Nikon Rumors giveaway #7 (ThinkTankPhoto backpack)

By [NR] admin | Published: March 14, 2010

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).

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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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  5. Nikon Rumors giveaway #2
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  • Padraic

    If you’re not in… you can’t win etc.

    I have one of the LowePro Nova AW camera bags. I bought it 5 or 6 years ago. It’s never been used. I hate single shoulder bags. Really hate. Knowing this I went out and bought this anyway…

    I use a laptop backpack instead and equipment just gets dropped into it pretty much. Hasn’t failed me yet but it’s going to. I’ve already banged into things when turning and so on, just been lucky so far.

  • http://www.dubitatif.com/ Olivier

    This backpack would be the perfect excuse to justify spending more money on equipment (“but darling…my backpack feels soooo empty without a second body!”)

  • Colin Westwater

    I am just getting into photography and recently got married. As we got he wedding presents they were all cooking, cleaning, house stuff that my wife loved, but I had no interest in. But then we were generously given quite a bit of Amazon vouchers, which I was allowed to buy a Nikon D3000 with.

    I know it’s an entry level camera, but I absolutely love it. I have a Lowepro (tiny) camera case for it, but as I want to invest in a 18-200m lens for our honeymoon in the US in the summer, I really need to get a bag to hold the camera, lens and my laptop when we travel there.

    Would love the bag to do that! Thanks!

  • Steve

    Going on a trip soon and this bag looks like it would be the perfect type to take along.

  • Andy

    I have no photobag at the moment, and I am in desperat need of one.
    My wallet doesnt seem to agree. Buhuuuu.
    Please, pretty, please. :)

    Andy

  • Anonymous

    ThinkTank are getting THIS much advertising for just one bag???

  • Frank Filippidis

    Free HUGS for free backpacks !!!!

    Info inside!

  • Sash

    It doesn’t make sense to leave good comment. There won’t be any chance that you pick me. Actually, you can’t pick me, since I ain’t that lucky. Wanna bet? Even tho I need the bag and would be suitable for my gear, I already gave up. Contests are not on my side. And you can’t beat that.

  • http://www.nikonblog.net Paul V

    Well the best reason for me to win this backpack would be that I would have to go out and buy some more Nikon equipment to fill it up! And that would be good for Nikon and good for all of us, surely the money spent would go into fueling more products by Nikon which would mean more rumors in the future! And more backpack giveaways! – A win/win situation for all :)

    Paul

    never used a Think Tank product before…

  • http://www.elgaardfoto.dk Jesper Elgaard

    I’d like to win this. It’ll make me look cool in front of my kids and they grow up, knowing how great dad I am, and they’ll be better persons, good to animals and other people, be presidents, change the world and make it a better place.

    Yes? :)
    Best regards, Jesper Elgaard

  • http://www.picto.asia patrick

    I destroy a packpack every year… Tamrac, Lowerpro, and countless Chinese brands. cannot seem to have found one strong enough! Maybe this one is?

  • mastarG

    I have a photo backpack but i am not happy with (from an other company)
    This backpack looks really good. i have never won a giveaway.
    My Nikon D70, D200, D300, and hopefully soon my D900 need a new backpack.
    I’ll be really surprised and overjoyed if I win this time.
    Austria is waiting for this ThinkTankPhoto Shape Shifter backpack.

  • http://www.richardhales.co.uk Richard Hales

    I’ve never experienced any Think Tank products and could act as their “ambassador” in the UK extolling the benefits of their products to all my Tog friends. And as a busy wedding tog, any decent bag that helps save my poor back would be gratefully received.

    Not funny, but heartfelt

    KR

    email: richard@richardhales.co.uk

  • Edgard

    Why do I need a new Think Tank bag? Because I’m a TT addicted!

    Even if I hadn’t an use for that – and I surely do – it would be wonderful having another reason to keep my mission: converting all my photograph friends to this brand.

    I’ve made my girl switch from the “other” bags, did it again with my roommate, did it with my boss. Actually, Think Tank should hire me as an ambassador!

    Besides, I’m planning to buy a couple of lenses more to a big trip this year, and the backpack I’ve got right now won’t fit.

    Cheers!

  • yoose

    I need a better solution for carrying my laptop and camera equipment when I am on the go; either flying or just me out shooting. Its a much better solution than having to carry one bag for camera equipment and one for my laptop or to put my camera in my regular backpack where everything gets messy. Hearing from all my friends who have thinktank products I know this will be a good solution to my problem. I would buy it myself, but I am out of a job right now.

  • Bugz

    I already have 5 expensive backpacks :P i just want to win for the sake of it ! Nop, i was joking i only have one and it’s pretty small, i just complain all the time that i never win anything and everybody tells me it’s because i don’t sign up for anything so here i am :P .

  • Rob D

    I think it would be nice to have a larger bag than my current one, that does not have room for my lenses and my backup body. It would also be nice to have a bag with a little bit more flexibility in terms of what gear I can put in my bag than my current one, especially when I have my 300mm F4 AF-S mounted on a body.

  • Vesku

    I need this because I am always looking for a better way of carrying my equipment. I have a bad back so carrying stuff must be ergonomic.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/daviderizzo/ Davide

    I’ve grown up in Sicily and I live in Paris…that’s the best way to express my photography! I’m currently moving from a “classical” dslr world to the more exotic reign of medium format (I’m buying a Mamiya RZ67) and thought what kind of bag could hold such a beauty…

    My Lowepro Fastpack is definitely too tight and my Crumpler Pretty boy doesn’t seem to get the job done…so I was seriously thinking about a ThinkTank bag…hope I would not have to buy it!

  • Matej

    Hi

    I spend all my money on Nikon lenses. Now, I need something to carry it.

    Thanks
    MM

  • Stefan

    I recently bought a D90 and some accessories are are still short on a decent camera case or backpack. Since it seems ThinkTank is not so big in Germany yet (have not seen their products anywhere) it would be a good way to make the brand more know here.

  • Kyle

    I have never own the brand before but I do like the size of it. I currently own a D80 with two lenses and I am waiting for the D700 replacement. I am also getting the 16-35 f/4 once I go back to new york, and this bag will allow me to carry all I have around the street.

  • Anzo

    I use a Thinktank Speed Demon and I absolutely love it, but sometimes all my gear calls for something with a bit more space… the Shape Shifter would be perfect!

  • Fate

    my messenger bag does not like holding both my nikon & canon bodies, even though they were meant to be (it only has room for one body/one lens)!!
    alas, will these two star-crossed lovers find true love (or a bag i can afford that carries two bodies)……..

  • http://tokiyupgi@hotmail.com John L. Cali

    I am a college student.
    However, I feel insecure when i leave home without my camera.
    There are many things that go on throughout a normal day for me, whether its on campus or on the way to campus and having a camera to snap shots is important.
    my backpack’s outer section has served me well so far, but i am in the process of up grading my 3 year old D80 to D700. Also will invest in another FX lens soon as i can save up my next 3 pay checks ; ]
    Now i will never fit all those things on top of the notebooks/ (occasionally laptop) that i lug around can i?
    Please spoil me with the opportunity to safely carry my gear as well and try the think tank experience. Thanks!

  • http://twitter.com/joakimsorthe Joakim

    Like many others I have no previous experience with ThinkTank’s products, but the rumor has it that they kick ass! Therefore I would love to win this backpack to see if they are as good as everyone says. (And after seeing the YouTube video on the product page, it certainly looks very nice.)

  • Tobi

    Awesome giveaway! A thinkTank bag is what I hope to get but have had to settle for lesser brands.. Hope I get this ! LOL My other bag cant carry all the gear I need and I have been thinking of upgrading my bag as soon as I get the next camera when It comes out.

  • mcammer

    If I win this bag, I will take it places, like Amsterdam & Moscow to start.

  • http://www.northlightpictures.com TeemuL

    I got two Burton Zoom backpacks. Both are great, but both got also broken. Zipper is the weak part, just wont last in everyday use, especially in winter. I want to try ThinkTank to see if they are better or not (I doubt). The brand is not available in Finland.

  • Calvin Goh

    I need more room!!! Shoulder bags hurts your shoulders and are not designed properly for a walkaround trip. Especially hiking around trails. Thinktank’s pack will help keep all my gear protected from the elements while it looks comfortable for a “whole day” trip!! I want one!!

  • martin John Bowra

    My photography and nikon equipment is always growing. I need to transport my gear safely and efficiently. We have recieved a week holiday free so that my whole family can be together on holiday. My 11 year old daughter is chronically sick we shall be cycling and backpacking the last thing I want to worry about is my gear and Think Tank products give me that assurance.

  • Carla

    I love Think Tank products and already use an Airstream and Urban Disguise bag. The Shape Shifter would be a welcome addition as I’m soon to embark on a month-long project in Sicily, photographing the long-term effects of an earthquake that destroyed my father’s village there in the late 60s. I’ll be doing a lot of field work and the ability to increase and decrease the size of the bag, as well as carry equipment on my back, would make porting things much easier.

  • PaulT

    It would be nice to have a photobag of my own. Going out with the misses my current ‘handbag’ seems to collect all sorts of non photographic content.

  • http://www.hwws.de hendric

    Somebody in the German Black Forrest hast to show the tourists whats the best way to carry their PhotoGear. I love Think Tank and it would be great to take this bag for carrying my gear.

  • AS

    I want this bag for may Nikon gear I posses and for the D700 successor to come…

  • Bob the Builder

    I think tank and you said bag. Hmm it sounds confusing. Lets start again.
    I think bag and you said tank. OK I will be honest I am still confused.
    If my 100~500 Nikon tank will fit in your bag, I will try it.
    I will send photo of it in the bag.

  • Amit Uppal

    Like everything else there are a few moments which just stand out among the rest. Moments which you can play back only through memories. I would love to have this back which can allow me to carry my equipment and bring back those memories home.
    Right now I use a lowerpro, a single camera bag. Will have this bag one way or the other.

  • http://amorestudios.com Bryan Valiant

    I need this bag because my wife cat peed on mine… cant get rid of the smell… tried tomato juice, baking soda the works… now my camera smells…. and when I wear my camera straight out of my bag…. I smell. ;( love your site man am on here everyday… your site in nikon porn. ;)

  • Sunny

    I have a lot of gear and I shoot alot in India but don’t have anything to put my gear in when on the fly.

  • James

    I am looking for a new backpack to fit both my pro DSLR and some glass together with my laptop. Would love to get this bag, have never used ThinkTank products before because they are not well known here in Belgium. Le me be your ThinkTank abassador !

  • Stephen Barnes

    In the past 2 years I’ve gone through 4 rucksacks – I use them a lot! The brands I’ve tried just don’t seem to be made well enough and fall apart after a few months of use.

    I’ve heard that ThinkTanks are the best in quality, and would love to prove this is the case (no pun intended ;-) )

  • Henry Chan

    Hi Admin,

    Good to have you arrange a giveaway again. I am using Lowepro AW series bag for my D3 and S5Pro. The Lowepro is not bad but it seems to be a much better design from Thinktank on having having the bag folded if it is not full. Looking forward to have a try.

    Cheers …

    Henry

  • Arild

    Hi
    I really need this backpack. Please give it to me!

  • http://www.digitalincense.com Daniel

    i’ve never used a ThinkTanks photo rucksack and i have no experience. But, i heard that they are better build than my Kata photo bag.

    I would love to win this bag so i can “smuggle” without paying customs a lot of bodies and lenses.

    damn…

  • http://www.nickbuntonphotography.co.uk Nick Bunton

    I started using Think Tank products last year and love them. I currenly have the airport security roller which I use for weddings, also I have the shoulder bag which is my workhorse. My current Tamrac backpack is way to small now, I have outgrown it with a D3 and D700 and lenses. I like using my backpack on the right days when going to work in London as I can usually find something to take images of, also when on walkabout in Scotland I love using a backpack as it take the weight off your hands and shoulders.

  • Brandon

    Do I really need another backpack, another ThinkTank product, another item to attempt to get past airport security? Normally, the answer would be no. But after my last jungle trek with an inferior backpack, it must be time for a new one.
    While participating in a 3 mile jungle trek through the heart of Thailand, I was carrying a much heavier, much bulkier backpack. After multiple slips, slides, falls, aches, and pains, I have decided that the old pack must go. Having the Shape Shifter and saving 3 pounds might have kept me from sliding down a muddy hill or slipping a disc in my back. It would also go great with the skin modular set that I just purchased. With the Kenya trip I have coming up in June I can think of no better way to prepare that winning this awesome pack (unless Nikon Rumors wants to throw in a 500mm as a consolation prize)!

  • Fiend

    ThinkTank are the best bags in the world!
    i must have one of those.
    lots of lens and nowhere to put them..

  • Joshua Galloway

    I am a college student and this summer I plan on doing alot of traveling and doing alot of photography and learning alot and having this bag would make it very convenient to carry my camera and its accessories so that is why i believe i need the backpack.

  • http://mlowry.blogspot.com/ Michael Lowry

    My LowePro CompuTreker is just about worn out after several years of daily use. I am looking around for a new photo backpack, and the ThinkTankPhoto one seems like a perfec fit for my needs. I will use it to haul my cameras and lenses everywhere I go, so I can be ready for the amazing photo opportunities life throws in my path!

  • http://acidrod.com.ar/ Rodrigo Muñoz

    my back really needs a good bagpack. i have lots of gear, heavy handmade gear,

    thanks !

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