Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So are the Billinghams. I don't know about the price differences between a Lowepro and the Billinghams, but I don't recall such a great difference between the prices - at least here in Paris. Choosing a bag is a very personal matter, it all depends on how much you want to put in the bag, how the bag feels on your shoulder (or on your back), how fast you can access your gear and, last but not least, how safe your equipment is inside that bag. I have/had dozens of bags and backpacks for carrying around my equipment, I still haven't found the perfect one. I almost always eliminate all exterior signs from the bags, that could give away the content (no, I don't use black tape on my Leicas:-). My favorite bag right now is the M - Classics. Really nice. The only bag that got stolen was a 20$ US Army bag that contained a C***n plus some lenses, probably by someone who didn't know there was a camera inside. As to the holes and the ripped leather straps on the Billingham... this happened at the "Assal lake" in Djibouti. There is more salt in that lake than in the dead sea, anyway the salt somehow made the leather cardboard like and at the end of the trip I broke the straps. My boots also got a real salt attack... Tarek le 02.09.2001 1:18, Dan Cardish à dcardish@sympatico.ca a écrit : > My 20 year old Lowepro probably cost just a fraction of an equivalent > Billingham, but is still doing what it was designed for. > > dan c.