New backpack for SLR photo + laptop

Heyya,

I am thinking of buying a new backpack. Not that I don't have a couple already and not that they did not cost enough, but they are both mostly biking/hiking related and don't really serve well for storing a SLR camera and enable you to use it. So I would now need one that would suite carrying both the SLR camera + couple of lenses and a laptop of up to 17" in size.

I have picked out two models that I like (and are in the price range I consider high but might get approved by the higher power). The Lowepro CompuRover AW or Tamrac Adventure 9. The first one seems to cost a bit more than the second but seems sturdier in build. 189$ US VS 124$ US (online price check), but in EU the prices differ a bit... the first costs roughly 168€ and the second 130€. That's some difference ;) I haven't handled the Lowepro one in person but I have seen the Tamrac model, and it looks quite nice (better than the pictures display it - looks soft and weak).

Hmm after just reading a review on this page I am suddenly not interested in Lowepro backpack anymore ;)

So I guess when the "higher power" ok's it I'll be getting a Tamrac Adventure 9 ;)

Oh and here are some of the pictures I took with the new photo (the one that now needs a fine new storage - hence the post searching for a new backpack).

And of course I wish you all a very nice and peaceful Christmas (or insert a holiday you celebrate around this date)!

Time flies (faster) when you think you have some to spare ...

I wonder if this is just me, but whenever I think I have plenty of time to do something (most likely something I like) I always get bashed with different tasks that (if nothing else) steal the time for themselves.

So this week I thought well 7 days of not much to do, great I'll do some Photoshop lessons or take some pictures outside... well guess what... I am coding something I don't care much about and somehow can't figure out the simplest principles (I must be getting senile at my "young" age).

But on the other hand it will get me a couple hundred € closer to a new SLR I've been akin' to get my grabby little hands on...

So... what was I rambling about again?