first of all, hi, i'm steve and i'm a bag whore ...
MARK !
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve harley" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Messenger-style shoulder bags
On 2010-08-24 12:44 , Rick Womer wrote:
I'm looking for a light messenger-style shoulder bag to hold my K7 with
16-45, 10-17, 50-200, and maybe the 50/1.7. I like my Orion AW, but it
can hold a lot more than that and is bulky.
Does anyone have a LowePro Midtown or Exchange that would care to comment
on it? Courierware has some interesting stuff but is expensive. The
Tamrac Evolution and Temba Messenger are too big.
Other alternatives?
first of all, hi, i'm steve and i'm a bag whore ...
with that out of the way, i most often use one of my Mountainsmith lumbar
packs (Tour, Day or my favorite, the larger and out-of-production Cairn
II) with shoulder strap to carry a body & two lenses; i swear by the
Mountainsmith suspension -- weight is mostly on my hips, but i can easily
swing the pack around like a small messenger bag; these are unpadded, but
i've usually got the second lens in a neoprene wrap and a light jacket is
rolled under the body, with the lens up; there's enough material in the
outer pockets to pad light nocks, and the inner waist area is padded too;
there is also a Kit Cube i haven't tried which is a padded photo bag that
fits into the Day or Tour, and MountainSmith has versions of these bags
specifically for photo use
for casual walk-around times, like a walk to a coffee shop, i also use a
Crumpler Skivvy, which is minimal and fully padded, but not an ideal shape
for camera kit - i've got a size small, which doesn't hold much more than
a camera, mounted lens and extra lens (not big lenses); and i store my
camera and lenses in a Crumpler Six Million Dollar home, but i don't walk
around with it; it might work well for your kit
when carrying a laptop as well as a camera, i use an Osprey Torque which
has almost too much room, and is very well padded (also have an Osprey
Transit, which i found much too big); i've seen the Osprey Astro & Elroy,
which look attractive now that i have a smaller 13" laptop
someone recently mentioned an insert for Manhattan DJ bags -- i've got a
small one of these bags i use for errands and the insert looks
attractive -- the bags are relatively cheap, minimalist and sturdy
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