The giveaway is closed now. The winner will be announced shortly.
What can I win?
Today I have a ThinkTankPhoto Shape Shifter backpack valued @ $249 to give away (click on image for larger view):
More info on this backpack can be found here.
How do I win?
The rules are simple – just leave a comment to this post. Let’s be creative this time – tell me why do you need this backpack, what is your experience with other ThinkTank products (if any), what are you looking for in a camera backpack or just a funny story. Basically anything backpack related will be fine. One comment per person please. Don’t forget to add your email in the comment section – it will not be used for anything else but notifying you in case you are the winner. I will close all comments at the end of the week and will randomly pick the winner.
The best part?
Following our tradition, the good people of ThinkTank Photo agreed to ship this backpack anywhere in the world, so this is not one of those “US only” giveaways.
What if I don’t win?
You can always get a free bag from ThinkTank Photo with a purchase of $49.50 or more (follow this link, when checking out, you can make you free bag selection – currently the free bag list consists of Cable Management 20, Pixel Pocket Rocket, Modular Pouch, or Security Tag products and is subject to change).
What else?
While you are on thinktankphoto.com, you can register for their newsletter.
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Fine print: The contest is void where prohibited by law. All taxes are the responsibility of the winner. Shipping will be paid by ThinkTankPhoto. ThinkTankPhoto is an affiliate sponsor of NikonRumors. I did not receive any payment to run this giveaway.
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1668 Comments
I’m not one to win much, but love trying:) I’m new to photography and have a small bag. I am already looking at more lenses and another flash to add and could really use a great backpack.
I like the pic of the interior they have of this bag with the camera equipment inside. Most of the bag manufacturers show similar pics, but they put the lenses in the bags without the lens hoods, which makes a big difference in how much room you have available. I like how Think Tank Photo shows the lenses with the lens hoods on them as that allows you to see more accurately how your equipment would fit in this bag.
Wow! Finally great backpack for my stuff! Just looks awesome!
No ThinkTank experience yet, but never too late
Ou yeah! With this new back I will have the perfect excuse to buy my future tele 400mm and my future zoom f: 2.8. With my current equipment I have a doubt I could fill half of the bag!
Hello,
Why do I think I deserve the backpack? Let me tell you why. First things first, I do NOT have anything to carry my camera gear around except for an old backpack I use to haul around books for school…this is not a sufficient way to carry around a camera. My camera, lenses, and flashes are just in a big pile inside my book bag. Just try to picture some expensive photography gear just thrown into a bag? Not a pretty site at all. It’s especially embarrassing when I’m doing a photoshoot with a band, and the band looks at me like I’m not professional…I feel like they start to lose faith in my abilities ONLY because I do not have a acceptable bag for my camera gear…it sucks.
Now why haven’t I bought a camera bag? Well I’m currently enrolled in college…and with the state of the economy I basically have no extra money to spend on new camera gear or accessories such as a camera bag…it all goes toward my living and education.
So please, I really do need this camera bag…I know if I get this camera bag, people I do photoshoots for will have respect for me on a professional level when it comes to first impressions, rather than having to put them through a moment of doubt when they see me pull my gear out of an old book bag.
Thank You,
- Chris Ebarb
I’m currently shopping for a new bag, and in a quirky kind of way it’d be way cool to put a D40+kit lens (and some other lenses) in that bag
“Contoured harness for men and women with air channel” – Whilst I cannot claim to number many men or women with an air channel amongst my aquaintance, this attention to detail is just fantastic.
What a luxury this would be ! Cameras, lenses and all the usual bits and pieces safely housed and carried in style – contrast this with my usual jumble of equipment on neck straps and kid’s school bag – how cool would I look !
Why should I get this backpack? Well, I am a poor engineering student and I’m very busy with school and work. I can somewhat fund my photography hobby and I have a bag but its not very good.
Next year, I will be studying in Japan for an entire year! I will be traveling on the weekends, sightseeing, and doing a lot of photography! I would really appreciate a comfortable bag to put on my back, knowing my stuff is safe and secure.
Thanks NR!
The worst thing is that ThinkTankPhoto Shape Shifter is not available in Poland
I like the idea of extensibility that is used in this design.
I hope I can get it some day in my country
So my Slingshot bag only holds one body and I just purchased another Nikon… after the frustration from the lack of a D700 replacement release I bought a D3S. Now having two bodies I need an upgraded bag to hold all my stuff.
My Ole Slingshot has already sent my equipment tumbling to the ground when the clasp unlatched while trying to manage it… its time for a reliable upgrade.
A great bag for what you often do as a photojournalist: carry a large amount of equipment somewhere, then take it all out of the bag, and carry around an empty bag with you. This would be fantastic.
I would certainly like to have this great backpack from the company that has the most intelligently designed camera bags.
Thinktank makes the best bags. I currently use a Wired 10 for hiking. Would be great to have a shape shifter for travel.
After buying my first dslr 2 years ago, my collection have outgrown my current camera bag (no brand). This would serve a fantastic upgrade to the one i have now.
Nice backpack that leaves the competitors behind and ensures that our precious photo stuff can be carried as hand luggage
I have about a million pieces of camera equipment. 17 thinktank bags, but i need one for my brand new Nikon D3X and 8mm fisheye. I recently went bankrupt and can’t afford to buy anything else. This would be a life changer, as i could finally pack up and move to LA to start a studio. Thinktank rocks!
I want my thinktank
Cool bag! Hope it will last until the D700x finally will come out.
Room to store your mother in law too…
All 3 zippers of my backpack r broken, its always the same with cheap products, lets see what the thinktankbackpack will offer for me and my now backpackless nikon^^ (omg) cu
My sling bag takes only 1 body, and it doesn’t fit my notebook pc. I have walked around with 2 bags + tripod before! This bag will keep everything together! No experience with this brand before.
Is this the Holy Grail of camera bags? I hear the music. I see the light. It just may be!
I love camera bags, and I love ThinkTank bags most of all. And while each and every ThinkTank bag could make my life better in colorful yet workplace-safe ways, the ShapeShifter is the bag I feel would best express my bag interests. Also, it would hold my photography gear well, which is important. If I had this bag, I’d be wearing it right now.
Thank you.
Been looking at the ThinkTanks as my next bag, as I’ve heard nothing but the best about them. Would love to get this!
This would be a great replacement for the piece of crap big bag i’ve got. The belt system i’m using from think tank is awesome.
I’ve been trying different bags from different brands for my photo gear, but I haven’t found the right one.
I’ve never tried one from ThinkTankPhoto, and this one looks like a good one to end my journey.
Thanks
I am currently on my 3rd bag. I have always been conservative when buying a bag and always bought to small bags for my ever growing Lens and camera collection. I can see the Thinktank bag being my 4th and last bag I need… For a while. But I am sure I will enjoy it if I win it.
I came for rumors on the d700x/d800/whatever, I stayed for the free stuff!
I now carry multiple bodies with me as well as multiple lenses and my LowePro Rover is not up to the task. I have been looking for a new bag that would carry it all for quite a while. This looks to be perfect!
Wow what’s a much better way to carry Nikon gear… it looks so much more comfortable in that picture of the back pack then trying to cram those bodies into the cargo pants big leg pockets, stuffing polarizing filters in the back pockets (and trying to remember not to sit on them), wedging a lens down inside the front pocket (is that an speedlight in your pocket or……), sticking a lcd cleaning pen in my sock, and sticking the flash under my hat…….
I have a LowePro that fits 1 body & 4 lenses and it’s already too small, and it won’t take a long lens. I need an upgrade, please!!!
Looks like a great bag, so that I can finally organize all cameras, etc.
It’s my husbands dream bag, so I guess if I win this, he will be more than happy and I’ll get something in return
I love the idea of a backpack that holds all my gear. It would be a lot better than the grocery cart I currently use to push all my earthly possessions around the mean streets of brooklyn.
I’m a pro photographer, working with Nikon and Leica systems. I’ve had numerous photo bags from Lowepro, Domke, … and all of them are designed to put a body + lens mounted in it. The downside of this unique approach in the thickness of these bags is on the surge! It is quite impossible to find a photo bag that fits under any plane seat these days.
The idea to switch gear, and design a slim backpack that allows photographers to stock the body and the lenses unmounted is just a breakthrough for me. When I’m the photo site, I don’t take my camera in and out of the bag as hobbyists do. It’s out for the shooting, when I’m done It’s in.
The Shape Shifter is just the best advanced idea I found in photo bags design since a long time. Just perfect for pro. photographers who are traveling with their equipment. I want one, now!
Ben
I’d love to try the Think Tank products as I have heard a lot of good things about them. The problem is they are hard to get in Denmark… And I need this backpack since I will be going for a 3-week yourney across USA this summer – and need a good way to travel with the 2 cameras and 6 lenses I want to take. I don’t want to have the cameras hanging on my neck and lenses kept in my pockets
I’ve been looking at these back packs and there fantastic. Unfortunatly outside my budget! Fingers crossed!!!!!!!
La mochila es estupenda, ya que para el trabajo diario tu equipo va bien cuidado y protegido. Saludos.
I think I need this tank of a back pack to carry the essential Nikon gear away before my 10 year old son “borrows” it. He got hooked on photography a year ago after seeing the Widlife Photography exhibition in London’s Natural History Museum. He’s been using my old D70 since then, as well as various lenses.
Why? Simply because it fits all my gear perfectly while I’m shooting on the road, on an adventure trip like heading the mountains. Mostly when I carry a smaller backpack, I always carry the wrong glass. And then miss the perfect shots. This one is tailor made for me. Nice!
This backpack is perfect for my dad. He just turned 60 and loves photography. His camera gear, all of it, recently got stolen so he’s in the market for a camera body and a few 2.8 lenses. I know he’ll be buying those in the next week or so. For now, he’s had to go back to his old D70 and kit lens. Anyway, my dad travels everywhere and uses photography as a stress reliever. I’d love to give this backpack to him (if I’m the lucky random winner). This would put a smile that stretches from ear to ear on him. Love this site!
This is actually a perfect setup for a dual camera bag. I find myself using a plastic storage container to hold the things I would need but not equipment or tools necessarily needed while photographing.
To carry the least is the best but this would be a great secondary bag such as a bag you stored in the trunk of the car for backups and for the option of carrying two cameras in a small bag.
No experience with a Think Tank yet. I seem to have accumulated enough lenses and stuff to overflow my present sling bag, so one of these would be great. Thanks…
I need a Think Tank bag because I have been using my same old Domke bag for the last 15 years. I photograph quite a bit of school sports. And many times a student will need a picture form and I tell them to look in my black bag. Then they always say you mean this old beat up thing. I have had so many students and adults comment on why I’m using such an old beat up bag. But it’s been around and it can tell lots of storys. Its held all kinds of camera’s over the years from Hasselblads to Nikon digitals. Some times it becomes my lighting bag and I drop a bunch of portable lighting into it. On occasion it has even held a few bottles of water with the caps off. But at least I have never found old moldy food in it. I do have a few Think Tank products and would love to get more as my budget allows.
Nikon’s rule Canon’s drool
I already have one…but its worn and a new shiny one would be…well gr8t
Why should I get this bag. Well, I always need a new bag for my gadgets and camera equipment. Unfortunately I always budget myself and can never give a good reason (money wise) to get a better, dedicated photo bag than the usual cheap complementary shoulder bags that are given to tourists/and guests while on tourist trips or at conferences.
I am very proud that I managed to get through security at a concert (Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle 2009) with my Nikon DSLR even though I was not part of any press and there was a no “professional camera” policy in place for regular ticket holders.
Wow, that bag. I need it, want it, got to have it. Its not for me but for my Nikon body, some candy, 3 lenses, gatorade, flashgun, painkillers, batteries, folding walking stick, laptop, 2 bananas, and mini tripod – and yeh I guess as a treat for myself is another vital reason!!
Wow!!!! I’d love to have this bag. Have lots of Nikon stuff that would fit nicely …D3, D300s bunches of lenses to match. Please Please send it my way!!!! Otherwise I may be forced to buy one as a B’day gift to myself this fall….
I will be travelling to both South America and Australia this year, and this bag would be perfect for bringing my Nikon gear with me.
Good thing this bag is big, it’ll hold my D90 and D800 when it comes out!!
I like pictures. I also like bags too.
Have not had experience with thinktank products since I’ve been a crumpler fan. But the shapshifter looks super functional/practical and would love to give it a try for more demanding projects.
If I won, my girlfriend would finally get a bag for her new camera.. She would totally love my old bag…
Why should I get this backpack? I’m a general engineering student, working on my concentration in bioengineering. I’m currently taking several botany courses which require that I go out into the field, and that means I have all sorts of opportunities to take great nature pics. This backpack would help immensely to that end.
Thanks NR!
IF i have the bag, i will have enough reason to update and buy more cameras and lenses because this bag looks really big and durable.
mui practico y comodo simplemente lo que nesesito. que belleza
practico y comodo simplemente lo que nesesito.
Me ha gustado muchísimo la mochila Shape Shifter, quisiera participar del sorteo, gracias
Great manufacturer: have the Glass Taxi and Airport International, and love them both. They go on the road with me tomorrow.
I’m a gearhead who’s wife won’t let him buy new gear. If I even looked at one of these all I’d hear is “You’ve already got a camera bag. What would you possibly want another one for?”. I know there’s more than one of us out there. Here’s hoping I win.
Does it include the kit shown? This would be a great bag!
What a cool backpack
I’ve had a bag like that before. Awesome stuff! But I lost it. Another one pleeeaaseee??
compre una mochila kata pero es muy peque ,con esta mochila si me cabria todos los acceesorios y equipo.
It would be the perfect fit for an emerging artist!
Nice giveaway!! I could desperately us a good backback – what I have now is too small and hurts my shoulders. I’ve heard great things about ThinkTank gear and it will get great use. Thanks for the contest!
ThinkTankPhoto makes the best bags. I have a large backpack and could use a smaller one to carry more stuff. I am looking forward to getting the new logistic manager roller.
i just got a second camera body, and 3 new lenses, this would be perfect for me! The middle picture is pretty much my gear list!
Why did the chicken cross the road?
How does it get across to the other side without becoming fresh roadkill?
I need the sturdy Thinktank Shapeshifter backpack to take my chicken across the road.
My D700 sits on my waist in my Thinktank Speedfreak. =)
That looks like a really cool bag. I know I can use all the help I can get to help organize my gear!
Because I am saying please… and thank you… and from what I am told they are the magic words.
I am in desperate need of a new photo backpack as my previous one was urinated on by a very large, and apparently well-watered, dog this past weekend while on a shoot. I know it can be washed, but the scars of that memory will live on for years.
I cried.
Nicely styled bag, not too conspicuous so I don’t have to worry about attracting attention overseas.
ThinkTank is great – I have a ChangeUp and various other products. Tough and well thought out, they are easy to wear for hours even with heavy lenses.
I do a lot of international travel specifically in Uganda and Southern Sudan lately where I am covering the post-war (and possibly pre-war) situation in rural areas there, along with the difficult situations that the people are facing there as a result.
A backpack like this could help me carry my gear out in the bush a lot easier. A DSLR w/ lenses, small video camera, tripod, flash equipment and a laptop could all make it into this bag!
The fact that so far 20 people “dislike” a post with a free giveaway is a mystery to me…
And that the NR admin would willingly create for himself the work of selecting from 1400+ respondents is also a mystery…
…but far be it from me to complain if I win!
I’m in this to try and win a backpack that is lighter than the big monster I have, plus the heavy load I am used to is not made to accept a laptop. I live in the sticks, and heading out on the trails with lots of gear is something I do. Think tank and not the weight of one.
I am going on a dream trip to Thailand and THIS would be awesome for my gear. I love my airport international.
My digital holster is not cutting it any more, sure could use a larger bag.
i want one
Because I have not one
I have wanted to get a good camera bag for a long time. I can only carry two lenses with me with my d300 and sb800. I cannot carry along my 80-200 most of the time and have been scanning craigslist for used bags but have had no luck yet. I hope i win.
I’ve admired Thinktank’s products for a while now and actually plan to buy one of their bags eventually. My gear has outgrown my current bag and I could really use this bag. Alas, I will probably not win, but it was worth a shot. I really would put it to good use.
come on, help a guy out! With this bag, I could use it to save money first, then eventually buy a lens worthy to put in such a fine bag. If I had this bag, I could quit reading Nikon Rumors because … wait, no, I would read more NIkon Rumors because I would be dreaming of new gear to fill it. Come on, let me catch a break! Send it my way. Thank you for your consideration in advance.
When I first started out in photography, I had one bag, one camera, and one lens. Since then my lens and camera collection has grown considerably, but the bag purchasing never got off the ground as much as I would have hoped. I’m now a starving student trying to pay for my masters tuition, and this bag would more than anything help me lug around the things most dear to me. I’d definitely get great use out of it! Also of every competition and draw I’ve ever entered, I’ve never won, no matter how good I felt about it – but I feel pretty good about this one. Fingers crossed!!
i want it coz i don’t have one
If only I had this bag, then I can spend more on lenses and gear! And a better flash and tripod!
My current camera backpack’s zipper is not working so well. The entire bag is getting worn out and I could use a replacement.
I have the Lens Changer 25 and it is AMAZING. I hope to purchase an entire belt system some day when I have a little bit of spare cash.
Thanks NR!
My current camera backpack’s zipper is not working so well. The entire bag is getting worn out and I could use a replacement.
I do have the Lens Changer 25 and it is AMAZING. I hope to purchase an entire belt system some day when I have a little bit of spare cash.
Thanks NR!
This bag’s design looks like a winner over some of the other somewhat odd (and impractical) designs of the others. I could use this because I always travel with at least two camera bodies, and even have to carry two bags to bring all the gear I need
I have several other ThinkTank products and love the quality and ergonomics. This looks like a great bag because it takes up so little space when not holding camera gear. You can put it in the bottom of a suitcase and whip it out when you get to your destination.
I want this backpack because I am buying more and more lens…I need something to hold it……and to carry many more things.
I need this bag to carry my camera gear. I’ve heard good things about thinktank, but don’t own any other their products
Like many photographers I’m on a neverending quest for the perfect bag. I actually saw a photo of this last week and it caught my eye. Looks like a qualified candidate for sure and I love my Pixel Pocket Rocket!
I must have it because my current bag is to small!
good as a bag and as storage for all my gear, no more lenses rolling around my drawers!!
I could definitely use this backpack. There are a couple reasons why. 1st and foremost this will save me from a beating from my wife / wedding photography partner =) because I will be able to keep all our gear in 1 place vs 10 places (duffle bags, other smaller backpacks, misc. camera bags, etc.). One place makes organization so much easier, and it keeps the wife happy . 2nd I think that Nikon is designing with bigger and better as their motto. I could use a backpack that is bigger! I have never used Think Tank Products before, I have definitely considered their products in the past.
Thanks Nikon Rumors and please save me from my next beating =D!
As a rather small girl, I’m constantly looking for a comfortable and efficient way to carry my gear. Most gear backpacks are stiff and bulky, but this pack looks insanely comfortable! Extra bonus – I can keep my phone right next to my face (on the strap) – I hate missing calls
This bag would be perfect for me. And I’m already slightly obsessed with thinkTank, this might seal the deal.
I could use this since my Lowepro has a broken zipper and the clips keeping it shut have broken. And most of all it’s getting a bit small to fit my gear.
this could be heaven sent…or nikonrumors sent if i win it. seriously though, never had any experience with think tank backpacks. only those small lowe pros that fit the budget. been wanting to get one but with my first child coming in two months time, i’m saving up all i can…if i win this then i could take all my gear with me and photograph my baby always – anytime, anywhere! that would be sweet!
Having just sold my Minolta 7D complete kit and looking to buy the Nikon D300s this bag would allow me a bit more cash to put towards a good optical lense rather than a run of the mill lense & bag……….here’s hoping
I would like to win the backpack.
I’ve have invested in four different backpacks, but who of them are already broken! and the third has problems with the “inner walls” which makes the equipment move inside the bag. So, whats wrong with the fourth? Nothing – besides the size.. it’s too big to carry around for normal use.
I think i deserve a backpack because if i have to pull my camera out of my Girlfriends handbag once more covered in lipstick or makeup i’ll cry.
Nikon d90 + 50mm 1.4 + Rouge doesn’t carry a good look.
T H i N K Nikon, T H i N K ThinkTankPhoto Backpack =)
I need a backpack as I dont have one at all! I have been accumulating stuff and not think about transport. Cool if I win!
I have just started with a D3000 and 18-105 Nikon lens but now i have 2 more lenses and a SB-400 and it wont fit in the bag that my brother gave me so i could use a bigger bag and i could really use a backpack instead of a shoulder bag and the shape shifter is perfect for my use.
That is the bag I need: just big enough for my D700 and two prime lenses!!
This is simply an awesome bag! It will fit in my two SLR bodies and my assortment of lenses efficiently while I travel from place to place! I need it!
@ 10 reasons i deserve the gift @
in all my computers
I will pay for the shipping cost 
1) I visit NR 10 times per day
2) I visit NR 10 times per day and i have alexa toolbar installed
3) I am also a blogger and i will announce in my blogs all the details about the giveaway
4) I live in Greece and i am sure you heard about the Greek financial problems
5) I live in Greece and if i win the backpack, you will get free accommodation in my house (you can see all the city (ATHENS) from my balcony)
6) I just bought my second Nikon camera and i your backpack is the only way i can get both cameras with me in my photo trips
7) I will publish a review and YOU will make your sponsor even more happy
9) My wife will be very happy that i will keep my gear in one place and not all over the house
10) IT IS MY BIRTHDAY AND YOU WILL MAKE MY DAY
extra bonus reason
11) I believe in GOD and you will help him (GOD) make me HAPPY
!!!! If you think any more reasons you are welcome to add them !!!!!!
Currently I’m using a basic bag, just to hold my d90 and kit lens. All other lenses&stuff are carried in a plastic bag wrapped in some air bubbled foil.
I’ve no experience with thinktank, but I bet it will be better then my plastic bag (and safer
Using this bag, my girlfriend will not be ashamed anymore when I take my camera and a lense out of the plastic bag when on a trip. People are always watching when I do this…
hope for the best!
That bag! I gotta have it!
mmm, i like it i like it! From Barcelona for the best team, FC Barcelona and for the best player: Me! Thanks for make this, thanks a lot! If i win this bag i can put my fantastic, espectacular D50 that I use since 5 years and I make professional works with this camera and various lens….yeyeye, the D50 is really good.
And I can put my 500C with Distagon too.
Good Luck and good life!
The ShapeShifter is awesome. I had one I should know. I could do with a new one since mine got lost when I was in a boat I was in capsized… I did manage to retain the camera in my hand. Unfortunately that D300 is now in camera heaven. Note to self: make sure I have proper camera insurance in future.
That looks like one heck of a bag!
Do I deserve this? No, but I want it! In fact, I could use on this weekend!!
I just found this site – clearly, I’ve been missing out!
Send me the backpack and I’ll use it to haul around my Nikkormat FT2 and Nikon FM2. Yeah – how about that – some of us still shoot film! (OK, I also have a D80, and still use my Coolpix 950 now and then too!)
Why I need this backpack?
Boy, thats simple: Because I LOVE ThinkTank products!
They absolutely rock!!
Plus I’m in the need for a backpack to haul my camera and notebook around.
I love Think Tank since I bought my first one, 8 months ago… I have 3 now, mostly small ones (change up, holsters)… but I’m planning a 10 month trip in Asia, and I will need a good, well-conceived backpack that doesn’t draw attention (they’re very discreet !).
Think tank would be THE solution.
I hope I’ll be chosen. If not, well, I’m already convinced !
I’d just love to win this one! Though I’m using my nikon for more than 2 years now and already own 4 lenses, I still have this small 20-Euro backpack that’s just big enough for the body + 2 lenses. Every time I’m thinking about which lenses to take with me – usually the 50mm and the 28-200mm, but then I always have to leave my macro at home
You either have one of two things : too much gear till you have no idea how to carry it around, or too much carrying space in your bag! However, I don’t have too much gear to carry around, but I’d like the space to grow into! I’ve tried the Speed Demon line of waist packs, but I didn’t like it so much. Rode akwardly on my hips and butt. Still prefer backpacks!
I haven’t had experience with any ThinkTank product, but a new camera backpack would be better than what I have.
Currently, the backpack I have likes to barf out lenses, filters, batteries, what-have-you. Sure, it could have been user error, but I was positive that I had zipped the top zipper. I was absolutely positive. So, when I pulled my backpack out of the truck and turned to walk up the driveway, I was incredibly surprised to hear a “THUNK” behind me. Puzzled, I turned around to see my 70-300mm lens rolling down the driveway. OMG! It’s rolling down the driveway! Stunned, I proceeded to stand there like a deer in the headlights until the lens rolled off the driveway and into the gutter where it stopped…in a stream of water. Oh, sure! It wasn’t enough that my backpack had to puke out the lens, but to add insult to injury, the lens itself was trying to run away.
Setting the backpack down gently, watching other things spew out of it, I went down to retrieve said lens. Oh, it’s dead, gone, in camera lens heaven for sure.
I blame the backpack. It was certainly at fault. It’s time to kick it to the curb, show it who’s boss, and that it can’t take advantage of me like that. Good riddance I say.
I really need a bag, I live in a dangerous area and I don’t want to get
assaulted if somebody see me carrying my camera.
I love Think Tank. This would be a perfect bag for me. A girl’s gotta have her bag. I’d load it with camera gear and everything else for daily travel. It would be perfect to rest my head on when I get tired of taking pictures and shopping. I could load it with my purchases. Would 8 heads fit in this duffle bag? LOL!
Besides the excellent design, the best of this backpack is the motivation for getting lens for all the spaces.
hola que tal, soy de mexico y me encanta esta mochila esta super padre muy practica….felicidades por este modelo…
saludos
The Think Tank backpack is a way to transport camera equipment I have only dreamed about. The configuration is ideal for transporting my photo equipment and gives me opportunity for future growth. My only experience with Think Tank products would be if I am selected to win this backpack. I have a trip planned for this summer and this backpack would sure fulfill all my needs for transporting my camera equipment. This is a great web site. Thanks
Looks like a great bag.
I absolutely need a new camera bag, preferably a backpack. My current camera bag is a glorified fanny pack. I SHOULD NOT BE WEARING A FANNY PACK.
This bag looks awesome! I need to be picky with the items that I carry on a given day with my current bag.
I just bought a new D300s and got a freebie camera bag which is simply not practical enough to use.
I am sure no other Freebie bag will come close to what Thinktank can offer me. It will be an excellent fit for my new camera and lens!
Think Tank is great. I think I should get the bag because I have an excellent beard that attracts attention, so people would then notice the bad. I’m pretty much a bearded billboard for them.
Muy bien pensada, un buen hogar para mi d90.
It would be very nice to take my camera with me when I go to work in an easy way with room for a laptop etc.
The thinkTANKphoto bag would be perfect for me.
Oh.. by the way…Sweden needs more thinkTANKphoto bags
It would be very nice to take my camera with me when I go to work in an easy way with room for a laptop etc. The thinkTANKphoto bag would be perfect for me.
Oh.. by the way…Sweden needs more thinkTANKphoto bags
I lack a black backpack so when my camera gets a smack with a clack it’ll crack and get an heart attack.
As all those wise ppl still tell me, “doesn’t hurt to try” why not give it a chance. I mean i’ve had a camera bag for two years n have discovered that i bought it cuz i wanted compact. Then realized, compact doesn’t mean you have to carry a super small bag. The reason is that when you want to capture the best image, your compact camera wont do! Thats why having one of this bags w/ more gear in it as shown, then I can finally capture that great image just waiting to be display to the world…
Hello, for years I used to carry my stuff around in the bottom part of my children stroller. Now, the kids are older and now they walk with us. I’v got a small bag for most outings and a super duty Pelican plastic case that I strap onto a frighter frame backpack for long endeavors in the canadian backcountry in any weather. Anyway, my small bag is getting too small and quite tired. It’s retirement time I guess. A new larger would be welcome!
I have been shooting since 2001 when everything was transitioning from film to digital back in the Philippines. I used to carry my camera and lenses on a cheap-ass-run-of-the-mill department store backpack using some t-shirts and clothes as equipment cushion. Year by year new stuff added to the point that i turned to the Lowepro system’s stealth bag series. I now have a total of 2 camera bodies, 2 flashes 5 lenses, 1 laptop and camera accessories. My problem was the lowepro was great EXCEPT when you don’t need to carry that much equipment. Fast forward 2010 – the lowepro has aged and the cheap-ass bag has definitely died on me. It would be nice if i could get a bag like the ThinkTankPhoto shape shifter bag which would enable me to adapt to my needs, whether i need to travel light or go in fully equipped. A ThinkTankPhoto bag should last more than my cheap-ass bag or my lowepro. Because its a ThinkTankPhoto bag!
I am a dynamic photographer often seen correcting white balance and manipulating contrast. I have been known to redesign websites on my lunch breaks making them more efficient in the area of data transmission and search engine optimization. I translate photography books for foreign photographers, yet I speak only one language. I shoot award winning images and manage time efficiently.
I woo models and world leaders with my sensuous and godlike lighting, yet I cannot see. Using only one SB-900 and a ThinkTankPhoto Pixel Harness, I once single handedly defended a small village in Eastern Uzbekistan from a horde of ferocious army ants. It would have been easier with a ThinkTankPhoto Shape Shifter backpack.
I am the subject of numerous photographic documentaries. I am a private citizen, yet I receive fan mail. I don’t perspire. Models trust me. Dogs love me and all my bills are paid. I can hurl a lens cap at small moving objects with deadly accuracy. I am not a Ninja.
I once read the complete works of Ansel Adams, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Annie Leibovitz in one day and still had time to map the location of every photographic item in the Chicago Calumet Photography store. My photography equipment is arranged alphabetically by height.
I have performed several covert photographic operations for the CIA. I sleep only one day a week. When I do sleep, I sleep in a darkroom. While on vacation in Rwanda I successfully photographed a group of Maoists who had seized a small bakery. Thanks to my award winning images all the croissant were saved.
I can navigate on land, sea, and in the air. A ThinkTankPhoto Shape Shifter backpack would make my travels much easier and more efficient. I know the difference between local and Greenwich Mean Time and I can explain it. Longitude, and digital assets management are not mysteries to me. I have photographed earthquakes, tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes as well as the whims of fools and idiots. I have never photographed a volcanic eruption, perhaps I should rethink this particular assignment.
The laws of physics do not apply to me. Time is only an illusion measured by the speed of a cameras shutter. Age is only a number. Economists are only guessing. Diplomats are much too optimistic. I balance, I weave, I dodge, I frolic and I never run out of SanDisk Extreme III Compact Flash cards. I understand the stock photography market, as well as the worlds of glamour and beauty photography. Yet I have never sold a photo to anyone.
I have made extraordinary images using only a Calphalon skillet, a World War I potato peeler and a Nikon D70s. I have photographed shooting competitions in Afghanistan, spelling bees at the Kremlin and the Paris to Dakar rally. I speak with Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dorthea Lang and Margaret Bourke-White regularly but we never come to an agreement on anything except for our love of ThinkTankPhoto bags.
Wow ! Just what I need. I have all the gear and no bag yet. Would be great to carry more than just the camera with the lens attached when I go around.
I’ve seen some of the ThinkTank bags in the local photography store and the quality looks really top notch.
Hope I am the lucky one !
Cheers
I break Crumplers. No mean feat. Where ever I go my camera ruck goes too. Surprisingly I seam to be wearing better then my luggage. Time to try ThinkTank?
Wow, that’s a nice pack! I don’t have enough camera gear to fill something like that up (yet!), but having the extra space would let me pack a nice lunch for those all day shoots.
It’s been a tough week……this would really make up for it!
Thanks for your consideration.
I have a D700 and 3 lenses with a 4th one on the way. I have one of those LARGE bags and it gets so heavy when I use it. This bag would be the perfect size to use when hiking.
here is what i think.
like:
- size and format is optimal, that is my set up 2 bodies + 3 lenses + laptop
- looks like is very lite and that’s a big + with all the stuff to carry around
- is adjustable with zippers, that means space saving when you dont carry a lot of stuff (think airplanes)
- lots of compartments, we all need some extra storage for accesories, samples, docs, cards, etc.
don’t like so much:
- from my experience, the main opening placed on the back is more convenient (protection plus you dont get dirty on your clothes if you place the bag on not so clean surface).
- not sure about this one (judging by the pictures) but how much protection provide the thin wall to the equipment?
overall i like it, and hope i will win it.
cheers,
my puny little tamarac bag will live in fear of a new, “large and in charge” think tank bag.
I never had a photo backpack before. My current camera bag was great when I only had two lenses, but now I’m swapping pieces in and out all the time. I’d love to have a single place to put them all.
My current set-up is a backpack full of gear, loaded into a roller hardcase. This came in especially handy when, on a trip home from Sydney, I was told that my roller case could not be carried on and had to be checked in. Not wanting to part with my gear, I simply took my backpack out and hand-carried it, and checked in the roller.
That’s one of the reasons I love backpacks!
I’ve never won any comp like this before. But this is too good to resist!
Been shooting for about a year now, looking to get some new glass. This bag would be great for my gear! =D
I love Think Tank products. I already own a couple of their belts and they re just so much easier on the back! I am also a photo back junkie so I would not mind winning this to add to my collection!
I would love to upgrade from a small camera backpack I bought 6 years ago. It’s the kind that splits in the middle and only holds the camera and lenses below. I find it unrealistic now to use, although I need to. Sometime have to lug the backpack and my belt back just to hold my gear. It would be awesome to go with one bag that holds everything. Plus, I have always wanted a ThinkTank after buying them for my former co-workers.
At last a bag big enuf to hold a couple SB-900s !!
I still remember my first camera bag that I got just in time for a trip to Australia. Multipurpose bags like this new one from ThinkTank are amazingly useful. This Shape Shifter looks particularly well thought out. Like many reviewers, it would only encourage me to buy more camera gear, but I wouldn’t complain. I would be incredibly grateful to own a ThinkTank backpack. It may also convince my local photo shop to start carrying them.
Love Think Tank Bags! I would love to have this great bag!
Nate
I’m upgrading from my D70 to either a D90 or D300S this summer so i need a new bag big enough to fir two dslr bodies, three lenses, my SB600. I hear these ThinkTank bags are well made, easy to use, fit lots of stuff, and carry well. I think this one would be perfect for me!
That’s a decent size bag. I don’t know if I could carry two bodies like that, I prefer to have my stuff ready to go. I guess the insides could be moved around though, so that the bodies could have the lenses on them and were ready to pull out. Then there’d still be room for a small prime lens and a speedlight or two. I still have my old Think Tank camera “holster” bag and it’s great for carrying one camera and some misc. accessories around without having a huge camera bag.
my oh my…. this bag will surely be a nice reason for me to shop for more gear…
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this is a pretty cool site and now all these comps make it even better! hope it keeps going, and would really like that cool bag!
I’ll be retiring in a few years & this would be a great bag to carry my ever increasing assortment of camera gear when traveling.
I shit bricks when I’m travelling, because here in Calcutta,India the crowds on trains and buses are intense, we are like sardines. I’m always feeling like my equipment is going to get squashed like a tomato. With the thinktank, if it lives up to its reputation, my mind will be at ease and I can enjoy this living circus.
With a bag like this I will finally be able to take great snapshots and become a truly great photographer extraordinaire. My lack of this bag is the only thing holding me back from stellar images and iconic pictures. If only this bag could trigger the shutter release as well, then I would never even have to take the camera out of the bag. I could just leave the camera stored on my back, and let the backpack do its thing, just be a back pack.
I like to win because i need urgent a new bag for my D700 and my D300s with all the lenses
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Thx
Wow, I would love one of these ThinktankPhoto backpacks to hold my D90 + assorted lenses! Please, Santa?
That wouldt be a great supplement to my Airport Security™ V 2.0
I live on the bloody underside of this planet. No one ever sends anything cool or useful down this way. I’m stuck trying to pick something from an anemic selection of LowePros or Tamracs that probably still come with somewhere to store your glass plates. Sure, we’ve got Crumper and they look cool and all, but have you tried to carry a D700 and pro glass over one shoulder? Unbelievable.
You know, if someone way back when just drew this thing the other way around, we’d see who had all the cool stuff.
I want to have an awesome bag. Something to make the others in the camera club suffering with their LowePros sob in their VB and beg me to know how I got it. Something with enough awesome to make a dingo sit up and take notice.
Yea, dingos. That’s what we got.
I could have an awesome bag for my kit instead.
Besides the fact that the name ThinkTank realy appeals to me, this camerabag would eliminate the dilemma what equipment to take with me and what to leave at home. In fact it give me room to spare (and hopefully to fill in the future)
Johan
This ThinkTank is as smart as Albert Eistein, as sexy as Pamela Anderson, as tough as Bruce Willis and fortunately, more durable than Michael Jackson. I bet that with some creative arrangement of its internal, it can ‘accommodate’ more gear than Tiger can accommodate cocktail waitresses. Why wouldn’t I want it??? In the world of camera backpacks, its the best thing since slice bread. I want one now!!!
Think Tank really created a very useful product and an extremely versatile bag. It’s perfect for traveling, especially on trips that are not solely planned for photographing. That’s also the reason I would want one, I go on this kind of trips a lot.
With all that gear in it, the pack would make a nice alternative to body armour, which I could use when filming alone in Kibera and other slums here in Nairobi. Plus, the thinktank products are a perfect marriage of form and function, why wouldn’t I want to get one!
I need this backback, because my metal Spiderman lunchbox can’t hold all of my Nikon gear anymore!
I have a Think Tank roller bag to transport my gear while traveling by air.. it’s great.
Why wouldn’t I want another one of their quality products????
My backpack is not large enough. My Nikon 10-24 is too wide to fit in the camera slot. I need to upgrade my backpack. I have always heard very nice things about ThinkTanks, have not owned one yet.
I want this backpack to pack all the cameras that i would love to have, because then i can make all the picture’s i would love to make! Until then, I’d have to do with my (though more than capable) simple setup with a simple bag, and a simple photographers mind. I guess I need more money for my plans. But then, why do I need this bag again? Because I like quality stuff…
I really like the idea of a collapsable backpack. I can put in exactly the equipment that I need.
Greetings, Earthlings.
This bag looks exactly like my shape-shift-transform portal. Can I get it back?
Sincerely,
D6x robot from Nikonians planet
I have a Thinktank speed freak bag that I love. I am a huge fan of Thinktank and their products. I took it to Rome and to Spain. I’m headed to Prague next month and it would be great to have a new bag!!
I hear that these are really good bags and I want one.:!:.
Wow, what an awesome giveaway. I’ve been trying to find the right bag for a while now. I’m presently using a Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Home I found on Craigslist, but this would be awesome.
WELL I ACTUALLY LOVE THE FACTS OF BIG BAGS, AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE CORRECT NAME IT GIVEN. THINKTANK AS IVE SEEN IN THE IMAGES THATS A REALLY COOL BAG THAT I WILL CHANGE IT FOR MY ACTUAL BAG. I SEE THIS NIKON RUMORS IN ANOTHER PAGE, AND THATS HOW I GOT HERE.
BUT IM SURE OF SOMETHING, THIS PAGE ITS AWSOME AND I WILL RECOMMEND IT TO EVERYONE, ALSO THE BAGS, THANKS AND I HOPE TO BE A WINNER.
Greeting everyone! am ali from mauritius island, indian ocean
well this bag is looks reallllly cool and professionally designed! could really help against the humidity from my tropical island :S, if am not selected, just too bad 
well good luck everyone! cheers 
Looks like a hell of a bag!! I’m always in for a bigger bag. Have to think of all the future gear that is possibly coming! (Although not as quick as I would like)
No matter how much you flip your lenses, or how hard you flip them, the Lowepro FLIPside just doesn’t cut it. Sure, I save about 1000 brain cells each time I bring out my gear, knowing that the person behind me is failing hard trying to get their hands on my lenses. But not being able to hold that 70-200 along with my other lenses is a huge disadvantage.
Therefore most of the time, the camera and lens is out of the bag and it just screams pro even though my picture screams amature. Which brings me to the point that, I have friends who use the Think Tank Urban Disguse. From a mile away it looks like a ordinary bag, and from 10 feet away it looks like an ordinary bag. It’s as big and tall as Mount Everest and holds that 70-200 like trying to fit a pebble into a black hole. I’m guessing they put alot of THINKing into the design, and thing’s built like an TANK. No pun intended.
Therefore.. I need a bag that would hold all my gear without me dissecting apart my camera. A bag that doesn’t have a “STEAL ME” tag written all over it.
Thanks!
I’ve got a UD30 right now that I LOVE. You can read about it here:
http://gear.benjacobsenphoto.com/2010/bags/think-tank-urban-disguise-30/
I’m a very active guy that’s always traveling, skiing, or sailing with a bag full of camera gear. I’d love a TT backpack for this purpose so PLEASE PICK ME PICK ME PICK ME!!!!!
Why do I need this backpack?… hmm… well I have never had a ThinkTank product… I keep seeing their fancy backpacks on Craigslist and Ebay but they are sooo expensive… I try to bargain with them you know.. “Hey man, hows about you knock off a $100 bucks?”… they’ll reply “How’s ’bout you *&$# OFF!”… But here’s my attempt to score.. Hows about it… NikonRumours… “Can I get one for free?”…
I have just changued to nikon, so it will be perfect to win the price for keeping it save. Thanks.
Across the icy dales and frozen tundras, this pack will surely keep my gear safe!
Backpack related story?
I’m afraid I’ve never used a ThinkThank backpack, but they certainly look interesting. I am always looking for the “perfect” camera bag, and the TT range look good.
Anyway back to my story – it is photo, Nikon, and backpack related – but no ThinkThank, I’m afraid:
I spent the mid-90′s living in Japan – 1994 to 1996 in the greater Tokyo area to be specific. I did try not to gather any worldly goods in the process, but Japan is not only consumer heaven, but particularly camera heaven – Yodobashi, Bic Camera, Gin-Ichi and other photographic retailers received a disproportionate part of my disposable income in those years.
So in June 1996 it was time to leave Japan. I discarded, sold, gave away and otherwise got rid of as much of my wordly goods as I could stand, packed a lot into boxes to be shipped back, and packed a “minimum” into my flight luggage. My boss wasn’t very understanding, and demanded that I did a disproportionate amount of work in the last few days. This resulted in my last night in Japan being spent in packing my bags. It was a total of 4 bags, including the backpack in this story. It was a large Tenba backpack, holding my Wista 45DX 4×5″ folding wooden camera, My Sekonic spotmeter, 150mm Schneider Symmar-S, 210mm Nikkor-W lenses, a Nikon FM2, 24mm, 50mm and 80-200 lenses (with the exception of the Symmar-S, all purchased in Japan). My poor Pentax 6×7 outfit had to go in checked luggage (but survived).
I had to cross Tokyo in the morning rush-hour with all that luggage, with a couple of mishaps in the process, such as the strap of one bag breaking at the bottom of long flight of stairs leading up to the railway station for the airport train. Narita airport is one hour by train away from central Tokyo, and I spent that hour in utter misery, knowing that I was not going to make the check-in for my flight.
Anyway, I arrived at the airport, got the lift to departures and found the appropriate check-in desk. There were no remaining passengers, only three ladies working for the handling agent looking rather suprised at my late appearance.
What could I do – I duly walked up to desk with my ticket.
Check-in lady: “You’re late”
Me: “Yes, I know. I got stuck in Tokyo traffic” (true, but …)
Check-in lady: “And your bags weigh 60 kg – your quota is 20kg!”
They hadn’t even weighed my backpack, which probably accounted for at least 10kg more … I had no defence.
Check-in lady: “The NEXT time you do this, you’ll have to pay extra!!!”
From that point I was saved. One of the other ladies took me in charge, led me past all the queues – security, emigration and so forth – I was the second to last person to board the plane.
And to top it all they told me: “We’re going to give you a business class seat because the plane is full, but you won’t get business class service”.
As if I cared – I seriously feared that I would lose my flight and be stranded in Narita airport with altogether too much luggage. I could finally sleep …
I love, love, love my Digital Holster 20, and used it for 2 months while traveling in Europe. Used the raincover often in Salzburg, Austria, and always had it on my side through Slovakia, Czech Rep, and Germany. I have never felt comfortable carrying my camera bag around until I switched to TT, and now that I am buying another body and a 70-200, I am in love with the idea of a convertible backpack that matches my daily shooting needs. Hook a brother up!
One thinktank for meeeee
This would be good to avoid all the stares and attention when one carries a sling type camera bag. Everyone knows you have a DSLR and sec guards are quick to stop you from doing anything just on principle.
As much as I like my cameras and using them I hate the fact that I always have to compromise when I pack my stuff, you know how it is.
You don’t want to miss “the shot” but you don’t want to have the hassle with gear being packed away when you need it or stuffed in another bag because you couldn’t fit it all into the same bag in an orderly fashion.
That is ’til you get a thinktank and a stronger back!
Well this sure looks like a handy bag… perfect now that it’s finally warming up enough outside to start going out longer…
Hi! I’d love one of those, for a long time I have been looking for a compact, yet “roomy” camera backpack, and this one seems perfect! Now I just use my regular backpack and stuff everything I need in it with t-shirts in-between, really inconvenient!
Would be great to have a quality backpack when I’m travelling to the Philippines this summer for three weeks visiting the orphanage of my two adopted cousins 
At last a bag that holds everything including tripod. That’s always been the hardest thing to pack.
I like to travel. My only companion is a backpack bag, and ThinkTankPhoto backpack is my ideal choice, due to its lightweight and flexible.
I have a few cases and a pack for my camera and lenses, but still haven’t quite found ‘the perfect one’. This one looks large enough, yet small enough (treading on oxymoron territory here) to perhaps be just what I need. I like the size and space. Enough that I’m more carefully considering them as a possibility.
I’d like to find a pack suitable for overnight hikes with camera and tripod. It needs space for a down sleeping bag, an inflatable mat, a little food, a water bottle, a camera body and 3 lenses plus a light tripod. Camera packs usually don’t have space for other stuff, and day packs usually don’t have good camera capacity.
Se ve super buena la mochila, para transportar de todo…
Yes please! I would really like to have this bag because I just got my 4th film camera, an f5, as well as some more lenses, and I could really use a bag larger than my lowepro dual camera bag. Plus, the backpack style bag would make it much easier to carry when I go on photo hikes.
I haven’t had the pleasure of owning a ThinkTank bag, I would love to have one!
I’ve never won anything in a contest and there are already over 1600 entries in this one, so I’m not holding my breath.
Why I deserve to win: I’m a broke college student using nothing but my will and a minimum wage job to finish up so I can chase my dreams when I graduate.
Previous think tank experience: Lusting 80% watching my friend use his 10% watching pros use theirs 10%
I had a tamrac backpack, hated the feel of it. I’m using a shoulder bag now – it works, but its cramped. can’t fit all my gear in it, so I’m lugging 2-3 smaller bags to locations. I’d like something to keep all my gear in one place so I can grab it and go without having to repack and sit down and plan out exactly what I need (even then i’ll still forget stuff).
Hopefully you found my story heart warming and insightful. Again, 1600 entrants before me, so I find it doubtful, but hey, I gotta keep tryin’, right?
Mike