Customer Reviews

Lowepro Rezo 170 AW Camera Bag

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I was looking for a small bag that I could use on day trips or hikes. I did not want a huge bag to keep all my lenses and accessories. This is perfect for my needs. I have a Konica Minolta 5D with a 28-75 f2.8 lens attached, along with a 18-70 and a 70-210. I can fit the camera, lenses, my battery charger, and various cables. The lenses fit with their hoods on backwards. There are a couple of small pouches to keep extra battery and cards. Two features I really like: 1) the micro fiber cloth that lies across the camera's lcd to protect it from scratches and 2) the top of the bag opens from the back for quick access to the camera.

Small enough to carry all day, big enough to fit the essentials needed for a great day of shooting.

I bought the smaller 160AW, but it can't fit all my gear. So I bought the 170AW as well.

It is about 2" taller, otherwise it's exactly the same bag as the 160AW. I was able to fit the following items in the 170 AW.

- D80 Body with 18-55mm lens attached (I can also fit it with my 55-200 lens attached, but it's real snug)

- 55-200mm lens with hood removed and slide on the lens body reversed.

- SB 600 speedflah fully extended

- battery charger with electrical cord

- AV cable and remote

With that said, I still have enough room for another battery and a few more accesories.

With the 160AW bag, i could only fit the body with either lens attached and the speed flash.

To sum it up, I wanted a bag that wasn't too wide like the Nikon Bag, but rather, tall and thin so I could use the shoulder strap around my body. I can easily walk around with this attached to my body and it's out of my way as i can push it towards my back. It work's great and pulling out the camera with the reveresd flap makes it a breeze. the bag itself has more features, but you can read about that from the other reviews : )

PS, the Nikon D40, D70 and D90 are all simular in size, so I would think you would find the same results.

This is a fantastic bag by lowepro. It's a blend of high-capacity and quick access holster styles. I can easily fit my D70s with 18-200mm telephoto (attached) and my SB-800 flash into the bag.

I at first thought the front flap was useless, but it actually exists to provide more waterproof coverage to the bag. When you deploy the All-weather (it's stowed in a velcro compartment at the bottom of the bag), it wraps around the bottom, up the sides, and over the top of the bag to provide water protection. Try it yourself. You'll find that the front flap provides protection where the All-weather cannot reach. Together the All-weather and front flap give 80% protection from the elements.

I think the All-weather sheath is a bit unnecessary. Lowepro should have invested a little more money into the bag and made it with waterproof materials rather than including the All-weather sheath.

Also, the strap the camera comes with is a bit squeaky. Luckily it can be detached and replaced with any other strap you own. Otherwise, the squeakiness would have driven me insane!

I still love this bag.

http://products.lowepro.com/product/Rezo-170%20AW,2008.htm (you can see the All-weather in action by viewing the images of the product here).

Really great bag to carry an SLR and 2-3 lenses. This is perfect for my Canon 40D, its 28-135 lens, wide angle zoom lens, and a macro lens. Accessories fit in too. I was a little confused as to whether it would fit the body and three lens until I received it. Don't worry, they'll fit unless you have huge lenses.

I recently purchased a Nikon D50 and needed a bag to put it in. I wanted one that had room for future expansion (additional lenses and possibly a flash).

Currently I have the camera/18-70 lens, remote, charger and USB cable and there is plenty of room left for another larger lens like the 70-300.

The all-weather cover is a bonus but I am somewhat puzzled as to the function of the big flap on the outside. When you unsnap it, it doesn't reveal the main compartment of the bag like you'd expect. Instead, it just reveals a small secondary compartment. The main area of the bag is accessed by opening zippers AROUND the big flap. Kind of strange, but in the end everything works well enough that I'm still happy.

Nice comfortable bag, especially the strap. I use it carry three lenses (the Canon 70-200mm the largest), an external flash on the side pocket, an Epson P-2000 (front pocket) and graphic cards. Very useful this way for wedding photography and event gigs. Wish I had bought it on Amazon. I would have saved $20.

Soon after I bought my Canon T2i I picked this up. The bag flap in the stock picture is a little deceiving. The "flap" actually covers a front-zipper pocket that now holds my battery charger and AC cable (a snug fit, and not too tight with the items stuffed in there). The main compartment, where the camera is actually stored, is opened via zipper at the very top.

For a Canon T2i and kit lens, this fits just fine with room to fold the neck strap (if attached to the camera) on top as well as one additional lens (but it can't be a very long lens).

I moved the velcro-detachable compartments. Looking down into the bag, my T2i goes on the right side, separated by the velcro divider, with a small Canon 50mm (i.e. "fantastic plastic") lens on the left. There is a mesh compartment on the side, inside, where I store two backup batteries and a USB cable that came with the camera.

I traveled with this to Japan and also had a smaller pouch for more on-the-go travel. I used the attached all-weather cover once to protect the bag from light drizzle while I was out there - keep in mind, it's probably good for basic protection, but not a massive storm or snowfall :)

This is a decent bag for me, and I've not yet bought or rented other lenses. I'd say it's a good bag for the DSLR enthusiast who isn't going to bring more than one additional lens with them.

Overall, good bag that will hold 1 body, 2 lens, and some accessories.

I bought this bag to hold my gear for a trip down to Costa Rica. I was going during the rainy season, and I wanted something that offered some kind of water protection. This bag delivered. I carried my Nikon D80 with an 18-200mm zoom lens attached. Had room for a 60mm micro lens, plus extra room for a pair of mini binoculars in the main compartment. There was room to spare too, to hold a headlamp, and some energy snacks. I kept a spare battery, IR remote, extra cards, and a tabletop tripod in the pocket in front. On the side is a pocket, big enough to put another candy bar, or a map. On the other side is an attachment point where I put on a spare lens carrier I had from a Lowepro fannypack camera bag. I used that to hold a water bottle. It includes two dividers that attaches via velcro to create spaces for your stuff.

Like I said earlier, it was rainy season, and I used the rain cover in very heavy rain, and it protected everything perfectly. It also covers the bottom, so you can put it down on the wet ground too, and water won't soak in. It doesn't stretch too far up the back, so it won't keep things dry if you submerge the bag.

Downsides:

The flap in front is marginally useful. It didn't really seem to have a good use. It covers up the front pocket, so to access it you have to unclip, pull the flap back, then unzip the pocket. But at times, I did use it to hold a jacket. But since the rain cover goes over the flap, it can't both strap something down, and be covered. Also with a jacket, it kind of strains the pack, so it's a bit harder to access the main compartment.

It would have been better if there were some built in bungee cords to hold a tripod or jacket.

The straps are wide, but they aren't padded. I carried the full kit over several hours, and it wasn't too bad. But some padding would have been nice.

I just purchased this bag and found it had alot of little spaces to use for filters or memory cards. It has a good tight feel to it and for as much as I will use it (just once in a awhile) it should last for years. Tight construction and easily configured dividers to fit whatever lenses you might have. Max lens about 80-300. The camera will fit in the middle with the 28-70 on it which leaves 2 pockets on each side for lenses. Nice compact design.

I'm a beginner/amateur, and I have been using this bag since January. The pluses are the nylon water shield, and the reverse opening. The innards however are not friendly to anything more than a body w/ lens attached, one spare lens, and MAYBE a (small) flash...but anything more than that will be cumbersome because of the limited flexibility of the velcro panels.

I have the xsi with the kit lens/hood(attached), the 55-250 w/lens hood(reversed), and just purchased the 50mmm 1.8(no hood). The 50mm is what broke the camels back, as there is unfortunately no real mechanism to keep that small lens in place. I actually just wrote this review because i spent the last 2 hours trying to fit these 3 things in the bag- annoying, to say the least. Anything small and round like the 50mm will be an absolute pain to fit (or will be loose on top- no good), so i would suggest an external lens holder- which of course defeats the purpose of the bag. Forget about folded cables, its not happening. Another problem that comes up - if you end up needing a lens or so that is stuffed under another one, you will be taking out everything just to get to it, which can be hazardous if you are by yourself and there's limited flat space to put things down. This is with me having 2 extra dividers from another lowepro bag that a sales guy pulled from a model that was damaged, so mine is actually better set up than one that any of you will buy. Even right now, with compromise, the inner pocket pulls against my revered hood- extending the barrel if i take it out without using my other hand to force the bag wider. These is no zoom lock on this lens, so that's not something i want to keep happening. Be mindful.

So basically with only one extra lens and a small flash/charger, you will be fine. Anything more than that, honestly, get another bag that is wider by about 2 inches, with the same height. Smaller accessories like the batteries and such will fit in the side pockets just fine.

Oh, one last thing- if you have the battery grip, you wont be able to use this at all unless you like trying your luck. It will NOT stretch tall enough to fit, as you will not be able to close the bag. Thing is, that's next on my purchase list...sigh.