A couple years ago a friend and colleague approached me about helping design a new line of camera bags. His goal was to produce bags that catered towards the needs of the outdoor, action, and youth photographers that had been coming onto the scene and needing more from their bags than what the current crop had to offer (that remains true today). Specifically we needed bags that carried our expensive equipment well in extreme situations and conditions (READ: light but durable fabrics, strong zippers, carried well while being active etc).
After a couple meetings about design F-Stop hired me as a consultant for different projects. That seems like forever ago, but as things progressed we were looking to gain further insight; so we got a group of strong outdoor photographers together and hammered out finer details, what was born from those efforts was F-Stop Gear. The current offering of bags from F-Stop are the best on the market for the photography that I do, no question about it. I’ve run several of the designs through the ringer in the past six months and thought it would be cool to share some of those shoots, because I know the current round of bags has just about made its way through customs. Check it out:
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Assuming you want to have a few lense options, do you recommend using a particular design of bag for use while you’re hanging on a rope?
Taking into account the need to hike in and out of an area, but also needing to manage the bulk while you’re shooting. Any insight would be appreciated.
JV – When I am shooting roped climbing I always use the FStop Mala.
How I carry my other equipment depends largely on how long the hike is and what I will be shooting. If its a short hike I will usually just pack up a daypack and throw the Mala over my shoulder. For longer (multiday) hikes I pack the Mala inside a big backpacking pack. tk
Good to see F-Stop’s really taking off, literally.
It’s nice to see f-stop shipping packs. I appreciate that they stayed in communication about the customs and shipping delays (which happen to everyone) and psyched about the pack. I think I’m going to have to get a smaller ICU for the days I’m not carrying tons of camera gear and need more room for other stuff. Tim, do you have different sizes of ICU or do you just use the smaller bag when you’re carrying less?
Do you know the name of the song playing in the video? It’s stuck in my head and I want to hear more!
Found the song… “I turn my camera on” by Spoon. Great tune!
Hey Tim, was that first bag in the video the tilopa or the satori? the one at the very start that shows it being loaed up,
Thanks
@Pat — Its the Satori.
and you can carry the satori on most airlines no problem? sweetness.