Most of the time I find myself working very well with Billingham L2
(two lens kit), Tamrac Superlight 5 (3-4 lens kit) or Domke F803
Satchel (2-3 lens kit, papers and other such stuff). Once in a while
I carry the Domke F6 (4-5 lens kit, one body).
But there are those times when none of these is quite roomy enough,
or comfortable enough with a larger load, or I need to carry other
stuff as well. Backpacks just don't work for me as a working setup,
although I do use them when traveling for stowage. Most of the larger
bags are either so full of padding that you're carrying a HUGE lump
for only a little bit more stowage, or are awkwardly shaped. ...
Inspired by a sale on Timbuk2 messenger bags, I'm looking into them
as a possibility. Medium size is quite huge, probably capacious
enough to hold more than I ever want to carry, and they're set up
with the right kind of strap/fixing stuff to be comfortable to wear
all day with a fairly heavy load. Free-form interior that could
easily swallow up two bodies and five lenses, plus papers, books,
other stuff. A padded, quad-lens pouch like that in my Domke F6 would
protect the lenses, a couple of wraps and maybe an organizer pocket
or three would do the same for the rest of the small junk and the
bodies. Put a cell phone pocket and a small additional pouch on the
strap and my pants pockets would be nearly empty too. Maybe add a
little bottom padding for when I set it down, and a couple of hangers
for strapping the tripod on as well.
I dunno yet, but this seems to have possibilities. Anyone else using
a setup like this?
Godfrey
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