On Apr 24, 2008, at 8:46 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: > Wow - I've never heard of the "Think Tank" bags before, > but I've just looked at their site and I really like the > look. My Tamrac "Velocity 3" is just a shade too small > for what I'm carrying around these days...
Think Tank Photo has been around just a year or two. The founders are a photojournalist and an ex-lowepro bag designer, I met them at an SFBAPPA (San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association) workshop last Fall. The designs are very good, very usable, and not overwhelmingly large or bulky. No one bag is perfect, but the Urban Disguise series is versatile and usable. The UD50 (second to the largest) is just right for my needs when I'm carrying a largish kit and the laptop ... I've traveled cross country via plane and train three times with it now: it's about the best I've found for my needs in transport and still useful for field shooting with a large kit. It's not quite the field oriented "shooting" bag that the Domke's are. The Domke's canvas construction and sensibly laid out pockets/ flaps/etc for shooting make them my favorites overall. But I haven't found the bag I want yet. I have some ideas about how to integrate the basic design of the Domke F5XB (one of my very favorite bags, but a bit tight on space for my needs today), the superb gusseted overflap and closure hardware of the Billingham L6 (THE best top-flap hardware I've ever seen ... makes zippers and velcro, latches and snaps look stupid), and the Domke F803 and UD50's excellent layout of pockets and compartments to make "the bag of my dreams". All in heavy canvas with sensible but not over-bulky padding. Yes, Amita ... I'll send you a design brief as soon as I can get to it. ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
