Does anyone recommend a case/bag to carry a 400mm lens? I did see the ThinkTank "Glass Taxi". Any others that work well? Thx.
OK,..I do realize I will get comments like,..."I'll hold it for you". haha. This is a serious question.
Cage/Case needed to carry a 400mm lens
(4 posts) (4 voices)-
Posted 1 year ago #
-
I have not used the Class Taxi but I have other Think Tank products and they are all very well designed and made
Posted 1 year ago # -
most of TT backpacks will hold the 400mm lens, glass taxi is nice, but IMHO streetwalker is better (bigger), especially when You need laptop
Posted 1 year ago # -
I guess I will ask are you just trying to travel with it or you need to carry it 4 miles in the woods, and if your are carring a 400mm that is not the Nikon VRII version my suggestion may not work?
If your heading into the woods this won't cut it but I use a pelican 1510 case. It was cheaper than many bags, I can use it as a carry on for most planes (except your smaller ones). Its water proof, says it will float but not about to test it. The case has a life time warranty, and I can put a pad lock on it. I would say the main problem is cutting the mold to hold the lens steady inside the case. It comes with foam that you can cut out for your application but I didn't use it. It comes with 4 parts of the foam, an egg crate part for the lid (2" thick roughly), two pick and pluck foam modules (2 1/2" thick each), and a thin part to cover the bottom (3/4" thick, which I did use)
I use this as my "long range" case. I have a D7000, 70-200VR II plus the removable foot, 17-35 2.8 (just in case something pops up close), 1.7 TC-E, charger for the D7000 battery, and the 400's massive lens hood. The mounting foot/bracket for the 400 stays on the lens. I have the lens coat and the travel lens coat cover on the lens/with hood and wrap this in a towel and strategically place everything else in the case. I will say it takes me about 5 minutes to load it each time but after tearing down a tripod/gimble head combo I just chalk this up as another step.
I use the tamrac belt at times so I have my each of my lenses in a "carry pouch" which gives them padding. If you use this option you need to add about 20-30 dollars for each lens pouch.
This is what I do but some may think of my as crazy to wrap my lens in a towel, but after I put everything else in the case its not going anywhere.
Posted 1 year ago #
Reply
You must log in to post.
