Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/17

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Subject: [Leica] F5 Bag
From: George Huczek <ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 18:14:48 -0600

At 07:10 PM 17/12/99 +0000, Johnny wrote:
>on 17/12/99 12:18 am, Godfrey DiGiorgi at ramarren@bayarea.net wrote:
>
>> F803 "Camera Satchel" will also fit a ton of gear with a more unobtrusive,
>> 'not a camera bag' look than the F6X.
>
>Buying the Domke 803 is not unlike buying a leica in the first place. You
>hand over an enormous wad of cash for something that looks like nothing, and
>on the way home you get this terrible sinking feeling. Then you use the
>bloody thing, and every tinge of regret evaporates. You just SAVED money, in
>fact, because you'll never be tempted to trade up.
>
I looked at an F5 bag a few months ago.  It didn't appeal to me.  It seemed
to lack interior padding, and the flaps seemed flopsy.  I'd like to know
what it is about that bag that some find appealing.  If anyone has _used_
one, what is it like fully loaded when one expects to do some walking.