Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My favorite camera carrying bag for many years was a scruffy old gas mask bag that I found at an army surplus for $4. A little closed cell foam and it carried a body and three lenses, spare film, a couple of filters easily and with minimal danger of damage to the contents. Never once drew any attention at all, and the scruffy old Leica IIc or IIIc and my beat up Nikon F which I used to carry in it never attracted any attention other than "hey, that camera looks like a real piece of junk!" either. So I bought the Leicas for $60 (for both!) with an Elmar 35mm and a Summar 50mm, and Nikon I got new but already abused... they worked for years and I used to wander Manhattan and the Bronx as a teenager with this stuff, take a lot of pictures, and no one ever so much as looked at me. I bet they'd target me immediately now even though I'm far more careful to try to be unobtrusive. Godfrey