A Nova 5 for $40? Zowie. And I thought I got a good price when I paid $70 for
mine, since the local Wolf Camera chain store had the Nova 4 for $70 or more.
As far as I know, the shoulder strap is fine. It's curved, and does have some
padding. I'm not sure more padding would help- when loaded, my bag weighs over
20 pounds. You would have to have a *lot* of padding to offset that.
The only problems I've had with the bag are that over time, the piece that
holds the camera and long lens across the top of the bag starts sagging,
there's no place to attach a tripod, and I haven't figured out how to put three
bodies in it.
I don't have the backpack harness, It would be interesting, but I'm pretty sure
I would not want to pay what they are bound to want for it.
Steve Goss, Dallas TX usa
Tarka69@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> I recently got lucky while poking around on Yahoo's shopping page and found
> the site of a company called Fuller & d'Albert that was selling the LowePro
> Nova 5 for $40! This is the largest of the Nova Series bag, and for me, its
> something I can grow into instead of out of. All of the reviews I've seen of
> this bag have been favorable, except for the rather unpadded strap. However,
> I already have a very nice shoulder strap from an L.L.Bean bookbag that I'm
> going to replace it with. Considering that my body with winder and 50mm lens
> more or less takes up ALL of my old bag, and the fact that i'd seen other
> companyies selling the same one for upwards of $70, i couldn't pass it up.
> For others interested, here's the site. Check it out, I think the deal goes
> through the end of may.
> http://store.yahoo.com/fullerphoto/misdarsup.html
>
> One related question. Has anyone tried Lowepro's accessory backpack harness?
> How's it work for you? The mini trekker is a little out of my range, so I
> may convert the Nova.
>
> Photographically,
> Evan
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