Customer Reviews

Sony LCSVA5 Medium Bag for DVD & MiniDV Camcorders

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This bag, expecially when compared to my older Ambico bag, is extremely well-built and sized conveniently. With the false bottom removed it easily accomodates my TRV-20 camcorder, Nikon 995 DSC, cell phone, and Ipaq handheld, with room to spare. The D-rings to which the strap attaches are securely fastened, and the single clasp gets you inside the bag and its compartments quickly and easily --- just make sure it is securely latched!

I have used this case on two back to back vacations traveling via plane around the world and then spending time on a boat. In the 45 days of vacation carring the bag almost constantly it has opened on me over a dozen time nearly spilling my expensive HC1 out over water or hard pavement (not good). After a bit of time I learned to anticipate that it would come open and avoided using the handle on top.

Addionally the bag is simply too big to fit in a carry on and take on a long trip. I was forced to abandone my F828 case and combine the two cameras in this case together to fit everything in the carry on. This was a poor arrangement since one of the cameras ended up below the bottom that your fit into the case forcing me to remove everything on the top layer to access the second camera. Not great when you are trying to catch that picture perfect moment which you end up missing since the camera you needed is under the other one!

The case is robust and held up well, but its size and the constant concern over this poorly designed latch comming open are enough to make one star too high a rating for this case.

Anyway as soon as I got to somewhere with a decent selection of cases I replaced this case and was much happier thereafter.

I bought this to store my Sony DCR-TRV310 camcordrer. I received it and noticed right away how it looked stylish (as almost all Sony products do), and also well built.

However, I'm a bit disappointed in how much it holds, or the lack thereof.

To be fair, I suppose I AM carrying quite a bit in it, more than most home users would probably be putting in there.

I have the following in the case, though it's quite a tight fit:

1) Camcorder (DCR-TRV310)
2) 0.6X wide-angle lens converter
3) Nightvision adapater (shoehorn)
4) ND filter
5) Cleaning tape
6) Pocket tripod
7) Tripod mount for larger tripod
8) Lens cap
9) Battery
10) One blank tape

Again, this all fits, and most of you reading this now are probably going, "What the hell is he talking about, that sounds monstorous!" and for most people yes, it is. However, many of those items don't take much space, and I had to struggle quite a bit to fit all of that inside.

In summary, for almost everybody, this is a great bag. Stylish, well built, and will fit your camcorder well. However, if you wish to include a bunch of accessories like I did above, it does get tight.

I agree with all the positive comments here. My only concern, though, is that the main latch isn't as secure as I'd prefer. On two occassions the bag has opened on me while I was carrying it. I now make sure to check the latch several times before picking up the bag, and I now hold the bag at the bottom as well as with the handle. Wish I could trust that latch more (!) because other than that, this is an excellent bag--solid, lots of room, nice looking, cleverly placed pockets, etc.

The pictures on Amazon do not do this bag justice. Fits all of my accessories for the Sony DVR-103 and lots of room for growth. Bag is made from excellent material with a nice Sony logo on the front.

This case is wonderful. It fits all the cords, digital camera, and Digital Video camera and almost anything else I want to put in there a cell phone, id, etc. This bag is sturdy with loads of room. At first I was a little weary for the fact that I could not see the inside but now that I have it there is more than enough room for all the things I would need it for. I highly recommend this bag it is worth every penny.

The bag constantly opens up when the latch comes in contact with almost anything. It's very annoying to realize that the bag is wide open and you have to go thru it to make sure you didn't lose anything. It opened up about two dozen times in my 6-day trip. I had to use a strip of velcro to secure my camcorder inside the bag. I agree with other reviews here that the case is robust and does protect your investment ***if it can stay closed**** otherwise even 1 star is too high for this product.

This bag is great. It has plenty of space for the Camcorder, it's power adaptor, HDMI cable, iLink cable, component & composite video cables, an in-car travel carger, a couple batteries, a few tapes and a remote! It's very light and easy to carry around everything you need with your camera (unless the camera is large). Mine's a Sony HDR-HC3 for size reference. It fits across the inside of the bag. There's a small shelf inside that I keep all the cables under. On top I keep the camera and Power adaptor. The side pockets fit tapes and batteries nicely. This bag is probably the most usefull acessory I've bought in a long time.

I had a though time finding just the right size for my sony hd cam and my s80 canon digital cameras. The pamplets and attending cords etc. I have room left over, without the huge size of most bags. The reason I did not give a 5 rating was that the clasp has to be deliberaly set in place. If your not paying attention it might not lock in place. But once you see the problem, its solved.

This is a very nice bag. Lots of great places to put stuff. It even has mesh pockets on the insides of all the places that will fit MiniDV tapes perfectly.

The problem I run in to is that there's not enough room. For normal camcorders I'm sure there would be. But I have an HDR-HC1. By itself, it fits fine. But I like to use the conversion lenses, and usually leave the wide-angle lens on the camera. But when I do that, the camera is too long to fit in the bag. So I have to take it off, which wouldn't be much of a deal, but now there is absolutely no room in the bag to keep the lens.

So be ware of that. If you use the conversion lenses, you'll have to carry them separate.