I know that everyone saw or will soon enough, the ad for the DA camera bag under "notices" inside your message center. I am sure some of you are chomping at the bit at having it aren't you? Well, I am here to tell you don't. I am also here to educate you WHY you shouldn't. An educated shopper is a smart shopper after all.

The DA camera bag [link] Notice anything? How about the sheer lack of size for a start. In the past people with dslr's like Nikon d300s, Canon 7D's etc couldn't get their camera to fit inside it, it was simply to small of a bag. Heck, I even know a few folks who had d70s and d80s who couldn't fit their camera inside. While the ad says "now larger", it doesn't exactly say HOW MUCH larger and that means that you are taking a risk. Now let's really get down to the reality of the situation.

It is, for all intents and purposes, a knock off of a Lowerpro Slingshot AW series bag. Lowerpro bags speak for themselves, they are after all one of the best (if not thee best) camera bags on the planet. If we head over to Adorama and search, we can see that they currently have the entire line of Lowerpro AW slingshot bags available (hey they even have a couple used models too, what do ya know!) [link]|0 Notice anything? How about price check on aisle 4!?

I think you can get the gist of where I am going with this.

Truth be told this a knock off of the Lowerpro Slighshot 200-AW, a bag which can be had for $59.95 completely including raincover [link]

Annnnd I just saved ya some cash and you get one of the best made bags you will ever buy. A Lowepro.

---John