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I have had this backpack for 11 years. From back to front:
1. The laptop pocket is "hidden" between the shoulder straps and your back, and the zipper is concealed/protected by a wide rain flap. It doesn't look like a laptop bag. This laptop pocket is has thick padding at the bottom to protect your laptop from the floor, and from your back so you don't feel like you are carrying a brick. You can fit a laptop and a couple of paper notebooks easily. You only start feeling a bulge if you put in something very thick like a binder plus the laptop. I really like this laptop pocket.
2. The main compartment for cameras is excellent *for cameras and lenses*. The perimeter is lined with velcro fuzz, and the backpack comes with padded dividers which have velcro hooks on the ends. There are two long dividers to create a center compartment for a camera with a long lens, and a few short dividers to create smaller sections for lenses / chargers / etc. These work great for cameras and lenses, and not so great to create a configuration for a camera, a couple of short lenses, and *books*. Narrow books always seem to slip between the padded dividers and the back of the compartment. You can fit a few clothes, but the shape of the dividers makes this a bit awkward.
The front flap of the main compartment has two "window pane" zippered pockets, which I really like. You can put money / keys / memory cards / first-aid kit / whatever in here.
3. The secondary compartment is for small notebooks, pens, keys, business cards, etc. Its front flap also has two "window pane" zippered pockets.
4. Finally, there is the zippered pocket at the very front of the backpack. Useful for small stuff for which you need quick access.
The shoulder straps: They are nicely padded and easy to adjust. There is a chest buckle, but the male part of the buckle managed to slide itself loose from its strap, and I lost it years ago. I really wish it had staid put; when the backpack is heavily loaded, I would really appreciate the chest buckle. Fortunately, the remaining strap is long enough that you can actually tie it closed.
The belt straps: Nice, wide, seatbelt-like. Not so easy to adjust, but you only do it once. I wish they could be neatly stowed when not in use. However, I manage to wrap the straps around the "Modular Accessory System" slots on the sides of the backpack.
Features I love: The handle on the top is delicious. The thick metal loops on either end of the handle make it easy to hang water bottles and stuff. The smaller metal loops on the shoulder straps are useful for the same. The "Modular Accessory System" slots are loose enough that you can slide one leg of a tripod through them and carry the tripod around. The "window pane" zippered pockets are very convenient and secure.
Every zipper except for the one on the utility pocket in the very front has a wide rain flap that basically conceals the zipper. They really work!
The zippers are super-sturdy. Nice and beefy.
Both the main and the secondary compartments open up completely the zippers go all the way to the bottom of the backpack. You can then put the backpack on a table or on the floor and pack/unpack it easily.
Sometimes I feel that the main camera compartment could be a bit shallower, and the compartment for notebooks/pencils a bit deeper or the main compartment shallower, and an extra compartment for a few clothes.
I would buy this backpack again. It is extremely rugged. Over the years a few people have complimented me on the backpack, which always feels nice :) The times that I have *really* crammed it with stuff, it has worked flawlessly and always
Summary: *great* for camera gear, laptop, and a couple of notebooks/books. Not so great for clothes a light sweater is fine, but fitting a day's change of clothes will be awkward.
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