Kiboko camera backpack designed by wildlife shooter
Just as wearing skin-tight cycling shorts endorsed by Lance Armstrong lets you bike more efficiently and using a keyboard gummed up with FATAL1TY's name makes you a better gamer (LIVE FATAL wristbands forthcoming, surely), this new "Kiboko" camera backpack, designed by "renowned wildlife photographer" Andy Biggs will certainly make you more than able to get that close-up of your golden retriever taking down a zebra in your backyard.
Which is not to say that it doesn't look pretty decent. It does. Deep enough to hold big SLR bodies and medium format cameras, as well as up to 600mm lens, the whole bag is made of a lightweight sailcloth that keeps the unloaded bag down to under four pounds.
It's priced for pros, though: $400 if you buy direct from manufacturer Guru Gear.
Kiboko camera bag product page [GuraGear.com]
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There's a review of it on one of the podcasts of "This Week in Photography", as well as a first impressions review on their website at http://twipphoto.com/archives/1594
It's likely to be important to people that this bag has less padding than most of the ones on the market; as I recall, the podcast review summary was "more than a Moose Peterson bag, but less than almost everyone else". That's its key feature: people who are cramming their gear to fit the tighter airline carryon baggage restrictions can fit more into this bag.
I purposely avoid products with the Fatal1ty branding - screw that guy!