Re: [Leica] Domke bags

["Bryan Caldwell" <bcaldwell@softcom.net>]

Does anyone besides me remember that about 10-12 years ago Domke made a bag
specifically for Leica M cameras? I don't think it had a designation number,
but was called the "M" bag. I bought one from Camera One in Florida and
still have it. I've never seen it in any Domke catalog and it's different
than any other Domke model. It's actually a very well designed bag. It will
hold two M bodies and 2-4 lenses as well as a a dozen or so rolls of film.
Mine is grey with khaki trim and has a large "Domke" label sewn in the back.

Bryan
- -----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Feldman <brucef@waw.pdi.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 4:11 PM
Subject: [Leica] Domke bags


>I used the F-802 Reporters Satchel for several years, and now have the
F-806
>Bureau Chief Satchel.  Real improvement.  Yes, the padding isn't that great
>and the sections are too flexible, but it's better than the 802, except for
>the bottom panel.  (Don't drop the bag on the floor.  By doing that I bent
>the take-up spool knob on my M4-P inside and had to bend it back again
while
>sweating about whether it would break.  Fortunately, it didn't.)
>
>Unlike the 802, the 806  has a free-swinging, detachable strap that doesn't
>get twisted and can be replaced.  Like the 802 it doesn't look like a
camera
>bag.  Recently, on a trip home to Philadelphia, I had in there my laptop,
>M4-P, two lenses, and Nikon FM2n and lens with room to spare.
>
>Old Adam Domke was a staff photographer on the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin
>before it went broke.  I think he must really know his stuff.
>
> Regards,
>Bruce Feldman
>
>
>