Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello, I have been using a Domke F2 for some time now. One of the problems with Domke bags is that the metal lugs that hold the flap down can do serious damage to the equipment. Simon Cheong - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Welch" <ewelch@neteze.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 10:24 AM Subject: Re: LUG[Leica] F5 Bag > sometime around 12/17/99 4:14 PM, George Huczek at ghuczek@sk.sympatico.ca > was heard to write: > > > 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. > > There is a reason why 90 percent of the photojournalists out there (maybe > more?) use Domkes. Especially the F2. The flopsy flap is actually very good > for getting into the bag while it's hanging on your side. The material > they're made of is great for in the rain. I once fell in a river while > photographing migrating salmon, and it didn't sink down so the water went > over the top. Not a drop got inside. It's small, packs a lot of grear into a > small space and doesn't have a lot of excess bulk that takes up space, but > thigns are kept apart just fine. I keep looking for other bags, but I have > yet to find one that matches the Domke for carrying around a load of gear > all day long. > > -- > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > http://www.neteze.com/ewelch > > "You can't cajole someone into loving you by simply being nice to be > around." - Garrison Keillor - As heard on "A Prairie Home Companion" > > >