Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/01

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Subject: [Leica] Photographic bags- new size regulations?
From: telyt at telus.net (David Young)
Date: Thu Feb 1 17:22:29 2007
References: <5B70B2FF-D504-4E1F-B9DF-5D20CC205463@nathanfoto.com> <45C1B69C.1010906@zabrovsky.com> <45C1C019.20601@gmx.de> <20070201171509.71E8G6BNT1@priv-edmwaa06.telusplanet.net> <00fa01c7465d$9fd68f10$df83ad30$@net>

At 01/02/2007, you wrote:
>David.... Sounds very interesting..... I would like to find 
>something a bit smaller than my Lowepro Phototrekker AW..... this one
>sounds almost right.....

Hi Frank!

I bought because of the need to carry the 400 Telyt. Even though the 
Telyt breaks into two, very few bags are deep enough to hold them, 
standing up.  And if you have to put the two pieces horizontally, 
under layers of other stuff, it becomes too difficult to get at, in a hurry.

>Did you ever try to fit a Hasselblad system into that bag?  What did it 
>hold?

Sorry, never owned/used a Hasselblad.  Though, from what I can see, 
it would hold a 500C w/80mm lens quite easily, with the lens pointing 
up.  I stack short lenses/ext tubes/etc. in the rather deep wells, 
using 3/4" (2cm) slices of a kids swimming "noodle" to separate 
them.  (You can get about 90 "slices" out of a $3 noodle, and the 
hole in the middle makes 'em easy & fast to remove/replace.)

If you ask, tomorrow, I'll take some shots of the kit, and send 'em 
to you privately, so you'll get the idea.

>I am trying to find something that would hold a 500C body ( W/ A12 
>and 80) , 2 additional lenses, 2x Mutar, and a PME45.

I don't know the last two, so I cannot  really comment... but if the 
PME is a back (even a digi-back) and the Mutar is an extender, then 
I'd say  "yes".

I have the Phototrecker, and it's way, way to big for me!  The ProMag 
AW2 may not be for everyone, but for my kit, it's a perfect 
match!  Besides, I *hate* large bags!  This one's been a treat!

Cheers!
---

David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA

Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt





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