I never thought about using wax to increase it's water resistance. I have this bag with the same black cloth and leather accents. If the padding isn't as heavy, there's plenty of room to add inserts or additional dividers. It's probably not as rugged or as luxurious as the Ona Bowery but it appears to be pretty well made. The topmost zipper provides quick access to the contents, so cameras can be removed without having to open the main two buckles down below. (not including the shoulder strap) so it's about 1/2 the weight of the canvas Ona Bowery bag. B&H shows "Not specified by the manufacturer" for the dimensions and weight so I weighed it and it came to 20 oz. I don't have any notepads but I checked the spec's of Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 and it's 6.7x9.6" so there's plenty of room, depending on the size of the notepad. Behind the camera compartments is one that's about 7x12" that can hold a notepad. With the camera lenses pointed up, it can hold three of them including the 55-200mm with the lens hood attached. Although I'm not sure how I'd feel about taking a leather one out in the rain - once you wax up the cloth one it holds up really well in the wet.įuji's Messenger Bag is similar, slightly larger I'd guess and at $70, less expensive. The front pockets don't hold much, but easily handle extra batteries and a lens pen and stuff. I think the key is using some lighter padding I had laying around from one old Domke or another - the Ona pads are really thickly padded and probably overkill. Without the extra lens, the XT1 fits luxuriously, but even with the extra lens, it's an easy carry. And the little compartment on the far left holds a Nikon Coolpix A. The center is a Sony RX1 with a lens hood and the EVF both mounted. Here's my (cloth) Bowery with the XT1 on the right with the 14mm mounted and the 60mm under a pad beneath the lens - the lenses can easily switch places. Right now, the bag with everything in it weighs 5 lbs, that's less than my Domke F2 empty.Īrrived just in time of a day trip to Boston later this week. Move that stuff to the two front pockets and there would be plenty of room for an X-100, X-20, or another X-body. The last compartment has miscellaneous stuff, spare batteries etc. I could easily put another lens in with the 18mm. The center compartment has my 18mm f2 lens with the hood for both lenses. I divided the other half into two equal compartments. My X-E1 with the 35mm f1.4 and the Fuji neck strap takes up half the bag. The bag comes with one divider splitting the interior into two equal parts. After unpacking the bag, it looked much smaller than I expected and I seriously thought about packing it up again and sending it back. I also ordered a set of two small dividers because the bag only comes with one divider. Updated by Hillary Grigonis on 1/25/17 with a new ship date for the Beacon.After months of indecision, I purchased a leather Ona Bowery bag to use as a day bag with my X-E1 and the two lenses I have. The wrist strap is expected go on sale on January 30 for $49 with the Bond Street Bag, while the Beacon Lens case follows two weeks later. Designed to hold cameras up to six pounds, the wrist strap has been tested up to 10 pounds. The strap is lined with suede for comfort and uses a street key ring to attach to most cameras. The Bond Street will be available in leather for $219 as well as a waxed canvas version for $129 by the end of January.Ĭrafted from the same leather as the Bond and Bowery bags, the Kyoto is a wrist strap for securely toting around lightweight cameras. Like the bag’s big sibling, the Bond Street uses a removable camera insert with padded dividers. The bag is a step down to Ona’s Bowery bag, designed for smaller kits or traveling light with enough room for one to two lenses along with the camera body. Ona’s classic inspiration also extends to their new leather Bond Street, a camera bag designed for compacts, mirrorless cameras and small DSLRs. The Beacon lens case is expected to list for $149 on February 14. On the outside, the bag’s ballistic nylon keeps gear dry while leather and brass accents continue to pay homage the case’s original inspiration. The interior uses padded dividers that can be rearranged to accommodate anything from tripods to small 360-degree cameras. While the bag was inspired by traditional lens cases, Ona says it’s a one-of-a-kind merging the classic style with modern conveniences - not too much unlike the digital camera with a retro design.
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