Customer Reviews

Lowepro Lens Case 1 (Black)

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Perfectly fit my Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon Digital SLR Cameras with Fotodiox Dedicated (Bayonet) Lens Hood, for Canon EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 USM, II, II USM, III & III USM Lenses, Canon EF-S 55-250mm IS Lens as Canon ET-60 reversed. Very good construction and padding. highly recommend. For lenses any longer than this I would move up a size.

This is a nicely padded lens case. It fits my Nikon 18-200 lens (without the hood). I just drop this in my backpack on days when I'm carrying just one spare lens and don't want to lug around a full camera bag.

I have been trying to find a way to easily carry a lot of camera equipment for quite some time. I have tried backpacks, shoulder bags, duffel bags, but none of them really worked all that well. Then I saw the Lowepro Street and Field system with completely customizable pouches, vests, belts, and accessories. It works great, you only get the pouches you need so there is no waisted space and you can organize them however you want according to how often they are used (put frequently used items in easier to access places.)

The variety alone of this system is worth the investment, but the quality and ease of use is also very high which is a big plus. You can get a case for any lens, camera body, or accessory you have. I even have cases for my cell phone and water bottle. One word of caution, be sure to measure your lens with the lens hood on backwards if you use them to make sure that the entire thing will fit into the pouch, because sometimes the lens will fit, but then the lens with the lens hood will not. I often carry 5-6 lenses, extension tubes, teleconverters, extra memory cards and batteries, and a bunch of cleaning supplies and other gadgets, which weights a ton. But when they are evenly distributed on this vest/belt Lowepro system it is actually very manageable.

The only down side is that everyone will be staring at you because you have thousands of dollars of camera equipment strapped to your body. But if you can overlook that, this is the way to go. I have used this system at many zoos without ever having problems, in fact just unzipping a single lens and switching seems safer to me than opening an entire bag of equipment every time you want to switch lenses. Many of the cases also come with a built in rain/snow cover so if the weather changes all of your equipment is not destroyed. You can also put just a few pouches on a normal belt when you are just going to take photos in the back yard or don't need to take all of your equipment, which is nice. I really can't say enough about how much easier this makes traveling with a lot of equipment, if you have been hopelessly searching for a better solution, consider this, you won't regret it.

This is a great, simple lens case. It fits my Canon EF-S 55-250mm lens perfectly.

Can't say much about this product itself, besides it's superb quality and I couldn't imagine anything that could be improved at all. Just check the size and compare it to your lenses, and then order it. Again, extremely great quality, a professional product. Period.

I would like to enrich this review section by introducing how I'm using this product after trying a lot of aggravating combinations of bags, belts, cameras n' stuff. I'm a professional doing weddings and conferences and I spend sometimes 8-12 hours a day with my equipment (2 SLRs, 4 lenses, flash, 20 AA batteries, lens pen, business and memory cards, etc) on my body, mostly standing, sitting, ducking down, lying on the floor.. you name it.

I use a relatively cheap waist belt ($20 class) and I attach 2 of those Lowepro lens cases 1 (LP1) to it. Also I have the original SB-600 flash pouch attached to it. I don't use different sizes of the Lowepro because I want to be able to put every lens into every case (my lenses: 28-75mm f2.8, 11-16mm f2.8, 85mm f1.8, 50mm f1.8, all fit without hood into the LP1) otherwise I wouldn't be able to rotate all the lenses on the fly (hope that does make sense).

My batteries and stuff goes into the waist belt. The front caps of the lenses are stored in the little pouches inside the LP1 or the waist-belt. During the show I don't have time to take off the front caps too (back caps are annoying enough) so that's why I store the lenses front-side down into the LP1.

My both cameras are hanging around my neck (one with a shorter neck-strap) and the other one across my body (because I'm very tall I had to make a custom combination of a soft neck strap -O/P tech ordered on Amazon for about $10- extended with cut-off parts of the original neck-strap).

This combination takes a lot of weight off your shoulders and changing lenses is really easy and fast.

Even if you are not a professional, the LP1 is a great item to safely store your lenses, but if you just throw them in a soft bag, you could also put them into plastic zipper bags (32 for ~$4 at your local supermarket) to avoid scratches and/or moist. Seriously, if you're carrying your lenses inside a bag, that actually works too (your lenses can stand more than you or the companies that want to sell you stuff give them credit for!)

UPDATE 11/2011:

I'm not using the above combination anymore in favor of a simple messenger bag. The reason is, that I figured out that my pants are being damaged when walking around with that all day. A jeans might be more resistant, but on certain events I have to wear normal dress pants, and these suffer from the constant rubbing and thus getting damaged after 3-4 event days.

However, the pouches are still great for lens storage and transport - so I still recommend this product.

Bought this case to go with my new Lowepro Toploader Pro 70. I already have a backpack from Lowepro so I really trust the brand and decided to get the lens case from them.

This case fits my Canon 55-250mm as well as the ET-60 lens hood. I simply slip the hood first then put my lens in. It was not a tight fit for the hood, I didn't want the case to be constricting the hood so I was really happy. The lens is just at the same level of the opening.

I like the padding of the case, it's enough to secure my lens. What's also nice about it is the excess padding when you open the zipper. So that splashes of water or dust don't go directly inside the case.

I wished that the zipper was inside-out just like in the backpacks. But other than that, it's a must for extra lenses when they won't fit the camera bag or to go together with your holster-type bags.

The case is very well padded and the OverLap® zipper feature keeps the zipper away from the lens body.

I purchased this case for a Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM lens. It fits snuggly, but comfortably. It does not fit with the lens hood, just the lens itself. If you want to fit the lens with the EW-83J lens hood reversed, you will need a larger diameter case; I am not sure which one.

I needed a padded case for my Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Zoom Lens, and this fits it perfectly. But, just the lens, not the lens hood too. (I have the EW-78B II Lens Hood - and that will not fit on this lens any which way in this case). If you want to keep your hood with your lens in a case, this one is too small for that. I looked at the LP1116 Canon Soft Lens Case (bag) and I just didn't think that would protect the lens very well, so I went with the Lowpro "1", and I'm glad I did.

Got this case today. it looks and feels fairly well built the padding is on the weak side in my opinion but will do the job. My 55-250mm lens fits however it does have bouncing room, my tokina 11-16 fits snug and perfect so i guess the case will do better for those with f2.8 lens due to the larger diameter.

Bought this one month ago and I like this product.

Pros: Perfect on my Tamron 17-50 F2.8, EF85 F1.8, EF-S 10-22 F3.5-4.5 (A little tight though), convenient at outdoor use, good padding

Cons: Some may feel a little too tight