Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Pascal: The bag you need is the Lowe Pro Orion. It is a waist bag that will fit the camera and at least four lenses and some other stuff. It has a belt and a shoulder strap. It is very convenient to use as you can get into it while wearing it and it can serve as a platform for lens changes. I used mine last weekend at the basketball and had in it a R6 with motor, R8 with winder, M6, Noctilux, 90mm Summicron-r, 35mm Summicron-r, Metz 32Ct flash, and about a dozen rolls of film. The R8 had the lens mounted on it, while the R6 and M6 were slid in compartments without lenses on them. When I got to the floor to take pictures, the lens were mounted and the cameras placed on the floor beside me. When taking basketball shots, you just sit on the floor near the net and pick up the appropriate camera when needed. I just kept the M6 focused on the net area so I could pick it up quickly and get the shots. The R's were used for the shots of the players coming down the floor and I just alternated bodies, rather than change films. When the R6 was out of film, I picked up the R8 and started using it. When I got a chance, I reloaded the R6. A picture taken with the M6 and Noctilux is on my web page at: http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/Noctilux.htm Regards, Robert At 10:41 AM 3/24/99 +0100, you wrote: >Hello to all: > >I am just back from two extended trips (one to the mountains of Southern >Germany, and one to Vienna), and had to struggle with my heavy R equipment >(yes, I know, I should have taken an M outfit instead...) especially during >the city trip to Vienna. > >I just put different lenses in my jacket pockets because I didn't want to >carry that heavy LowePro Omnipro bag along (this is a terrific bag that can >hold many things, but it's rather a tool for carrying things from one place >to another, not very convenient for walking around). > >So I am looking for something which is easier to carry around that can hold >an R8 plus winder and 3 to 4 lenses, and is not too much of a burden. I was >looking at the Leica New Generation (black/olive) and Outdoor (black) combi >bags (I saw the Outdoor while being at the Leica Akademie in Solms). >Does anyone have experience with these Leica bags? >Thanks. > >Pascal >NO ARCHIVE >-------------------------------------------------------- >See my photo pages at http://members.xoom.com/cyberplace/ >------------------------------------------------------- >Leica. Faszination durch Präzision >Leica. Fascination and Precision >------------------------------------------------------- ><<< PGP public key available on request >>> > > > > >