{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blogposting-js","path":"/blog/tamrac_ultra_pro_7","result":{"data":{"mdx":{"body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"date\": \"2010-08-23T19:38:50.498Z\",\n  \"updated\": \"2010-08-23T19:38:50.498Z\",\n  \"type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n  \"title\": \"Tamrac Ultra Pro 7\",\n  \"entityId\": \"04f7a320-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionId\": \"04f7a321-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionNum\": 1,\n  \"tags\": {},\n  \"sidebar\": \"The sad part of the story is, of course, that you will always end up having twenty million different camera bags for different situations. It's inevitable. It's just a matter of trying to reduce that down to a few optimum options, I think.\\n\\nMy next problem is figuring out what to do for household photo gear storage. See, I used to just store everything in the camera bag... but now I'm wanting to store everything in ?something? and then grab whatever I want to take out shooting and put it in a bag. Not sure what to do about that, but I don't want to spend a bunch of money trying out options that don't work.\",\n  \"description\": \"My needs for carrying camera gear are often idiosyncratic.  Normal people don't expect to use an RB67 and a Sunpak 622 in the field.  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See, usually I just carry my G7 while I ride, because it fits nicely in any number of spots on my bike or person, doesn\\u2019t weigh much, and takes decent pictures\\u2026 especially if I take a panorama and stitch it, which I\\u2019ve gotten quite good at doing handheld. But I decided that the G7 wouldn\\u2019t be enough for some dedicated exploration in Seattle some months ago\\u2026\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"One popular carrying style these days is what I\\u2019d like to term the \\u201Cmessenger/sling\\u201D style. In general, it tries to solve the problem with backpack-style carrying \\u2014 that just about every backpack requires you to take off your backpack and put it on the ground to get at the contents. A good bag of this style also is designed such that it lays against your back \", \"*\", \"just so\", \"*\", \" so it won\\u2019t go flying around, unlike traditional shoulder bags.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Now, there\\u2019s a good number of \\u201Csling\\u201D bags out there. I\\u2019d gone over the Internet and found a few that might fit the bill, based on some measurements with a ruler of my camera. On the other hand, once I started browsing the camera store, I discovered rapidly that most of them were the wrong shape to hold a desired \\u201Cstandard\\u201D load, consisting of one RB67 and one Sunpak 622. But then a helpful camera store employee told me that he knew exactly the right bag for me and spent a few minutes digging through the bags on display before he found the Ultra Pro 7.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"I spent an hour or two walking around the store trying to figure out if it would work before I picked it up. Part of what makes this difficult is that I don\\u2019t sit with my back at vertical while I bike. It\\u2019s more like a 60 degree angle on my mountain bike and a 30 degree angle on my road bike.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"But this bag can hold a 35mm camera with a lens mounted, two extra lenses, and an RB67 with back and lens all mounted. 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