On 19/4/07, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >This morning I collected a black Domke F-5XB bag that I'd ordered. >It's pretty small, but perfectly formed. I have previously been using >a proper handlebar bag when pottering about on my bike, but that bag >had reached the end of its useful life, and wasn't good enough as a >camera bag when off the bike. So I thought about it from the other >direction: what is a good camera bag that can easily be used as a bar >bag? The answer is the F-5XB. It holds my E-1 + 14-54mm lens, Sekonic >L-608 lightmeter, wallet, reading glasses, keys, bits & pieces for the >camera, all perfectly well and is very easy to attach to the bike - I >use mountaineering straps. The bag is lightly but effectively padded. >I'm not convinced it would do well in a monsoon downpour, but I keep a >couple of plastic bags stuffed under the saddle anyway, to protect the >saddle (a leather one) in such an event, so that's not a big deal. > >When researching this I saw a number of comments from people on the >web that it looks a bit like a 'man bag'. This is true, but >fortunately I'm butch enough for it not to matter. And if anybody >disagrees I'll hit them with my hand bag.
Yes I have one of these also, in the tan colour. It's very nice - it holds one video camera battery and there's just enough room to squeeze in an odd or an end as well. I don't have any problems carrying it. That's because I don't carry it. If I'm low on the on-camera battery, I get the reporter to shoulder the spare in the F-5XB, and that's usually a gal, so no issues there :-) -- 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
