right now and well worth it for the compactness of the overall package.
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I've been searching everywhere for the perfect camera bag for my OMD EM1. I didn't want something bulky but big enough to hold my camera and 3 lenses. I didn't have any issues with the zippers or snaps like some of the other reviewers. It wears like a hybrid sling and messenger.Pro:
Perfect size for my setup. Em1 body. 12-40mm lens. Panaleica 25mm. And possibly a 75mm or 150mm prime later.
Rugged but sophisticated looking. I wanted something that's durable but classy enough that I can take anywhere. I bought the grey one and it seems like it matches my slacks.
Holds an iPad.
Room for other accessories. I have the kit flash. The FL300R flash. Two extra batteries. Extra memory card. Lenspen and lens cloth. Caps.
Can hold water bottle or small umbrella. I always end up carrying my gf's umbrella even though I don't ever use one myself.
Large opening that stays open! It's easy to take the camera in and out.
Seems water resistant and rubberized bottom protects from tears.
Cons
I don't really care for the removeable camera insert. I rather it was 3 adjustable sections on the inside. I found a work a round by folding down the sleeve/draw strings of the insert so that it's not in the way. The third lens will just be in its own separate pouch beside that.
On the inside of the camera insert is a little sleeve. I find that this gets in the way a bit when you're trying to put the camera in. Especially of you have a flower hood attached.
I wish the connecting buckles were metal instead of plastic.
Kind of heavy for its size but I guess that's the trade off for the materials used.
To conclude, the cons are just minor quibbles on an otherwise perfect camera bag. It's incredibly hard to find a good bag for mirrorless cameras that are not overized or too minimalist. I also don't want to be embarrass every time I go out with my camera. Before this I tried the Crumpler Sebang Outpost. Small was too small and large was too large. I'm glad this one was just right and cheaper too!
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