Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Camera Bags
From: Bernard <5521.g23@g23.relcom.ru>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 11:31:07 +0400

B. D. Colen wrote:

> AND...If you're looking for a makeshift waterproof set up...a zillion
> years
> ago, for a canoe trip down the St. Johns River, I purchased an army
> surplus
> ammo box, spray painted it orange, lined it with closed cell foam
> rubber,
> made sure the gasket was water proof, then put my gear in plastic bags
> in
> the ammo box and used a cord to make sure the ammo box and canoe
> wouldn't
> end up in two different places....up to class 5 rapids...dry
> gear.....And
> cheap...

I bought one of those airtight, waterproof cases with my LowePro bag.
Nice stuff; real fun when you get off the plane and you have to let the
air out by unscrewing a little something, before you can get the thing
open. I love it!

Bernard