25 Rucksack For Cameras - Black Canvas / Tan Leather Reviews

4.8 Rating 4 Reviews

About Billingham:

Billingham are a family owned company, manufacturing camera bags for the world’s photographers since 1973 alongside a range of leisure and laptop bags. All bags are made in the West Midlands area of England, a region famous for manufacturing. A core reason for Billingham’s longevity is the fact that from the start, the Billingham family were determined that their products would always be made to the very highest standards from the best available materials to provide high levels of protection for their valued contents.

A notable feature of Billingham camera bags is that they are made from a distincive 3-layer waterpoof canvas that never needs reproofing. They also feature genuine top grain leather and solid brass details.

Like any premium product, the quality of materials, design and craftsmanship that goes into creating a Billingham means that it represents a significant investment. It’s important that they don’t just look beautiful, but that they do their job of protecting equipment wherever they are and whatever they’re being used for – year in and year out.

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1384412700

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Unit 4, City Estate, Corngreaves Road
Cradley Heath
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Did you buy the product from Billingham.co.uk? yes

“I bought this bag for my latest trip to the Falkland Islands. On my previous trips down here I was using a Hadley Pro 2020, which is a great bag but not practical for the wild landscape. I needed the backpack to give me freedom of movement across sand dunes and rocky terrain. I was carrying a Video camera, a 300mm prime and two Zooms plus a camera body, which is very heavy at the best of times. The backpack was so comfortable and made it easy to do lens changes without the worry of everything falling out. I also added one of the removable pouches which was brilliant for a phone, glasses etc.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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“One of the best products I have ever bought. The rucksack easily fits my Canon 90D with my favorite 70-200 glued on it. All required extras for an easy day of shooting. It is the most comfortable add-on to my Billingham 445! Any comments then? Of course! ;-) I really don’t understand why Billingham did not add a comfortable handgrip/hold on this bag. The utterly uncomfortable loop simply does not fit the extreme quality of the Billingham products.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Guys, here's an update on the 25 backpack, following an entire day, 33K steps and 27K (according to apple watch) yesterday around Bath and Bristol..... The 25 had inside: Canon EOS R with RF 24-105L series, EF16-35 plus adaptor, Leica CL with 18-56, 18mm and 23mm lenses. Ipad pro 11, wallet, and other small camera related stuff including spare batteries for the above cameras. My glasses, etc. As it was the last of our warm days I also managed to get my fleece jacket folded up completely in the front pocket. That was good. The backpack after an entire day and despite the weight, you forget you're wearing it and it was heavy. However there are two glaring issues with this bag which I think Billingham should address. First of all is the main compartment. It is mad for this compartment not to have the option for it not to open all the way, and to incorporate some sort of clip mechanism to hold it partially open in the 'tilt' position. Twice my nude ipad slipped out of this inside sleeve due to the slant of the fully open nature of the main compartment, potentially causing expensive damage. The fact it was my ipad and where I chose to put it, probably doesn't signify a design fault as such. It's just the the zips are so good and smooth they just glide the panel open pretty much on their own. So anything in that pocket slips out. The second is the entire inner protective casing holding the cameras with the divider. This constantly slips forward. As a result when you set the bag down it just falls flat on it's face because the entire contents within the green casing have moved forwards. You have to 'knock' the backpack backwards so that the entire casing inside goes back into position and then set the back upright so it does not topple. The other billingham bags i have have the stud to hold the sleeve in place. This backpack also needs something like this. To stop it happening today, i found some velcro strips and secured it in place myself. It worked, but wonder if anyone else has experienced this? Also attached to the Side of the bag was the AVEA 8 and that works just fine. This bag does need it's own 'odds and sods' pocket. Two big pockets aren't practical for the amount of small stuff we all carry - reading glasses, tickets, keys, phone etc. Other than that, yes a fine backpack, but designed for cameras and not designed for the personal effects we also carry. This is not a negative 'review' in any way at all - just observations from an entire day with a full 25 backpack. I'd still recommend it despite these little flaws. Hope this helps.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“In my quest for a more "minimalistic" approach to traveling with my camera gear, I recently purchased the Billingham Rucksack 25. (nice touch, it came with a lens cloth … thanks! ) that I am currently experiencing working with. The following four criteria guided my choice toward Billingham. First and foremost, I needed a backpack that would qualify as a "personnal item luggage" that can fit under an airplane seat (17" x 13" x 6" with Air Canada) to take on board altogether with my standard "carry-on luggage". The R 25 comes quite close to these figures providing I do not fill up the front pocket at boarding time. I needed a bag that, despite being smallish, was still roomy enough to fit my essential gear (Sony a7R3 + four Zeiss Batis lenses + a small flash + a tiny tabletop tripod). All of these do fit nicely in the main section of the bag with room for more. Nowadays, many bag manufacturers offer products with so much room devoted to personal and ancillary items that the main camera section becomes too small to accomplish the bag’s primary mission. Minor disappointment to mention … a few more smaller dividers would have been helpful to complete my setup in order to take fully advantage of the given space. For now, I use old Lowepro extra dividers. I needed a safe, solid and well crafted bag. From my experience with other Billingham bags that I own, (Combi M and 555) I fully trust this to be the case. Worth mentioning, the zipper’s pulls are cleverly hidden under the lids making it less than obvious for prying eyes to figure out where to access them. It is easy to secure a RFID wallet with essential travel documents safely inside the bag under the padded floor. Above all, I appreciate Billingham’s bags being waterproof … no need to carry a rain bag to protect the bag suppose to protect your gear. Finally, I needed a simple urban looking bag. I do own a "great outdoors" hiking backpack the look of which is somewhat inappropriate in the context of a cultural trip or for walking about in cities. In this respect Billingham’s classic look is up to the highest expectations. In a word SUPERB!! No risk of feeling out of place wearing one! I also need to point out that this "civilized" look does not come at the price of an uncomfortable bag to carry. On the contrary, the shoulder straps are well designed and the fit, ergonomic. It will be so much more of a pleasure than a pain to carry that rucksack all day long. In conclusion, the Rucksack 25 fully deserve my 5 star rating. Keep up the good work. Daniel G Montréal, Québec”

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Posted 6 years ago