Camera Market launches with bonus Crumpler reviews!

Camera Market is a new site worthy of interest to any photography buff and we love 'em because they've launched complete with reviews of the Brazillion Dollar Home and the Seven Million Dollar Home

Cork and Fork outed as ultimate Mac luxe on the Apple Core!

Read the esteemed Jason D. O'grady's impressions at The Apple Core or catch it abbreviated on Twitter! Here's hoping there's one under my Xmas tree :-)

Sinking Barge by Gear Gals!!!

Gear Gals got their mits on the Sinking Barge laptop photo backpack - but it didn't set their world on fire*!* These Gals don't seem to have that base need to have a compact D-SLR kit and laptop etc with themselves at ALL times. On the other hand, give them time and they might just come around to that state of gear-headedness, maybe :-) But if you're a Gal or shopping for a gal - get the intel on a bunch of outdoorsy stuff here!

Camera Bag Shootout! via DPS

Spotted on Digital Photography School an awesome test/review from Matthew Botos.
Buying online, he went for two Crumplers (The 7 Million Dollar Home and the SoupanSalad and Bucket Insert combo) a MountainSmith (our friendly neighbors at PMA Las Vegas 2008) and a Naneau. Take a peek to see his commentary and conclusion!

Doing the research: 4 or 5 Million Dollar Home for a wee Canon kit?

One of the main things I love about social networking websites and the whole web 2.0 thing is the democritisation of knowlege, and as we know knowlege is power, power in this case or ahhh bag to make the right choice and avoid the disappointment and hassle of needing to return and exchange a perfectly good item that was too big or small.

Ladies and gentlemen, I implore you to research your baggy purchases, online, trying flickr groups, or the forums and communities on the many excellent photo dedicated sites such as DPReview, Fred Miranda, Photo.net, SmugMug, the list goes on including of course the dedicated bag-camera equipment site CamBags.com in order to get the maximum satifaction from what is the most important interface between you and your prized camera equipment.

As for this post, a discusion on whether smaller is better or bigger is beautiful, it's a great example of the community spirit you'll find on flickr - opinions expressed, n00bs tolerated, positions considered - I LOVE it!

Douggie! and the Crumpler Brazillion Dollar Home

There's a new character in the Crumpler universe, Ladies and Gentlemen... meet DOUGGIE! Chef, Dee-Jay and exotic kilt styler Douggie is a true post-renaissance man for this modern age and as we found out - had just the patience to endure a week shooting 360's of Crumpler's finest, including our range-topping Brazillion Dollar Home. This indeed was an exceptional occasion, being the inaugural shoot in our new photo studio at Crumpler HO in Kensington. (more on which, later...) Eventually you'll find Douggie in the detail pics on each and every Crumpler Product Page, demonstrating exactly how big or little the bags are, and how they look from all angles. We made the 360's on a Crumpler Built turntable (thanks Joel!) using a Quantum radio remote triggered Nikon D2x w/ 17-35 AFS, and my Speedlight kit, comprising an SU-800, 2 x SB-800's, 3x SB-600's a lone SB-26 and lot of Crumpler Made light modifiers! I processed the raw files in DXO Pro Optics and assembled the .gif's in CS2. A huge task which is by no means over... A BIG cheers to everyone who helped out :-)

And check out the response on X Marks the Scot!

So glad they appreciate the sporran joke!

Crumpler Customer Q&A: Camera Bag for Panasonic DMC FZ 18

Q:

Could you please advise me of the bag you would recommend for a Panasonic DMC FZ 18 digital camera with spare battery etc

Thanks, Mate

A:

Maaate!

The Bundle L or 1 Million Dollar Home should do the trick!

the main differences (see tech specs) are colourways, strap width, internal divider supplied or not and belt attachment provision on the rear of bag (I'll let u work all that out! :-)

Here's a pic with a Canon S2IS stashed.

Here's an Amazon Crumpler review on the 1 Million Dollar Home.

From memory, these Pana digicams have a huge reversible hood, if you want to stash the cam with that in the shooting position, you might go up a size to the 2 Million Dollar Home, then you'll also be ready to upgrade to an entry level D-SLR w/ standard lens.
Let me know how you fare... BBB)))

So, you wanna buy a Crumpler camera bag or backpack?

If you are considering purchasing a Crumpler photo bag or backpack and require a little more info than already available in the "Check Tech Specs" section on the product pages on the Crumpler website and, secondly, if a local retailer is unavailable, then a third option could be to search for crumpler photo bag reviews at CamBags.com ...

CamBags has been going a few years now and thus they have a huge selection of independent, user submitted reviews available to assist your decision making process and a wealth of photos to illustrate the facts!

It's not exhastive, foolproof or perfect, but if you have an idea of the model of bag that has piqued your interest and add this name after the "Crumpler" in the search box, Google and Cambags will take care of the rest! eg: "Crumpler 5 Million"

This process will also work to some extent if you add a simplified version of you camera's name to the"Crumpler" search term. eg: "Crumpler 1D"

The CamBags site is also searchable specifically by camera model or by bag type.

I'll be using this blog to build a toolbox of resources to assist the Crumpler camera bag purchase process, so look out for more "toolbox" tips!