Don't toss the cardboard box your Lowepro Magnum 650 AW camera bag came in. In some parts of the world it would be called "housing." The box is that big and so is the bag. This square-cornered, $250 photo and laptop bag holds every camera and lens you own or are likely to buy: two digital SLRs; up to 10 lenses and/or flashes; and a 15-inch laptop in a sleeve that opens to form a protective sunshade. The Magnum 650 even makes sense for people with a lot less gear.

What It's Like Inside
The bag makes no pretensions to being stylish. Mostly big: 13 by 19 by 14-inches (HWD) and 6.5 pounds. It's a ballistic nylon brick on steroids. Square corners are the order of the day and the one color is, of course, black. Pull back the overhanging rain flap, unzip the top, then lift out the freestanding laptop sleeve that's at the top of the bag. In the inside front half are three vertical dividers designed to hold virtually any lens up to a 300mm f/2.8 lens that's about 10 inches long and 5-inch diameter, or a camera with most any lens smaller than that. In the back half are six divider pockets that can hold one big lens or flash per section, or with a horizontal divider in place, two medium lenses per divider. Because of its size, you don't have to squeeze your gear into place.