Yes, coolers are good camouflage. I have a wheelie beer cooler, 24 can capacity. It holds lots of the mobile camera gear, ready for deployment. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Joseph McAllister<[email protected]> wrote: > Since so much gear was stolen out of my Dodge, I've resorted to a method I > picked up from Chuck the Peddler 13 years ago. Chuck had to fly around the > west coast with two or three tables full of used camera gear, hitting all > the "Swap Meets" and "Camera Shows". He packed all the photo gear in between > 2 and 6 huge wheeled plastic Igloo coolers, tapeing them shut and belting > them for security. > > So now when I need to leave some gear in the car for a few days, it is > packed in camera case foam in two not as large, but big, coolers. No tape, > no belts, but sitting in the back like I was heading out to tube a river or > something. > > Once I get where I'm going, the cat's out of the bag as soon as I access the > stuff, but no more so than having camera cases. > > My soon to be done project is to bolt the larger cooler to the floor of the > van, and put a lockable hasp on the hard to see side, just in case. The > smaller one will hold my photo backpack or a large Tamrac bag plus a small > one. Slingbag will be used to carry stuff away from the car to shoot. When > home, the smaller cooler will lay on it's side, opened, to see it is empty. > A sweater will hide the hasp on the larger cooler. A sleeping bag will > complete the ruse. > > > On Jul 15, 2009, at 09:41 , John Francis wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 08:10:38AM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: >>> >>> I'm sure the Domke is a great bag but it's also bigger and more >>> expensive. I was trying to show an alternative in the same size/price range. >>> >>> And frankly, nothing beats my Pelican 1600 series! >>> >>> >>> http://www.pelican.com/cases_detail.php?Case=1650 >> >> That's what I used when I was schlepping stuff around the country >> to various racetracks - the 1650 is large enough for the big glass, >> and tough enough to look after everything in checked baggage. >> >> Nowadays I normally just throw my 1510 in the trunk of the car. >> I can't get the big stuff in it, but it holds two bodies (each with >> a battery grip), the 80-200, 28-105, 16-50, 10-17 and a 50mm, plus >> a couple of flashes, and miscellaneous stuff (batteries, TCs, extra >> memory cards, etc., etc.). I still haven't worked out how to fit >> the 50-135 in as well, though. > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > I couldn't remember most of what I know today > if it weren't for others sharing their knowledge > of my past on the Internet. Thank you… > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
