Thks Paul.You probably meant http://fstopgear.com?Cheers,Bernard
I know you already decided but thought I would my 2 cents. I own an older Guru F-stop bag and the Mindshift 38L. The Mindshift is a fantastic bag because you can easily the tech camera fully assembled in the bottom sliding pouch and then store the rest in the remaining bag. What I like is that you can get to everything without ever having to remove the backpack from you. Gage
Bernard, Here is a kit with three lenses in an f-stop small pro ICU. It easily fits at the top of most internal frame packs, even down to something like Patagonia's 30L Ascentionist pack.
A few comments about packing this way:The way mountaineers cram stuff into packs makes a photo-dedicated pack impractical for climbing or overnight outings, in my opinion. Even the largest F-stop bags (or other brands) place too much force on the equipment.Although it is best to place the heavy stuff like a tech camera flat and close against your back, the only position I've found that is practical is right at the top of the pack.In my case, the ICU lid is either facing the sky or facing the back of the pack depending on the internal frame pack's size.For the most part, I ditched the soft lens caps and replaced them with hard caps. I'm worried about the soft caps touching the front element in a tight environment for hours at a time. The front element on the 150 is pretty small so I left that as-is.The system pictured above just fits with three lenses. I think this would work for most "limited" tech cameras like the Factum, RS-400, RS-1200(?) and the STC (pictured here). Larger cameras with more movements would be down to 1 or 2 lenses in this Small Pro ICU.Batteries, card holder, reading glasses, loupe and filters are all in there. I use them to hold the camera tight in place with the lens mounted. It is cradled in there pretty tightly and cannot move.Depending on where I'm going I can bring the 35/60/150, 40/90/150, or 60/90/150 pictured. I don't own the 32hr, but would be cautious taking that lens in a rough packing environment like this.Dave
DaveJust a stupid question. I am trying to imagine your using an f-stop backpack-perhaps you yse a very small one. But, if you pack your tech cam in a small Pro ICU AT THE TOP OF YOUR BACKPACK, assuming an f-stop Loka (no longer made-replaced by Ajna) backpack, do you also pack another small Pro ICU at the bottom of the same backpack to fill that void space and pack it with additional tech cam lenses or accessories in it?