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I love this backpack! The Lowepro Flipside 300 is just what I have been looking for. In preparing for Alaska, I quickly realized that my over the shoulder bag was too small, and my laptop/camera bag was too much trouble to carry. With my laptop it was too heavy with not enough room, without it, it had more room, but poorly suited for carrying more camera equipment. My load-out list for this trip is the 40D with Grip, charger, 28-135mm IS, 50mm, 10-20mm and 100mm Macro, as well as a 430ex Flash.

I had the guy at the camera store get all those (or size equivalents) out and we started testing out bags. Of course smaller is better, but we do want to hold all the stuff, so when I came across this gem I was blown away.

It’s amazing how much room this bag offers for it’s size. My camera fits snugly with the grip attached (a problem for many bags) and the extra lenses fit snug and secure as well. It also has a removable ouch at the top of the inside of the bag for chargers and accessories, as well as a pocket inside that’s perfect for filters.

Outside there is a secure tripod mount for locking the feet in and securing the legs with a strap, as well as a drawstring pouch and a zippered pocket for media, cables, etc.

Kudos for smart design making the waist straps removable, I often cut these off because I never use them and airport scanners hate them.

Capacity:

1 Pro DSLR with 300mm f/2.8 lens attached plus 1–3 additional lenses or flash units, 1 tripod, multiple cables, memory cards, manuals and other digital accessories

Size(Interior):
9.1W X 5.4D X 15.9H in./
23 X 13.8 X 40.5 cm
Size(Exterior):
10.2W X 6.9D X 17.5H in./
25.8 X 17.4 X 44.5 cm

Weight:
2.87lbs/1.3kg

This really is a great bag, I picked it up at a local camera store for $70, and online prices seem to be consistent with that. If you are looking for a small but roomy camera bag, this is your ticket!

So last night, I decided to go take some photos to give Aperture a real workout in RAW image processing. I love the view of Seattle from Gasworks Park and thought that if I hurried, I could catch it at sunset. I drove like hell and unfortunately just missed the sun.

I decided to take a few photos anyway, and when I got to the retaining wall that separates the little lookout area from the water, I saw this stenciled on the retaining wall.

So does Getty Images have the right to copyright anything now? Can they say what we can and can’t take photos of? Should I expect to see one of these tattooed on my favorite NBA player soon?

I don’t know if this is a joke, a spoof or what…if it’s serious, color me concerned.

This post copyright Getty Images.

I have played with this before, but a co-worker, Steve Handy, did something really interesting with it, so I decided to play with it some more. There are several shots on my Flickr feed, but here is one I particularly liked.

I took a few photos with the new macro lens today, I thought I would post a couple so you could get an idea what it’s capable of..and how cute Hagrid is.

This is a flower I found in the front yard…

This is my Hagrid, such a good little boy…or girl, not sure.

So you saw my list of updates I wanted to make to this little application I assume, if not, my want list is:

• The ability to separate RAW and JPG files into separated folders if you shoot in RAW+JPG modes.
• The ability to save your previous source and destination folders
• pre-populate the new folder name with the date/time formatted how you want
• Removing the status text and using a progress bar with a label to indicate the current action
• add a preview box so you can view the photos being transferred
• add a cancel button to stop the process

I got some of my updates in so I am posting a new version for your downloading pleasure, unfortunately I didn’t get everything in so there is still no separating RAW and JPGs into different folders and I haven’t added the prepopulate date/time to the new folder dialog but the updates are:

• Different UI Look to support images and progress
• Ability to cancel an operation in progress
• Ability to save and clear your source, work and archive locations
• JPGs being transferred are previewed during transfer
• Progress is tracked on a folder per folder basis
• Status displays current folder being copied and destination
• Fixed Recursive Delete Functionality

Here is a little screen shot of how it looks now, slightly different than the previous version.

As before the source and executables are available for download:

• Visual Studio 2008 Project
• Zipped Executable