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I had introduced Benro<\/a> before on their Travel Angel<\/a> tripod. Benro started producing professional tripod under its own brand back in 2002. In the past 8 years, it has established a solid market with a wide range of tripods and heads. Only until recently in 2009, Benro steps into the camera bag market ranging from backpacks<\/a>, shoulder bags<\/a>, slingbags<\/a> and rolling cases<\/a>. First, you will notice that a lot of their designs are counterpart to  Lowepro, Kata, Crumpler.<\/div>\n
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I had a chance to check out the Benro Chameleon 101<\/a>. The Chameleon series comes in three different sizes C100, C101 and C102. The largest can fit a DSLR with 70-200mm f\/2.8 lens attached. A tripod can also be attached on the front.<\/div>\n
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Size comparison to Think Tank Street Walker Pro<\/a><\/div>\n
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In term of size, the Benro Chameleon 101 is less bulky which is much more suitable for travel or casual walkabout. It doesn\u2019t feel like you are carrying a box on your back. However, the material used is much softer yet still adequate and the straps are a bit too thin as well. The Think Tank street walker pro is certainly more solidly build of the two.<\/div>\n
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The Benro Chameleon is a unique three carrying options in one while changing from backpack to right sling then to left sling by using its quick release buckles. So it is a backpack and sling bag in one. It also features side access similar to the Lowepro fastpack<\/a> and slingshot<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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What can you fit in the Benro Chameleon 101 ?<\/div>\n
The bag is divided in to two compartments, the top and bottom. The top compartment is large enough fit quite a few things, filters, batteries, a 70-200mm f\/2.8 or two even.<\/div>\n
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The main compartment can easily fit a 24-70mm f\/2.8 attached, SB-900 flash, 14-24mm f\/2.8. 50mm f\/1.4. It also comes with a raincoat.<\/div>\n
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I would say Benro Chameleon is more suitable for those who are looking for a small-ish backpack that doesn\u2019t look oversize but still want to carry quite a bit of gear. While it is nicely designed and well made, it is certainly not as strong as the Think Tank street walker pro.<\/div>\n
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