Well, I went out and took some pics tonight. It's been a long time. Broad Street in Oxford was the venue, and the place was festooned with 'fire sculpture' called Luminox - a travelling street exhibition with huge bunsen burners, lit pendulums, zillions of wax-filled plant pots, all belching flame amongst thousands of onlookers, all being serenaded by musicians. Very busy. I'll post pics in a different thread.
I worked out of the Domke F-803 black canvas bag that was sent to me by mistake. I've decided to keep it. Over the shoulder: 1DmarkII. In the main compartment: EF70-200 2.8, SMC-A*85mm 1.4, SMC-K15mm 3.5, Quantum Turbo 2X2 In the two front pockets: Stofen diffuser and power chord, 580 EX flash It was very quick to work out of, in fact I used the 85mm 1.4 mostly, with 20 minutes on the EF70-200. Didn't get the wide or the flash out once. I wore it courier style over the opposite shoulder and the bag in front of me for changing lenses, behind me for shooting. I loved the little zippered pockets on the weather flap - perfect for taking caps. The flap just dangled loose most of the time, but when the crowds were too dense, I buckled it shut for fear of pickpockets - excellent deterrent. The 70-200 fit straight in with lens hood reversed - snug, but easily extractable - and that's not a small lens. 85 and 15 sat piggy-back. I could have worn the Quantum on the belt, but it found a home in the bag. Weight was on the limit really. In an ideal world, I'd loose some weight there. If the event had been in daylight, I would have lost the flash and battery, and that would have been very comfortable. Not much else you can say about it. I prefer the black - I also got a small FX5-B for hauling a spare TV camera battery about on location - and that is sand (khaki) in colour. A bit to bright for me. Black is stealth.... Overall, very impressed with the Domke - I thought I would want something bigger - the 802 maybe, but the smaller bag enforces a more careful lens selection, promotes discipline. I've got a few other bags that can carry three times the Domke, I wanted a smaller bag. Cotty's Review Decision: Highly Recommended So Go By The Motherloving Thing If You'd Been Umming And Ahhing. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
