In certain areas of Zurich I prefer a simple plastic bag for my camera ;-) I agree, a photographer needs several different bags. greetings Markus
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:07 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The Perfect Bag Yeah, that's what I use most too. It's a very handy size bag. I wish it were an inch thicker but it suffices. I've got more bags than I can count in offhand. The F803, Timbuk2 Commute XL, the Tamrac SuperLight 5 and the Billingham L2 are the ones that get used the most, in that order. Godfrey On Mar 14, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Nick Wright wrote: > I'll second the Domke f-803. I love mine. > > I will say though, that although it will fit a laptop, I don't think > it'd fit much of anything else whilst carrying one. > > On 3/14/07, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm with Bob regarding having one bag for every occasion. >> >> For me, the best bag ever is the Domke 803 satchel. Strong and >> sturdy, >> its canvas ages beautifully, doesn't look like a camera bag, it's >> unpretentious, and can carry my 12" Powerbook if I have to. I'm on my >> second--the first one is still strong, but after six years of being >> everywhere it is dirty and looks less elegant than it should. >> >> I also have a smaller Domke FX5B bag, same canvas material, which is >> the one I use when not travelling. I can fit a body and 3 or 4 lenses >> in it. >> >> j >> >> >> On 3/14/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> There is no such thing as the perfect bag. Real Photographers >>> have at >>> least 10 camera bags, each of which is configurable in at least 10 >>> unique ways. >>> >>>> I'm looking for something just a little better. >>> >>> Aren't we all? >>> >>> In the end it depends on how you want to use it. If you want it to >>> carry stuff from A-B without using the stuff, it almost doesn't >>> matter >>> what bag you use. If you want to carry it all to the top of >>> Aconcagua >>> for a dawn shoot you'll have a different bag than the one you use >>> when >>> photographing the D-Day landings, which in turn will be different >>> from >>> the one you use when wandering the streets of Paris on a Sunday >>> day in >>> April. >>> >>> You need a different bag for every occasion! >>> >>> The 3 I use most are the Domke F-2, LowePro S&F Reporter (I think >>> it's >>> called) and LowePro S&F Rover AW backpack. I also have several other >>> bags, but I'm not quite a Real Photographer yet. >>> >>> I'm not a fan of sling bags - they seem to me to be neither fish nor >>> fowl. >>> >>> -- >>> Bob >>> >>>> Survey: >>>> >>>> What, in your opinion, is the perfect bag for being able to >>>> carry around a >>>> camera (with lens attatched) and a spare lens or two (or a >>>> lens and flash), >>>> plus various other things (maybe a book, or a notepad and >>>> pens, or (on the >>>> extreme end) a laptop). >>>> >>>> >>>> I have a Crumpler bag that is *almost* perfect. It's a >>>> sling-style bag, which >>>> I absolutely love. So much better than regular shoulder bags >>>> and backpacks. >>>> I'm looking for something just a little better. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
