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by Mike McNamee Published 01/10/2014

The front of the Tilopa has a separate pocket and the shot also shows the array of holding straps and anchor points for accessory containers, along with a snowboard (should you be so inclined!).

During our deliberations on carrying into the hills, we took the opportunity to chat with John Rowell. We featured John's work in May 2013 and value his thoughts because when he is not working at the Soul of Snowdonia gallery, John spends hours (days and nights!) in the hills of Snowdonia which surround his home. Here are his thoughts, more or less right from the horse's mouth! It is worth noting that he does not use wide-aperture optics and thus saves quite a bit of weight over f2.8 variants. In the landscape it is rare to use lenses wide open and so fast optics are an unnecessary burden!

"Hi Mike,

The heart of the f-stop design is the rear accessed ICU. Here the Tilopa is fitted with the Large ICU which will comfortably contain 400mm lenses along with shorter focal lengths and a couple of bodies.

To summarise our discussion the other day about carrying equipment:

My Equipment:
A...Canon 5D
B...Canon EF 17-40mm lens
C...Canon EF 24-105mm f4 L IS USM Lens
D...Canon EF 70--300mm f4-5.6 L IS USM
E...ND Lee graduated filters x 3
F...Manfrotto 190 carbon fibre tripod
G...Manfrotto compact action tripod
H...Lowepro Mini Trekker
I...Lowepro Top Loader zoom
J...Canon G1x compact
Carrying Scenarios

If I am going on a planned shoot to a specific spot with shots that I know I can get on the trails that I know well, I will take A, B, C, D, E, F, G, approximately 8kg before including mountain gear.

The bag also holds waterproofs, light down jacket, limited food and drink. Typical places - Cwm Idwal, Artist's Wood, Llyn Glaslyn, The Carnedd y Filiast project.

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