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A great “on-the-go” shoulder bag for traveling photographers.

12 February 2016 by Harold Glit

There are many camera bag makers out there. However, despite the plethora of the supply , I find that often the products line-up is rather conventional with,too often, unimaginative, if not downright impractical designs. Fortunately, a few of these camera companies providing innovative products which fill a real gap on the market. New York based TENBA company is, without a doubt, one of the most innovative companies on the market.

Take the Tenba Packlite collection for instance : The PACKLITE is an original concept consisting of a lightweight collapsible self-stowable  “nylon envelop” which turns into a shoulder bag by adding a BYOB photo insert (BYOB stands for ”bring your own bag). This collection comes in four different sizes (labeled 7,9,10 and 13). For the purpose of this review, note that I tested the BYOB 10.
The packlite does not intend to be your main camera shoulder bag but instead supplements your larger bag and potentially save the day ! [Read more…]

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TENBA DNA : The best Photo shoulder/messenger bag ever ?

21 March 2015 by Harold Glit

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In my years as a photographer, I have met lots of different photographers with different camera systems and different fields of photo expertise. But there is one thing that I have never met and it is a photographer who has only ONE camera bag. when it comes to camera bags, it seems that most photographers have a constant craving for  a ” better” or “bigger” bag or more often than not  “just one more bag”. It does make sense in many ways. Going on a serious photo hike overseas for several weeks  is quite different task than going to cover a wedding, a march for one day. There are so many variants  to one what one photographer may need that it cannot be really covered with just one bag.
How much gear do you want to carry ? how much protection against shocks or weather conditions  is needed ? What else outside camera gear do you need to store in your bag ?… These are just a few of the important factors  when choosing a bag. Obviously, the kind of gear you have will influence the choice of the bag but equally the kind of portage you prefer or is more appropriate to the venue. Let s look in details why this DNA line by Tenba is special: [Read more…]

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