"If only it had some sort of fastening for a tripod it would be pretty much perfect."
Kata is offering an attachable tripod mount, which you can buy as accessory.
Kata also presented a successor, the 3n1-33 (and 3n1-11/22 for the smaller versions) which has an extra laptop compartment, where a 15" laptop fits in.
I think that the new models are replacing the old ones, but I'm not sure about that.
I've been using a small kata bag for several years now (the ergo-tech Prism-U), it's holding up pretty well after a fair bit of abuse and I love the design, build quality and details. Very tempted by this bag or similar from the kata range, to replace the lowepro compurover I kind of regret buying. (nothing really wrong with it just doesnt work for me) ironically one of the reasons I did buy it was for the tripod holder.
BTW: does/has anyone actually had much of a problem with being "beaten up and robbed" because they had a camera bag on them? i appreciate your chances of being robbed are higher if you're traveling to certain parts of the world, but really wandering about in Britian were every other person seems to have a bag full of laptops and ipods shouldn't be that much of a problem.
@ Dark of Day - I went through a (possibly stupid) phase of photographing East London at night, and never got a second look from the hooded and baseball capped "crew" when I walked around with my well used messenger style Domke shoulder bag. It was a whole different matter when I turned up with a big Lowepro swing bag to photograph the Balfron Tower (the prototype of the Trellick), being eye balled by people on the DLR, bus and while on the street. I ended up being followed around by a gang, who only left me alone when I showed them "the worthless old film camera" inside the bag, which happened to be a Hasselblad 501C/M!
These laptop and camera backpacks look very different to the ordinary sports rucksack, and thieves can tell them apart straight away, even more so after they look in a camera shop to see what the "in" brands are. It doesn't matter what the bag contains, just by identifying them they will be able to determine that it'll probably be worth snatching and finding out later. Crumpler bags are not recommend in London for this very reason, as they are very distinctive and colourful, so can be noticed from a distance and almost always guarantee to contain a win win cargo of either a Macbook or DSLR.
Am I being a paranoid cynic, well perhaps that's what living in Leytonstone and Slough does to someone!
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I just ordered the 3N1-30 after owning the 3N1-20 for the past 5 years. As my needs for more gear increased, the '30' was a no-brainer. Keep in mind these bags are built and designed in Israel, where dust, dust, sand and more sand can kill your gear. So far so good. I ordered the '30' online without even looking at it.
True Lowepro makes great gear, but if you spend your time looking for quick access to your gear (and great protection), the Kata line works like a charm. Thanks for reading
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Lack of Tripod carry ability
14th April 2012, By Trinomite
I just ordered the 3N1-30 after owning the 3N1-20 for the past 5 years. As my needs for more gear increased, the '30' was a no-brainer. Keep in mind these bags are built and designed in Israel, where dust, dust, sand and more sand can kill your gear. So far so good. I ordered the '30' online without even looking at it.
True Lowepro makes great gear, but if you spend your time looking for quick access to your gear (and great protection), the Kata line works like a charm. Thanks for reading
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