Tamrac 5248 Adventure 8 Photo Backpack (Black)

by Tamrac

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 8 x 15 inches ; 2.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004X0ZM
• Item model number: 5248
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 19, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Tamrac Adventure 8 has a duplex design. The bottom section is accessed through a zipper that splits the backpack in two, and holds your camera, three to four lenses, flash, and other accessories in its foam-padded compartments. The top section is a roomy daypack that can hold personal items, including lunch. The top section also has a mesh pocket for loose accessories, such as film or filters. Surrounding the main compartments of the Adventure 8 is a series of smaller pockets that hold additional items as needed.

The Adventure 8 features padded shoulder straps and a waist belt that can be tucked away when not in use, steadying the backpack while you're moving. Sturdy construction and foam padding create a protective environment for your camera, which is capped by the protective weather-flap top.

Product Description

The Adventure 8 is a medium-sized photo backpack that holds a camera, three to four lenses, a flash and accessories in adjustable foam-padded compartments. It is perfect for both day trips or long-term travel as it distributes the weight across your back for all-day carrying comfort. It has a foam-padded camera compartment on the bottom and a large gear pocket on the top so you'll always have the right gear with you when you need it.

Features include: Padded Shoulder Harness with Sternum strap, inner Windowpane-Mesh (a Tamrac invention combines clear vinyl and nylon mesh for strength that provides easy viewing to the contents) accessory pocket, a large zippered top compartment for personal gear, a zippered front organizer pocket and zippered side pockets, a quick-access zippered pocket on the front flap and tripod straps. You will be comfortable and feel safer when traveling in crowds as this system carries and looks like a backpack and does not look like a camera bag.

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Customer Reviews

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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfectly ideal...., December 4, 2000

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A. Wood - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tamrac 5248 Adventure 8 Photo Backpack (Black) (Electronics)

I just received this bag as a gift. It's perfect. I own a Canon AE1, a standard 50mm, a 25-80mm, and a 75-300mm (lenses). This bag fits it all EASILY, including rolls of film, cleaning materials, my wallet, cellphone, keys, and other such items. Also, I feel like it definitely keeps my equipment safe from the elements and packed neatly in a padded enclosure. Plus, it's very convenient to have a backpack (I used an over-the-shoulder strap bag before, which always got in the way) The backpack stays out of my way so I can concentrate on the picture I'm taking. This is a great deal too.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Bag For the Price, May 21, 2005

By 

Michael Horn "mikie" (US Army Combat Support Training Center, Dublin, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tamrac 5248 Adventure 8 Photo Backpack (Black) (Electronics)

Tamrac has designed a small/medium bag for single camera body carrying that I have found very convient. Over the year plus I've used the bag - I like it VERY MUCH.

This is not my primary camera bag - simply because I cannot fit everything I might need for a professional photoshoot. For this I use a $200+monster bag and a cart to wheel it around. One backpack bag will not fit all needs.

Here's what I like about this Photo backpack:

1. Great Value for the money
2. Comfortable when under full load
3. Adjustable shoulder and chest straps
4. My vacation configuration: Canon dSLR Rebel w/kit lens, BGE-1 battery grip/w2 canon batteries, a 70-300mm telephoto, 420EX speedlight, bounce flash portrait diffuser, camera battery charger, 4AA Ni-Mh ( for speedlight and Powershot A75 or A-85 + AA battery charger, a mini-tripod, Canon Powershot A85 backup camera, printer cable, extra Compact Flash cards, 8 in 1 flash memory reader, camera/speedlight instruction manuals, 58mm lens filter sets, and lens cleaner kits.
5. Plastic coated overflap makes the bag somewhat weather resistant (except for side pockets). (IMHO) This is NOT a weatherproof bag, and do not attempt to use it as such.
6. Adjustable internal padding allows for many different configurations.
7. My Homeland Security airport checkpoint bag of choice. Throw it on the X-ray belt - easy to open if necessary.
8. Carry handle between shoulder straps is a convenient feature.
9. Cargo net pockets allow handy storage of manuals.

Things this bag will not do - no matter how much you wish it would:

1. It's NOT a two camera-body photo bag (unless you want to leave speedlight or telephto or a whole bunch of stuff at home).
2. It's not an ideal shooting event bag because of back flap and and zippered main compartment - it must come off your back - and on the ground or table to take out what you need easily. This is a two hands and a firm surface to change your stuff bag. You'll still need a fanny pack or belt bag for quick changes of lens.
3. I can't use it as an all weather bag. I wish entire backpack were made of more water-resistant materials and designed to be more equipment protective.

For limited photoshoots; vacations or a casual backpack bag to carry a limited load of camera equipment the Adventure 8 is a GREAT purchase. It's convenient as a carrier bag for modest amounts of equipment. Perfect size allows me NOT to tempt fate by carrying backbreaking loads. Paired up with my roller laptop computer bag and backpack - I'm only looking like a minor uber-geek road warrior when on vacation.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This backpack is great for certain types of use, March 29, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Tamrac 5248 Adventure 8 Photo Backpack (Black) (Electronics)

I have owned this camera backpack for over a year, and used it on trips and a few day hikes. (Mine is green, which I prefer over the black.) I like it when used certain ways, but am thinking I need a more complete backpack or go back to my briefcase-style carrier for those trips where I want to be more fully equipped and be changing lenses and filters frequently.
Features I like are:
- its pockets and mesh compartments are handy and hold a lot (many are accessible from the outside for quick access)
- it has enough straps (chest, sternum, and nicely padded shoulder) to ride very comfortably
- it has plenty of padded section pieces inside
- it includes straps to fasten a small tripod underneath
- the top half has proved very handy for sandwiches, a water bottle or two, and a few extras like t-shirt
- it is great for hauling my camera gear somewhere if I can then set the backpack down and work out of it
- it doesn't look like a camera bag (less chance of theft)
Things I don't like are:
- The camera and lenses themselves are not very accessible. The only way to get to them is to unzip the top half (hiking gear section)and fold it clear over. This means taking it off my back, setting it on the ground, etc.
- It really doesn't hold enough for my purposes. I have a Canon Elan SLR camera, 420EX flash, and a couple extra lenses. If I put the camera and flash inside, I can get one long or two short lenses in too, with the short ones stacked. If I have my flash on its foldable bracket, I can't get it in without something hanging out. If I don't take the flash, then I can get the camera and two lenses inside, maybe three. Thus, as I said above, this backpack seems best for me to haul my gear from point A to point B, then work out of it, than to use along the trail (or zoo, or wherever), unless I keep my camera around my neck, which is sometimes hard when in less-than-smooth pathways. Even then, to swap lenses, it's a bit of an ordeal.
- Again, accessories like filters, collapsible lens hoods, etc., are readily accessible in the outside pockets, which are roomy.