Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] camera bags
From: "Khoffberg" <khoffberg@email.msn.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:41:09 -0800

Lowepro has a lovely little fanny pack rig that has a shoulder strap called
the outrider or some such.  With only the modest ingenuity I posses I have
it rigged for an M body with 50mm lens, 90mm 2.0 (beast that it is), 35mm,
28mm, zoomy new polarizer (takes lots of room), cable release, brush,
assorted filters, and four rolls of film.  Without the polarizer, you can
carry all that plus another M body.  It's not very large and given all the
straps and things you can carry it about forty-eleven different ways.  Might
have been $100 but I don't think so.

Cheers
Kevin Hoffberg

- -----Original Message-----
From:	owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Francesco
(Glossymedia)
Sent:	Monday, October 26, 1998 3:30 PM
To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject:	[Leica] camera bags

The Samsonite "Trekking" bag I bought in France fits my M6
with 35 or 50 mounted, and two other M lenses,
as well as a light meter, cable release and 8 rolls of film,
all in a small shoulder-strapped bag about 6" x 6" x 6".
Very durable, well made, leather trimmings, and waterproof
to boot.  Cost me $65 in a small high-end camera shop
in Annecy, France.  BTW, they had a very nice Leica section
with all kinds of R and M equipment, new and used.

Another bag I love is the Lowepro Sideline Shooter.  It is shaped
like a narrow half-moon, and holds an M with any lens mounted,
as well as 2-3 more lenses, light meter, and plenty of film.
No shoulder strap, though, and the belt is not detachable, AND
its not waterproof.  Very ergonomic though, and works well on the
waist while working.  About $60.

Francesco






At 01:48 PM 10/26/98 , you wrote:
>I just spent a weekend in Manhattan schlepping two M bodies (one w/
>Rapidwinder), three lenses (75/1.4, 50/1.0, 35/1.4), and a Luna Pro Digital
>F, all in a Domke Camera Satchel, amazingly compact, amazingly discrete.  I
>have a Billingham 335 for the G system gear.  I confess that after this
>weekend I'm leaning a bit more toward the Domke--which is also a fraction
>of the price of the Billinghams.
>
>This for what it's worth.
>
>Chandos
>
>At 09:35 PM 10/26/98 +0100, you wrote:
>>The Billingham Alice will fit the bill nicely. It is very easy to carry
>what you
>>describe, or you can get creative and fit two M6 bodies and six lenses in
>there, as
>>Bill Rosauer does.
>>
>>Nathan
>>
>>Michael Garmisa wrote:
>>
>>> Can anyoen recommend a good, small bag with enough room for a single
body
>>> with lens mounted, and room for 2 unmounted lenses.
>>
>>--
>>Nathan Wajsman
>>Overijse, Belgium
>>
>>Photography page:  http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html
>>Motorcycle page:  http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html
>>
>