On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:24 PM, Bob Sullivan<[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
So, hum, were do you keep the beer.?? Dave > > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
