Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I find this talk of bags a bit amusing. The Billingham in particular is hilariously overpriced, and seems to offer nothing over a no-name bag I could buy on 14th St. for a few bucks. It also looks moderatly expensive (if not particularly beautiful); if I were a thief, I'd be tempted. The Domke too strikes me as a joke. I shot with one in Kyoto, and not only does it offer very little protection -- supposedly a feature, not a bug -- but it has way to much metal on it for my liking: just the thing to scratch a lens in the field. And you can find stuff like this in army surplus stores for a *song*. Just buy a Tenba insert (twenty bucks, and unlike the Domke, capable of modification) and you're off and running. I use Tenba bags mostly -- at least they're well-made -- but I'm starting to think they look too expensive with the leather trim. My favorite at the moment is a Tamrac fitted backpack: I can carry all my equipment, and barely feel it. (And it's about a third the price of a Billingham.) Feeling the flames already, Douglas Cooper