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 Cover™ to keep out rain, sand and dust, an OverLap Zipper, accessory pockets (including a NoDrop Pocket™) for all those little extras, a pressed-foam shoulder strap, padded handle, and belt loops..
Useful size, quality materials, thoughtful design, comfortable to carry, and correctly priced. It just works for me when I want to travel light. Highly recommended.
Does the job without pretence.
I swapped out a wider strap.
The LowePro Nova Mini AW is a compact, cheap bag that will fit your D70 and little else. I presume that the AW stands for 'All Weather', as this bag has a pull-out cover that protects the front from rain (I wouldn't drop it in a river, though). Other than that it's pretty straightforward: Main pocket with velcro dividers: deep enough for D70 with the kit lens,with space on either side for bits (but not for another lens). I have the lens shade, spare battery, etc... (you could probably fit the charger or a flash in as well). The main pocket has its own zip, and the top forms a 'lid' to keep nastiness out even more thoroughly. However, when shooting you can leave it unzipped and use the clip on the flap (the 'lid' effect means that it's pretty secure even without that). Front pocket: not much space here, but it has pockets for Flash cards and I keep the TV out lead in here too. The space is smaller than it looks because the fold-out cover Front flap: zip for documents - not much else you could use it for... 2 side elasticated mesh pouches - again, you're not going to fit a heck of a lot in, but they might be useful. At the back there are 2 straps for threading a belt through. PLUS: It's very compact, yet enough room for all the basics. Well padded for its size, and the bonus of some storm protection.
It's very compact, yet enough room for all the basics. Well padded for its size, and the bonus of some storm protection.
Not enough room for spare lenses (but I don't have one anyway yet), or for a body with a longer lens either. The shoulder strap is a bit thin and not that well padded - I'd be tempted to get a better strap if I was carrying it a long way.
