RE: [Leica] m6 bags

[Darrell Jennings <darrell_jennings@yahoo.com>]

Since everyone has given an opinion that says don't
get a Billingham, I'll give you one that says get a
Billingham. 

I bought a medium size Billingham used last year and
loved it enough to go get a really big one, and a
backpack. They are built like iron. I bought a
handmade camera bag 30 years ago at a street fair in
Chicago, and the Billingham is the only thing I have
found since that I like as much. If you can get one at
a good price in the UK you won't be sorry.  I do agree
with several others that you may want to get one big
enough for an extra body. 

- --- "Wesson, Leo W" <LWWesson@pier1.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I am a bit of a bag freak (like my girlfriend is a
> purse freak) and have bags for different occasions. 
> I carry a small Kelty backpack if I am walking a lot
> and need to carry water and food; a Chezch plumbers
> bag from Duluth Trading if I am walking about in a
> city (doesn't look like a camera bag); and a shiny
> new Domke F1X when I am shooting people in suits or
> at fancy events.
> 
> Leo
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Nathan Wajsman [mailto:wajsman@webshuttle.ch]
> Sent:	Sun 8/25/2002 5:09 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Cc:	
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] m6 bags
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> > Bags.  Which one?  Tough question, I know.  I've
> got the summicron 35/f2,
> > the summilux 50/f1.4, and the elmarit 90/f2.8.  No
> flash (yet).  I'll be in
> > London in a few weeks, and I believe the
> Billingham bags are cheaper there
> > than here in the US.  Is the small Hadley large
> enough for my kit?  Any
> > other recommendations?  What's the Leica "outdoor"
> bag?  I can't seem to
> > find a picture of it anywhere....
> 
> As others have pointed out, it would make sense for
> you to plan on a second
> body, those Leica Ms seem to multiply... The
> Billingham bags are nice and are
> indeed cheaper in the UK than in the US, but you may
> also want to take a look at
> a US-made product that in my opinion is superior to
> Billingham: the Domke bags.
> I used to have several Billinghams--they look classy
> and are sturdy, but I find
> the Domke bags easier to carry around and more
> functional. My most used bag is a
> Domke J-803 satchel, which holds 3 bodies and 4
> lenses. Two of the bodies
> usually have lenses mounted on them, and the other
> two lenses are held
> back-to-back using two rear caps epoxied together (a
> better solution than
> Leica's special adapter for this purpose since it
> allows any two lenses to be
> joined together). In addition, the front pockets
> hold film,  a Leica SF-20
> flash, and various small odds and ends, and the
> large rear pocket is perfect for
> a newspaper or magazine.
> 
> I also have a smaller Domke bag (forgot the model
> number) which I use when I
> only want to carry two cameras and two lenses, and a
> large bag which houses my
> R8, SL, several R lenses and a Rolleiflex TLR.
> 
> The Domke bags are available at B&H and many other
> retailers.
> 
> Nathan
> --
> Nathan Wajsman
> Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland
> 
> e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch
> mobile: +41 78 732 1430
> 
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> General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm
> 
> 
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