For me the lighter the vest the better. I'm using a 10 year old vest from Eddie Bauer and find that the most important thing about using it is to always place specific items in the same pockets so as to not have to fish around looking for something in all the pockets, eg. unexposed rolls in a LH pocket & exposed film in a similar pocket on the RH side.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Photo Vest > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lewis Matthew" > Subject: Re: Photo Vest > > > > > > > I have an old Banana Republic "Photojournalist's Vest" and an Eddie Bauer > > near copy. Both have plenty of pockets/dividers - perhaps to the geek > > level. > > My old vest, which my wife swiped from me is a nicer vest for 35mm sized > gear. The outside cargo pockets have a divider which allows two lenses per > pocket, and it keeps them seperated so they don't injure each other. > The Domke would be better for MF/LF as the cargo pockets are undivided and > so can carry bigger lenses or film holders, but the weight becomes a > terrible disadvantage with the larger equipment. > I don't really think vests are the way to go for MF/LF, which is fine, I am > pretty sure Jens is not shooting that stuff anyway. > I could see the Domke being great for a videographer, or someone who is > shooting larger 35mm gear (Canon comes to mind) because of the bigger cargo > pockets. > > William Robb > >
