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Detailed Gura Gear Chobe Review

Dan Carr — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:00:08 +0000

Editor's note: Welcome Dan Carr to the blog! Dan spends the winters as a senior photographer for Skier magazine in Canada as well as shooting commercial images for many of the biggest winter sports brands and resorts in the world. In the summer he shoots a range of other commercial and sports photography specializing in motorsports. His work has been featured in more than 50 different publications from Japan to Canada and everywhere in between. Check out his blog with incredible equipment reviews and news here.

Started by world renowned wildlife photographer Andy Biggs, Gura Gear has gathered a strong following from nature and wildlife photographers in the last couple of years with their Kiboko 30L backpack. The Kiboko was designed by Andy specifically to hold large super telephoto lenses during travel and in the field. It’s take a few years but this past Autumn, Gura Gear expanded their lineup to include two new bags; Kiboko 22l and Chobe 19-24L. We’ll be taking a closer look at the new 22L Kiboko in the coming weeks but today I want to give you my thoughts on the new Chobe shoulder bag.

Gura Gear Chobe can be purchased from the Outdoor Photo Gear Store.

Videos

Colorado based photographer Daniel Kelly Brown made this great little animation of the Chobe which is also worth watching.

Video Review of the Think Tank Photo Streetwalker Backpack

Juan A. Pons — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:49:42 +0000

juan Pons is a big fan of the Think Tank Photo brand of camera bags. Take a look at his video review of Think Tank's StreetWalker line of photo backpacks. You'll find it informative. You can check out the entire Think Tank Photo line of bags in our store.

Hands on with the Kiboko Photo Backpack by Gura Gear

Juan A. Pons — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:02:13 +0000

The Kiboko photo backpack was created with the intent of creating the lightest photo backpack in the market in order to satisfy some of the strictest airline carry-on bag regulations, while not compromising on durability, protection, capacity or features. The Kiboko is the brainchild of Andy Biggs, an accomplished african wildlife photographer who spends an enormous amount of time traveling, sometimes in very small planes, while leading his African Photo Safaris. Truly this is a bag designed by a photographer, for photographers. Amazingly, this bag weighs only 4 lbs when empty, yet can hold an impressive amount of equipment. The bag is peppered with an assortment of very thoughtful and unique features, from the nice and big zipper pulls, the diagonally placement of one of the carry handles, to the dedicated storage compartment for the rain cover. Check out the video review to learn more. [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/6454782[/vimeo] You can get a Kiboko right here at the store http://outdoorphotogear.com. All footage shot with a Canon 5D MarkII, and Canon EF 24-105 f4 L lens.