I recently purchased a Nikon D5500 to work as my secondary body for outdoor activities and since my wife finally got interested in photography the D5500 is a nice little camera (for a DSLR) to start, my other body is a Nikon D750.
I have the Digital Holster 20 V2.0 for my D750 and since I don't have big telephotos the Holster 20 worked very good for the D750, I tried the D5500 with the Holster 20 but the holster is very big for the D5500, specially width.
I ordered the Digital Holster 10 V2.0 since I really love the 20, bottom line is as good as the 20, same clever design, same great Think Tank quality only smaller.
The D5500 fits like a glove inside the Holster 10, and funny thing this is the major pro and con at the same time...because it fits a lot like a glove. Size wise the D5500 is a small DSLR, for instance my D750 fits very well with the holster 20 but I have comfortable room to put my fingers to pick the grip of the camera when I want to take it out, with the holster 10 with the D5500 inside it the room that I have to put my fingers is a little on the tight side, half inch more will completely solve the problem.
Now and may be this is because of my habits, I always have the hood on my lenses, so for instance the kit 18-55 VRII with hood attached won't fit for half inch, so you will need to expand the base for half and inch, the 50mm 1.8G is a little shorter than the 18-55 VRII however the hood of this lens is a little bigger than the 18-55 one, so again you will need half inch more to fit the 50mm + Hood then you will need to expand the bottom part.
Bottom line my experience with the D5500 and the 18-55mm and small primes is that you have two choices, with hood attached expand the base of the holster, if you don't want to expand the base reverse the hood, is not a big problem but a minor annoyance, I understand that the current size for those who don't use hoods should work like a charm, as another reviewer mentioned I think that Think Tank should produce a Digital Holster "15", with half inch width and half inch taller it would be absolutely perfect for me.
My review should be 4 1/2 stars, but since it's a fantastic product that is challenged for my habit to use hoods all the time I give it 5 stars, final advice for you;
* If you shot Canon SL1/T2/T3/T4 or Nikon D3XXX with kits or primes with or without hood you will be absolutely fine.
* If you shot Canon T5/T6i or Nikon D5XXX with kits or primes without hood you will be absolutely fine, with hood you will have to choose to reverse the hood or expand the base.
Of course with medium zooms or small telephotos you will have to expand the base (70-300, 55-300, etc).
* If you shot Canon 7D, 60D, 6D, 5D or Nikon 7XXX, 6XX or 7XX and don't use grips or L-brackets and don't have big telephotos go for the Digital Holster 20, if you have long telephotos go for the 30.
* If you shot Canon 70D or T6s you have a problem, because the Holster 10 will be small for you and the 20 a little to big.
| Item Package Dimensions L x W x H | 9.29 x 9.13 x 5.04 inches |
|---|---|
| Package Weight | 0.47 Kilograms |
| Item Dimensions LxWxH | 17.72 x 21.65 x 29.53 inches |
| Item Weight | 1 Pounds |
| Brand Name | Think Tank |
| Model Name | Thinktank Digital Holster 10 V2.0 |
| Color | Black |
| Material | Nylon |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Manufacturer | THINK TANK |
| Part Number | TT861 |
| Model Year | 2017 |
| Style | Messenger Bag |
| Size | 75 centimeters |
| Hand Orientation | Ambidextrous |
