Customer Reviews

Tamrac 5612 Pro 12 Camera Bag (Black)

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As others have mentioned this bag holds a lot of gear. One of the biggest selling points for me is that is that is can be used as your second carryon on an airline. As big as it is, it is designed to fit under the seat, so it counts as your hand held carry on. I've traveled with it many times and never had to gate check it. It's a little tight on the commuter planes, but I've always been able to carry it on to the plane with me.

Generally I have two camera bodies and an assortment of lenses, flashes etc. It has separate compartments for extra flash cards and batteries as well as a few other pockets useful for battery chargers, note books etc.

This bag is GREAT. I use it toghter with a tamrac backpack. But i prefere this one. It's nice and big. and easy to adjust to your needs.
I use this bag when i travel by plane as my handluggage. It fits my basic travel camera gear and some other stuff like a book and a bottle of water.
The strap is good and doesn't hurt.

I've been using my Tamrac Pro12 bag for several years and it's still in like-new condition. The bag is plenty large enough to hold all my gear with room to spare. The dividers allow for a large variety of layout options and has plenty of pockets for accessories. The bag is well padded and made with a tough snag and rip resistant fabric. All the seams appear to well stiched too, with box-stiching on all the major stress points. The carry strap is contoured, well padded and slip-resistant which makes for a much more comfortable day of lugging heavy camera bodies and lenses around.

Every couple months I recommend spraying the outside of the bag down with a quality water-repelling spray such as that used for tents and other camping gear. This will do wonders for weatherproofing the bag to prevent your delicate equipment from getting damp if you're out and get caught in an unexpected rain.

Have been able to my Canon 20D, 70-300mm lens,Canon Elan,70-280mm lens, a 50mm lens, 580 and 430 flashes, Turbo Z,Epson P2000, all of chargers into the main compartments. Multiple cables, extra batteries, manuals, cleaning gear, and everything else required for a shoot. Love the room and all the little small pouches to stash stuff in. Only minor complaint is the number of zippers and buckles needed to access main bag. But I am anal and always zip and snap them and will never pick my bag up and have all fall out. Price was unreal. Buy it.

I had a Tamrac bag that gave good service for a number of years and wanted a larger bag. I investigated Tamrac bags at their website to be able to make comparisons between products.

This camera bag has plenty of space and is very well made. I do miss the opening in the old bag that could hold my 8x10 grey card,a notebook and my camera manual The partions inside are formed to support your camera with lenses mounted and you can customize since everything is anchored with velcor strips. The bag seems very durable, and is very roomy as this is one of their larger bags. Quality at a reasonable price. :)

I really love this bag. It holds everything and is really heavy duty. I have a canon 20 D, 30D, two ex 580II's, canon 70-200 2.8 L, canon 24-70 2.8 L, 50 mm 1.8, sekonic meter, all my owners manuals, notebook, tons of extra batteries and chargers, rain jacket, 4 CF cards, with room to spare. At one time, I also carried my holga too. Highly recommended.

I upgraded from a Nikon D60 to Nikon D7000. The Tamrac 5612 Pro 12 Camera Bag (Black)is perfect size for carrying both cameras and all supporting equipment and accesories ;lenses,hoods,filters,SB-900 Speedlights,cleaning gear,rechargable batterieschargers,memory cards, cheat sheets etc. No 5th star due to price. the bag was a bit expensive.

This bag is just what I wanted. It holds all my stuff including several lenses, 2 camera bodies, 2 flashes and a bracket and has pockets everywhere for cards, batteries, filters... It is sturdy (lots of padding) and well made and I couldn't be happier with it. It is a fantastic camera bag!

I have had this bag, the Tamrac 5612 Pro 12 since March 2010. The storage capacity and ease of use makes this bag a must have. I carry two camera bodies, 4 lenses, 3 flashes, memory cards, required cables, and all the user manuals and they all fit and are easy to put in and take out. For everyday use this bag rocks. The big test was going on vacation. I just spent a week in Puerto Rico and this bag more than paid for itself. Fully packed this bag weighs more than 20 lbs but the balance and comfort of this bag makes it easy to carry around. But the main thing for me was all my equipment made the trip and back in perfect shape. I was in and out of this bag many times a day and never had any problem finding or replacing my equipment. I actually wish I could give it more than 5 stars.

I bought (and then returned) four bags before staying with this one. Is it perfect? Of course not, there's no such perfect camera bag. Backpack? Sling? Rolling? Shoulder? I wish there was one that had the benefits of all of these, but it doesn't exist. The backpack I had been using is wonderful for having both hands free, but it doesn't hold enough and when the "Kodak moment" came along, I had to wriggle out of it, put it on the ground (regardless of how messy the ground might be) and then zip it open to get the camera out. Whoops - my subject was gone. The 5612 is heavy when full of my gear, but I don't have to leave anything out and I can get my camera out quickly when I need it. Like all Tamrac products, it's made of strong materials and can take a beating.