Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been on three week long trips in Central America in the rainy season, hiking and riding horses. I wear all of my camera equipment in a vest under a poncho. Works fine unless you fall in a river which I've done more than once. Film cameras dry out fine by a fire. Digital M's have dried out fine so far. Canons die immediately when they get wet. I only carried Canons one time. Tina On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>wrote: > I always look at Domke first.. but my #1 reason to get a new bag was a > raincoat to protect the contents. Domke does not yet offer this feature. > > Ditto all those AA, Billingham, M-Classics, etc bags. Yes more ergonomic > (?) for the Leica outfit, but significantly less practical for rain. That > includes Nylon which is also not waterproof. It is water resistant. Water > resistant means it leaks water. > > When you are on a trip, and it rains, what do you do with your camera > equipment? Letting it get wet is not an option in my book....and ruining a > fine piece of leather ( which is water proof ion its own) is also not an > option. Leaving it in a hotel is not an option. > > What do others do? > > Scenario: You are on a trip far from home. Say 3 weeks. You have taken > your best camera stuff. You are in the middle of your trip, in a major > city, heading today for a major indoor/outdoor venue, by walking and taking > public transportation, or traveling today by train to a new city, and it is > absolutely pouring outside. > Cats and Dogs. > > Taking away my biases, how would you think through the planning of a camera > bag for this contingency? > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com