Re: [Leica] Camera Bags

[Bill Welch <welch@pressroom.com>]

Bruce, I have both those bags you mention, the Reporter's satchel (802) and
the Bureau Chief (806), plus about half a dozen other Domke lens and camera
bags. I use the Bureau Chief bag for carrying a laptop and other stuff, but
actually find it less useful than I imagined. They make a bag in between
those two as well which I like best -- same design as the Reporter's Bag,
but bigger. I don't recall the name, but perhaps it is the 803. My bureau
chief bag doesn't get as much service since I bought that one. While
bigger, the bureau chief doesn't seem to carry any more.

Sometimes I've traveled with the Reporter's bag and the other one lashed
together -- Leicas and lenses in the Reporter's and 'puter and notebooks in
the bigger -- to get past airport gates as if it's one bag.  I wish Domke
provided a more elegant way to lash them together, however.

Regards,

Bill

 At 09:45 AM 1/28/99 +0100, you wrote:
>For the past five years I've used a Domke Reporter's Satchel (F-802) for my
>M4-P, two Summies, hand-held meter, and film. After constant use and abuse,
>it's
>now a bit of a disgrace (good camoflage!) but has treated me very well.
> ...
>
>Yesterday, while shooting in downtown Warsaw, I saw the new(?) Domke Bureau
>Chief
>Satchel, model F-806, and fell in love with it.  It has TWO closing straps
>with hooks on the flap -- one for each eye!  And all kinds of neat
>compartments, including a perforated one (for drying your wet socks?).  It
>looks
>even less like a camera bag than the Reporter does, too.
>
>I would have bought it on the spot but they wanted too many Polish zloties
>for it (=$135), so I'll wait til I'm in the US next week.  I later found it
>in Shutterbug for $75.  When I get it I can start to fantasize about being a
>Bureau Chief, and give myself a promotion from Reporter.
>
>Bruce Feldman
>Warsaw, Poland
>