Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/26

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Subject: [Leica] Your photos would be better if you had this $850 Belstaff Leica M8/M9 camera bag
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:58:41 -0400
References: <C8E4F1D1.5464%mark@rabinergroup.com> <CB89FF43-58AC-4605-9B0D-9C21E6B03F7D@btinternet.com> <AANLkTin7Yp6paPxU3QCTdxqENfm94ZxDFbGcP3-g9SRo@mail.gmail.com>

I usually end up carrying the Crumpler for everyday use and on
airplanes.  Mine holds more and is padded better than other bags I
have.  The Billingham is a beautiful bag but it's very difficult to
get into - to many straps and buckles.  I have three Crumplers in
various sizes and grab the one I need for the equipment I'm carrying.
They aren't obviously camera bags either.  My daughter carries one as
a purse.

Tina

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Frank Dernie
> <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> The most disappointing bags for me have been Crumpler. I love their web 
>> site and the multiple choices of size and colour, but the stiff straps, 
>> excessive velcro and thick padding make them too inconvenient to use for 
>> me.
>
> Apart from the padding, these have all been changed on the newest
> Crumplers. ?The vecro is the same but the bags now come with attached
> covers making the velcro optional in use (and therefore silent). ?The
> new, less stiff straps are a great step back, in my opinion, but are
> obviously what most people wanted, since Crumpler are very responsive
> to feedback.
>
> I didn't think the padding was too thin when a mokoro poler threw my
> 20 kg + Crumpler Keystone backpack at me in the Okavango Delta:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/Africa+2009/Botswana/img231a.jpg.html
>
> I know bags are a very personal thing. ?Just a note on the changes.
>
> Marty
>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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