Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How's that for reviving an ancient frayed thread? I think I may have seen IT - the perfect M bag - on Nantucket this weekend: The Fillson (sp, you Northwesterners?) Small Field Bag.....VERY heavy everything proof canvas trimmed in bridle leather, with bridle leather shoulder strap with brass fittings....(which are less than ideal in terms of banging cameras)... interior just right for two M bodies with Tom A winders, with 35 and 28s with shades mounted...room between the two bodies for another M lens or two in lens wraps....Large front pocket covered by the same flap that covers the main opening is large enough for SF20 flash and a Nikon SC17 cord...as well as a Sekonic 508....large open back pocket will hold a ton of film....the top, rather than opening all the way like most pages, has a large oval cut out, the side edges of which are about an inch-and-a-half in from the edge of the bag - which means you don't need to worry about rain getting into the bag..... (No padding in the bag, but it would easily take a Domke insert, although I don't really think it needs any padding, as heavy as the canvas is....we're talking the natural fiber equivalent of 1/2 inch plywood here...;-) ) The thing is guaranteed for the life of the owner, and looks like it will outlive most owners...It doesn't look like a camera bag, and while it doesn't look like a diaper bag, my guess is that with a little use, it won't look like much of anything... Oh, comes in a dark green and a tanish color....about $125..... No...I didn't get one...YET.... B. D. Frank Filippone wrote: > > One more comment... remember that it is lighter to carry around a faster > film for those times when required..... I use ASA 100 always, but ASA 400 > film for those times it gets a bit dark ( less than 20% of the film > carried)... and I could push that film 2 stops more to ASA 1600...... > > And the price is right...... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net