unfocused said:
Okay, what do you NOT like about your backpack?
OK, the main problem I have with my Lowepro 350AW is the form-factor.
You have to set it down on the ground or table and open up the front flap like a suitcase to get at all the goodies (lenses) inside. I'm getting quicker, if I know exactly where in my bag a lens is, I can just unzip half a side and fumble and pull, which I can do while it's on my shoulder.
Same with getting the camera in and out, I can do that just with the bottom on the ground and unzipping the top-part, no need to lay it down and open the whole flap.
Laying down the whole thing on the ground is also the best way to get dirt/mud all over the side that's against your back, and the shoulder straps (I never hike with my camera in good clothes though).
So those bags where the camera sits at the bottom of the bag, horizontally, and you can just slip the camera out without taking the whole backpack off would be a bit more useful for rapid-fire situations. But I looked at them when buying and decided against them, I didn't think they would pack as much stuff in as well.
Also, another annoyance with my Lowepro is that one I take a lens off and swap it, say from my huge 70-300L with hood and put on a niftyfifty, there's no room for my 70-300L in the pocket that the niftyfifty came out of. That's entirely my fault though, I should learn to pack in 'space' for the lens that's on the camera to swap-out...