Angie Birmingham reviews the F-Stop Tilopa 50L camera backpack, highlighting its Dura Diamond water-resistant fabric, aluminum frame, and extensive pocket system. She packs 40+ pounds of gear including two camera bodies, multiple lenses, and accessories for a Denver trip, showing how the hip belt distributes weight so it doesn't feel heavy. Use code PACK22 for 22% off.
Hello and welcome to Pack Week for F-Stop Camera Bags. So this week, if you're tuning in in current time, you can save 20% 22% on your new beautiful f-stop bag. So today we are going to go over this. Not really going to get into all the tech stuff because all the tech stuff is covered on the website. I'm going to go over the features that I like about the bag and some stuff that you may like about the bag. So number one. The way that it fits on me, it does not feel like I have 40-something pounds of camera gear in here. I'll show you what all I got in here, and this is actually what I'm taking on my Denver trip this Thanksgiving. Okay, so let's dive in. Your tripod can go either here with the straps, and it'll strap it into place. Or the other side. It will do the exact same thing. Or you can put it on the back of the tripod. I mean, on the back, on the back of the backpack. This is where I like to carry it, is on the back of the backpack. But even when it's on the side, it doesn't feel off balance like it does with other bags. So let's get started on all these pockets. That are on this thing. First off, I want to mention that the bag does come with a very good warranty. I will put that at the very end of it, but I'm thinking because I put my engraving on it— or not engraving, my embroidery on it— it probably voided the warranty. But the way that this bag is built, I'm pretty confident that it's going to last as long as I need it to. First off, this Dura Diamond fabric here is exclusive to F-Stop. It is very durable and water resistant. I can attest to that. It was pouring down rain in Alaska and my gear didn't get wet at all. And I didn't even put over the extra rain cover that comes with it to cover it up. So, and here's the other pocket here that you could put your legs in for your tripod, or you could use it for something else. There are lots of pockets and you have got bungee cords. You have got all kinds of stuff on this thing. So let's dive into this bag here. So on this side here you have got a zipper pocket for some stuff. I usually put my wallet there. And then here you could put a bladder for some water. And then it— the hose comes out over here and connects to your backpack strap. So you can drink while hiking. I usually just do a water bottle on the side. That's what I like. But this here, it's nice and padded. I mean, you could put a laptop or you could put an iPad in there. I typically put my iPad in here when I'm, when I'm going to the airport. So let's move on over to the side. So on the side, that's the pocket there that you can put either your tripod leg down in or you can use it for additional storage. Whatever you want to do. These little side pockets here are pretty good. I put my batteries in there. My extra set of batteries. It goes all the way down to the bottom and it has a little mesh pocket in there as well that you could put something else in there to keep it separated. And the other side has the exact same thing. So, and then let's see, this top part here unzips so you can get to another zipper pocket and your ICU, which is where all my camera gear is, which you could pull it out here if you wanted to. Um, to get access, but I just leave it open so I can get access to it from the back side, which I'll show you that here in a second. And then here's another pocket. This is where you got another zipper pocket. This is where I keep my rain gear and my SD cards because it's got this fancy little hook right here. that I can hook my SD card container to so it doesn't accidentally fall out. And I also put my keys on there too. So, all right, now let's move on to the good stuff, the camera gear. So I'm going to use this extra bag that I have here, and I'll show you what I carry in that bag here in a minute. But I want this to be at an angle so y'all can see. So here you've got, you got another pocket here with magnets that you could put stuff in, another zipper pocket. You could put your memory cards in here, little magnetic closers. And this pocket right here is where I put my iPad, or not my iPad, my My Mac and Crash, as I've recently had friends tell me that's what it's called. My, my Mac laptop. So as you can see here, I have my 600 lens in this bag and it fits in there nice. I've got a 24-105, my 2x converter, my 1.4x converter. 2 A1s. My A7 is on there with my video lens. Flashlight, Wi-Fi, and my 100-400. My gloves. So it all fits in there real nice. And then you just zip it up. And there you have it. Easy to get on and off. And when you get it on, you just cinch up the belt so it's nice and tight around your hips. It has an aluminum frame in it, so it helps distribute the weight. And it's got these little pockets right here. You could put a Zoleo or inReach here. Same with over here. If you had a small phone, you could put your phone there. Probably could even get one of those little camera straps and maybe even strap a camera to the strap here. So anyhow, that is the backpack, and this is the orange color, which this one is mine. I'm the orange. And Jeff has the Cypress Green, but he hasn't packed yet for the trip, so his is empty. So, so before we jump into what's in this bag, in the link below to jeffandangiefotography.com, there's a link to our 2023 Bear Calendar, and I got a bunch of pictures of bears in here and your next year's calendar. So click the link below and follow it to get your calendar for next year. It's got some good stuff in it. You could even, you know, cut the image off, put it in a little 8 by 10, mat it, and you could save it and use it throughout the year. It's a great calendar. Very well made. Very well made. It's got Whatcha Talkin' About Willis Bear. It's got Sleepy Bear in it. It's got my black and white bear. Oop. Some cubs. It's got a bunch of good images in it. And so anyways, product down below. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and ring my bell so that you will get notified when the next video comes out. Speaking of the next video, it will be the last episode of the Alaskan coastal brown bears, so stay tuned for that. All right, so this little bag right here, this is Also an F-Stop bag. And once again, speaking of F-Stop, the link below will take you to F-Stop, and if you follow my link and you type in the code PACK22, you'll get a 22% discount on your purchase for this week only though, so you better get it fast. Okay, so this little bag here fits in my little roller bag. that goes underneath the seat in front of me. And this is where I keep all of my, my cinema gear. I got my 28-135mm and I got my 70-200mm. And then the body and the lens that I am filming with will go in here as well, and it will go into my roller bag. So from here, we're going to jump into the tech stuff and the pricing, and that's it. That's a wrap. There you go.
