Lowepro Nova Mini AW Soft Case

Lowepro Nova Mini AW Soft Case 

DESCRIPTION

Great for days when you want to travel light. The Nova Mini AW is a feature-packed bag with hi-tech materials. Includes our famous All Weather Coverâ„¢ to keep out rain, sand and dust, an OverLap Zipper, accessory pockets (including a NoDrop Pocketâ„¢) for all those little extras, a pressed-foam shoulder strap, padded handle, and belt loops.

USER REVIEWS

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[Nov 13, 2002]
MrBallroom
Intermediate

Strength:

Construction, materials, price, good value.

Weakness:

None

Fantastic little camera bag. I holds my F80/N80 with 28-105 lens, SB22s flash and 3-4 rolls of film, one filter, and my mini tripod. Great for those little trips here and there. Probably good waterproofness, although I have not needed it yet.

Customer Service

Not needed

Similar Products Used:

None

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[May 19, 2000]
Allan Hsu
Intermediate
Model Reviewed: Nova Mini Verticle Camera Bag

Strength:

Awesome construction and well thought-out design. Small enough to be a convenient carry, but holds enough to be useful.

Weakness:

I wasn't actually able to use this bag as a "verticle". Instead, the only way I could fit my Minolta X-700 w/attached 50mm, flash, and 135mm prime was to stick the 135mm in its own division and then stick the X-700 in sideways, on top of the flash. The picture on the web site looks great, but I'm stumped as to how to actually fit my stuff in the bag in that manner.

Great bag for carrying only the essentials. I would try putting your stuff in it at the store before purchasing, however. I can easily see how a larger camera would not fit.

Similar Products Used:

None

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
5
[Mar 30, 2000]
Andrew G
Casual
Model Reviewed: Nova Mini Verticle Camera Bag

Strength:

Good construction, small enough not to be cumbersome, light enough to put on your belt without doing your back in. Great for those times you don't want to carry around a lot of equipment.

Weakness:

To small for larger pro cameras. Can be a bit of a tight squeeze if you want camera 2 lenses and a flash. Adjustable internal padding can be a little tedious in such a small space (I wish it opened up a little more).

This bag is great for those times you just want to use your camera as a glorified P&S. It's light and can fit in 2 small zooms or small primes (if you want to carry around a 300mm get another bag). Stetchable mesh side pockets provide sufficient film storage plus zippable front pocket gives more protected storage for film, filters, etc. It easily fits my ElanII but if you use the battery pack or have a larger pro camera you should get something a little bigger. If you want a small bag so that you can carry a camera + a small lens, etc. without having to lug all of your equipment around, this bag is ideal.

Similar Products Used:

None

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
[Mar 26, 2000]
Victor T
Casual
Model Reviewed: Nova Mini Verticle Camera Bag

Strength:

This bag has been a joy to own. It's small and for the Nikon Pronea S it houses, it's ideal. It houses the camera and both zooms (30-60mm and 60-180mm APS). Obviously if you're trying to carry large zooms or have a large SLR, then you'll need a bigger product. I will be receiving a Contax G1 body, 35mm and 90mm lenses, and flash this week. Most likely the Contax equipment will find itself in another Lowepro Mini Nova bag.

I also believe the Lowepro website accurately describes the bag including a line drawing illustrating what fits in the bag.

Weakness:

none

If you're looking for a small bag, and your equipment fits, then I'd highly recommend the Lowepro Mini Nova camera bag. Also, consider mail order. It was significantly cheaper to order it online than to buy it at my local camera dealer.

Customer Service

N/A

Similar Products Used:

N/A

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Mar 24, 2000]
Glen Allen
Intermediate
Model Reviewed: Nova Mini Verticle Camera Bag

Strength:

The Nova Mini is, like other LowePro products, a very well made bag that will be sufficient for a minimal amount of gear.

Weakness:

In practice, it has proven to be very much smaller than the advertisers literature would suggest. I can't imagine fitting two zoom lenses and a flash in the bag at one time.

While it is not a bad bag, I would suggest that for a similar amount of money, one could purchase other products that offer slightly more space and are, as a result, more useable.

Customer Service

N/A

Similar Products Used:

N/A

OVERALL
RATING
2
VALUE
RATING
3
[Dec 17, 2000]
Paul Elkouss
Intermediate

Strength:

The bag is very well made. Additionally, I find that the equipment I do have fits snugly and seems to be well protected.

Weakness:

Small
It isn't readily obvious to me how a full size flash would fit within the bag. The pockets are not large enough to hold the camera instruction manual.

I like the bag a gread deal. My Nikon N80 with attached zoom lensfits easily within the bag. I don't have other lenses or a hot shoe flash right now so I have plenty of extra room to store film with in the bag. The pockets seem to be a good size and hold my cleaning gear and batteries, etc. easily. I like the bag because it forces me not to take all the other garbage I carry and never use.

Customer Service

Not needed

Similar Products Used:

Tamtek ??? bag

OVERALL
RATING
5
VALUE
RATING
5
[Jan 17, 2001]
Rorry Cambel
Beginner

Strength:

compact for just enough stuff

Weakness:

some pockets not big enough

good glad i have it

Customer Service

none

Similar Products Used:

bigger bags, lowepro

OVERALL
RATING
4
VALUE
RATING
4
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