dslr bag recommendations

[uforgot]

I now have a dslr and I find that I want to take it on hikes and rides. My point and shoot just doesn't do it for me as I like to stop and take pics. That's mostly what I do with it, so it should go with me.

Anyway, can anyone recommend a small camera bag that I could wear while riding? I am not going to put it on the bike, too rough on it. Every bag I find (and I'm not finding many other than walk-around shoulder bags) is either huge for an extra lens, or too small for point and shoots. I have a small Nikon with a short 35mm lens on it. I want a bag for this camera only. No extra equipment.

Thanks!

[indysteel]

My DH uses an Ortlieb Ultimate 5 handlebar bag for his DSLR. He has a camera backpack for hiking and travel, although most of the time he just uses a shoulder strap when we're hiking and wraps it up in one of our backpacks when it's not in use. The camera backpack is pretty heavy when it's fully loaded.

[BikeDutchess]

Have you looked at the Crumpler Camera Bags (http://www.crumpler.com/US/Camera-Bags/Camera-Bags.html?LanguageCode=EN)? They have some smaller ones that fit just the DSLR that you might be able to sling around your back like a messenger.

[TsPoet]

I was never happy not being able to get to the camera quick enough. On trails/easy rides, I use one of these.
http://www.spiderholster.com/
On my trike I hang the camera attractively on my boobs, with the spider holster under my armpits.
On a DF bike I'd probably put the camera hanging behind me.

Crumpler is good. For a backpack style, can't beat the price/quality of the Lowpro flipside 200. Another belt option is anything by Think Tank - these things are great.
http://www.thinktankphoto.com/

Don't know if you can open this without a membership - but here are the collated camera bag reviews from the Canon forum

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=585253

[Cataboo]

I've had the crumpler 3 million dollar home and a few of their other camera bags - and really, I've never liked them enough to use them after the couple times that I did use them.

Just basically get the smallest holster style bag you can. I have a couple different sized tamrac bags that go with me hiking. Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B000P41DZM/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_1?ie=UTF8&index=1

Except mine lets you detach your shoulder strap.It's got a thing you can put it through a belt strap - so I put it on the hip belt of my backpack hiking.

I have a nathan hydration pack that lets me put a small lens in a pocket on either shoulder strap. Basically, if my camera or my lenses are in my backpack while hiking, i don't end up using them.

I have a nice lowe alpine backpack camera bag, which I don't use hiking because of the lack of a hydration bladder, but it's good for playing the tourist.

I bought the detours zoom handlebar camera bag to put on my bike - it looks nice, I haven't actually tried it yet - but someone else on here has and had no problems with it in regards to their camera - My handlebars & stems & fork are generally carbon, so I think it'll limit how much vibrations get to the handlebar bag (and my other bike is all steel).

[malkin]

If you're not picky about newness, you could look on craigslist & ebay.

Enjoy your camera!
(and remember how much we like to see pictures)

[uforgot]

Thanks for all of the recommendations! I have looked at the Crumpler bags online, but I really have no way to look at them other than on the internet. That's why I wanted recommendations. I have a handlebar bag that it would fit in, I just don't want to put it in there, but I may just wind up doing that.

Thanks again!

[Cataboo]

I looked at some of my smaller bags & what they call themselves:

lowe alpine topload zoom mini
http://store.everestgear.com/110737.html

and the caselogic blahblah:
http://www.amazon.com/Case-Logic-DCB-56-Digital-Camera/dp/B000PFGQ44/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1292358412&sr=8-2


Both of them are on the basic side and are good for sticking cameras in and going... I don't have a huge amount of faith that they're padded enough that if you crash your bike and fall, the camera isn't going to get damaged - but I think that's a risk you take taking a camera biking with you period.

I use them hiking as well - generally the strap gets taken off them and I use the belt strap on them to go through the hip belt of my pack. I have a couple of lens cases with belt straps that go on the straps of my pack if I want to keep more lenses handy.


What I've been doing recently is using the nathan zone 2 hydration pack for hiking
http://www.amazon.com/Nathan-Zone-2-0-Hydration-Pack/dp/B002ZBYI3C

Each pocket on the shoulder strap fits one of my pancake lenses (I tend to hike carrying a 21mm, 35 mm macro, and a 70 mm fixed small lenses). But if I'm not carrying my dslr, one pocket can hold my point & shoot, and the other can hold my little video recorder.

[Atlas]

I have a lowepro slingshot which I love, but I don't ride with it much. It's more for hiking and traveling.

[malkin]

Check out the Bag Finder on amazon:
http://bagfinder.lowepro.com/amazon/choose-profile/id/2