F-Stop Shibata – A Wicked Around-Town Camera Bag With Some Serious Style

F-Stop is an innovative camera bag company that has been producing high-end camera bags aimed at snowsports shooters for the past five years. Their line of backpacks are packed full of features tailor made to those who shoot action sports and the company makes it a top priority to work with top professional photographers across the sports spectrum to ensure their gear only keeps getting better. In addition to their outdoor shooting products, they also offer some really great camera bags for almost any situation imaginable and their Millar Series is their line of bags designed for those shooting in cosmopolitan environments, with an extra flash of style courtesy of their vintage-inspired looks. 

"The Millar Series is vintage outdoors meets modern Tokyo. Classic outdoor looks combined with exceptional functionality let you step out of the backcountry and onto the street. Each bag is designed to protect your valuables in casual fashion. With an entire line of options available in different colors, there’s a Millar Series bag for all types of shooters."
 

The full Millar Series lineup

The Shibata bag is an over-the-shoulder type bag that fits a medium-sized DSLR body and two lenses perfectly, making it an ideal choice for a day of shooting around town when you're not interested in – or have no need for – lugging around a full-sized pack. It's two zippered pockets leave lots of room for extra batteries, memory cards and all your other essentials. And I found the two open side stash-pockets a great place to stash my sunglasses while taking a snap. 

The magnets on the front flap keep the top down when you forget, or don't have time to, close it with the buckle and the adjustable neck strap has plenty of padding to keep your mind on the next shot, not the bag. It's all the little details like these that really shows the F-Stop commitment to quality. Even on a bag like this, where fashion has been made a priority, everything is where is should be and the design has clearly been fully thought through. 

After almost a year of use, the bag has held up phenominally well. It's pretty much the perfect bag to carry your essential gear while travelling – the front zippered pocket is my go-to passport stashing spot. Another great use I found for it was while travelling, I'd pack it full of gear and stash it inside a larger bag full of clothes – it's a handy way to keep your camera gear all in one spot that way. Then when you get to your destination, or a giant moose walks by your car, you can reach into the larger bag and pull our all your camera gear in one quick move. 

I'll leave it there for now as it's a pretty self-explanatory and simple bag but let me highly reccomend this bag either for you or the camera-lover in your life. At $79, it's a no-brainer and a really great piece of kit. 

F-Stop also produces and amazing series of behind-the-scenes videos featuring some of the top working action-sports photographers around called Life in Focus. Check out the last episode featuring ski and bike photographer Scott Markewitz below.