VSGO Black Snipe 25L... is this the camera bag I've been looking for??

Styling isn’t ideal, but what a bag! Perfect in almost every other way. Amazing.
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Well… I confess I wasn’t totally sure what to expect from this one. I have a bit of a love hate relationship with camera bags… pretty much every camera bag out there is designed for the ambitious DSLR / mirrorless shooter, who all seem to need a bag which can accommodate a colossal lens. Weird.
Anyway, for the most part, bags aren’t designed for us film shooters. They don’t tend to have enough space, don’t tend to be accessible enough, and usually aren’t sufficiently customisable to allow us to make them what we want them to be.
But no longer… enter the VSGO Black Snipe 25L… it’s big, it’s accessible, it’s comfortable, it’s totally not deisgned with large format film shooters in mind, but it’s fully customisable, so you actually can, for once, rearrange everything to allow it to take our weirdly shaped stuff!
Lots to like about this bag, I love the rigid body, even with the dividers removed, I love the roominess of the inside. I love that the tripod is actually held securely and solidly when strapped in.
I don’t like the look of it. If there’s one thing that film shooters don’t tend to be, it’s clean. And I mean that in a self-image way, not in a grubby way. We do shower. We just don’t tend to head out photographing in a sharp three piece suit and tie. Which is roughly where this bag would sit most comfortably.
But no matter, as promised in the vid, I dragged the bag through the mud, and it looks much better now.
Let me know your thoughts!

[@thenutter2003]

looks a really nice bag to use.

[@ReclusiveEagle]

This bag offers more room than anything else for $250, at least in depth. Most bags from Manfrotto, PeakDesign or Lowepro at this price point have a depth of 13 to 15cm. 16cm depth is great because it means you can carry a Hasselblad 500C/M with a Prism finder on, sideways in the bag. I know because I'm looking for a 16cm depth bag for my Hasselblad. Can't find one :/

[@RobertBrazile]

Good review. And you're exactly right (from my point of view) about the ability to go out with it and not regret keeping the camera in it when you don't see anything that grabs you. That happens often enough! So comfort is very important. but efficient packing and easy access are just as important, and often interact poorly in bags. Seems like this one handles that pretty well. As for larger cameras: none of my 8x10s would fit in that bag, but they're all pretty large, probably larger than the Stenopeika. I have a photobackpacker RPT 3 bag that would work, but as time goes on I find that I'm more likely to strap a porteur bag (squarish bag designed for a front rack) on the bike I built up for this purpose if I want to go 8x10 or larger. Much more comfortable to not have it on your back at all! :-) Restricts scenes a bit, so for the serious backcountry landscape shooter the RPT 3 bag is better, but the bike setup suits my shooting pretty well.

[@sailorjohnboy2325]

I think you'll need a sherpa when you upscale to 8x10😂

[@the120ist]

Ha ha! I definitely will. I should start hiring my entourage now!