Reviews
Nice smaller camera bag with somewhat vintage looks
I have excellent long term experience with most of K&F accessories, so I was excited about this sling bag. It promised vintage and not so much camera-bag looks, and it mostly delivered on this promise.
First it comes well packages, in a branded box, so no worries about damage in transit. When you unpack, it seems a lot smaller before you stretch it and align the dividers inside; I was first worried I won't fit anything inside, but then I found out it really isn't that small.
The quality of workmanship is fine and materials appear to be durable. One big surprise is that even though the grey materials looks like a textile in the photos, it's synthetic, and slightly more glossy. Same with the straps, they appear to be a bit more glossy than I expected. Despite modern materials, it still looks somewhat vintage, and definitely not like an average camera bag; that's good also for safety, as you're not immediate target of city thieves. There's no flashy branding on the bag either.
The volume is large enough for one larger mirrorless such as Sony A7 III, one or two prime G-lenses, and film or digital compact camera such as Fujifilm X100VI. As you can see in my photos I prefer to put lenses or additional cameras to the sides, and then put the largest camera lens-down between them; in this bag this works well because it's significantly taller than the side dividers. In the additional pockets you can easily fit wallet, few filters, film canisters, flat COB light, memory cards... And you can possibly also use the bottom straps of the bag to attach tripod on the bottom, but I don't have such small and light tripod I would like to carry on a sling bag, so I didn't test this.
The main strap has steel buckles, and is very well padded in the area that goes over your shoulder. There's my main and only concern, however, as it appears to be lined with PU leather and in my experience in these applications it will typically start cracking eventually. Real leather would've been much better on such exposed place.
The price of K&F is still much better than big photo brands, so if you're after somewhat vintage-looking camera should or sling bag, this one is pretty great and I can recommend it.
First it comes well packages, in a branded box, so no worries about damage in transit. When you unpack, it seems a lot smaller before you stretch it and align the dividers inside; I was first worried I won't fit anything inside, but then I found out it really isn't that small.
The quality of workmanship is fine and materials appear to be durable. One big surprise is that even though the grey materials looks like a textile in the photos, it's synthetic, and slightly more glossy. Same with the straps, they appear to be a bit more glossy than I expected. Despite modern materials, it still looks somewhat vintage, and definitely not like an average camera bag; that's good also for safety, as you're not immediate target of city thieves. There's no flashy branding on the bag either.
The volume is large enough for one larger mirrorless such as Sony A7 III, one or two prime G-lenses, and film or digital compact camera such as Fujifilm X100VI. As you can see in my photos I prefer to put lenses or additional cameras to the sides, and then put the largest camera lens-down between them; in this bag this works well because it's significantly taller than the side dividers. In the additional pockets you can easily fit wallet, few filters, film canisters, flat COB light, memory cards... And you can possibly also use the bottom straps of the bag to attach tripod on the bottom, but I don't have such small and light tripod I would like to carry on a sling bag, so I didn't test this.
The main strap has steel buckles, and is very well padded in the area that goes over your shoulder. There's my main and only concern, however, as it appears to be lined with PU leather and in my experience in these applications it will typically start cracking eventually. Real leather would've been much better on such exposed place.
The price of K&F is still much better than big photo brands, so if you're after somewhat vintage-looking camera should or sling bag, this one is pretty great and I can recommend it.
05/12/2024