Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley wrote: > > At 08:30 PM 2/24/98 +0800, you wrote: > >Hello Luggers, > > > >Can anyone here recommend a photojournalist vest/photovest that will hold > >an 1 M6 with 3 other lenses, and misc acc., film, etc. > >someone told me about Banana Republic vest, Domke, etc... > > > >Would appreciate some comments, > > > >Ferdinand > > > Ferdinand: > > I've tried them all and the Banana Republic is my favorite - expecially > since there is an outlet place near here (Oops!) where you can sometimes > find them for $19.95! The last time they had them I bought four. The > arrangement of pockets is more convenient. The inside pockets give you a > place for passport and money. I don't understand anybody making a > photojournalist vest without snap epaulettes on the shoulders. The > expensive Nikon vest doesn't have them. Tina Funny--I recently gave away a Banana Republic vest because I didn't like it. Mostly because the pockets are too small. With anything other than an M lens, if you get your hand in the pocket and hold a lens, you can't get the combo out again. So I use a Domke a lot. But for a small set as you mention, a little waste pack should be just fine and not so ostentatious. I only wear the Domke on jobs where it is obvious we are working. Otherwise just a jacket with big pockets. Domke used to make a jacket that was wonderful. I left it on a job one day and it disappeared. I was about to take it to a tailor to has it duplicated. didn't look like a photo-thing. donal - -- Donal Philby San Diego http://www.donalphilby.com