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Title: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: ero3030 on January 05, 2009, 04:31:39 PM

just picked this bag up off ebay for 50.00 shipped!!  didnt realize how well built lowepros were built.  i have a 70-200, 50mm, and the junky one that came w/ my old rebel 300.  also has all kinds of extra space for sd cards etc,  all in a small neat package.  there is also the slingshot 100, and 300 models.  look this bag up if u r look to house your dslr.  ed

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: marksk on January 06, 2009, 12:23:30 AM

funny you post this, i was jst looking at that same bag today.

was it an authorized dealer you bought it from? it may get better:

http://www.samys.com/pdf_files/rebates/Customer_SS.pdf (http://www.samys.com/pdf_files/rebates/Customer_SS.pdf)

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: ero3030 on January 06, 2009, 03:34:55 PM

i think they were called prodigital 2000. they r out of Canada.  found them on ebay.  it was 49.99 w/ free shipping.  ed

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: Red Boink on January 11, 2009, 09:18:54 PM

I've been using one the the sling200 bags with a Nikon D2H and support equipment for about a year.  It is well made, but my dog decided to chew on the buckles until they crumbled off... He's a happy boy.

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: marksk on January 12, 2009, 10:55:31 AM

got mine over the weekend. very nice, a quality product.

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: ero3030 on January 12, 2009, 08:56:39 PM

just got back from daughter's H.S basketball game.  bag worked great.  found out that the bag can hold my 70-200mm lens w/ body on from the side!  and the top of the bag fits the 50mm lens w/ body perfect.  should of bought somthing like this YEARS ago.  ed

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: Brian Skalinder on January 13, 2009, 01:51:27 AM

I have the Slingshot's cousin, the FastPack 200.  Similarly well built, functional, etc., and I love the ability to transition quickly from backpack to sling-style.

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: stevetoney on January 14, 2009, 08:20:18 AM

When I first started looking for a bag, I saw the slingshot in a local Ritz.  I looked it over and thought...now that's really a stupid bag!  So I bought something else.  Then a couple weeks later I figured out how the slingshot works and realized that I'm the stupid one.   :-[

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: BayTaynt3d on January 25, 2009, 12:59:38 AM

Anyone care to post pics of cams/lenses in bag?

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: marksk on February 12, 2009, 05:11:59 PM

you can find layouts at http://www.cambags.com/ (http://www.cambags.com/).

i'd post a direct link to the slingshot, but the site uses frames. ::)

Title: Re: lowepro slingshot 200
Post by: mblindsey on February 14, 2009, 12:05:33 AM

I have one too.  It's a great idea.  But, sometimes I just want to hang it on one shoulder, like you might do with a regular backpack, without looping it over my head.  It's not really made to that, and it slips off my shoulder easily.  I find "slinging" the thing around from your back to your belly to pull stuff out is great...except when you are wearing a heavy coat...sometimes the "slinging" action twists your shirt around too, which is annoying (nitpicking, I know). 

...some things to think about....

It's a great bag, made very well, but IMHO...not perfect.

$50 is great price, btw.  I think I paid $69 at Costco months back.

--Michael