P.s. If I were to do a really long tour - months, perhaps - I would give some thought to fitting a porteur rack to the front of the bike and either putting a camera bag directly on that, or using a large front bag and putting a camera bag inside that.
B > On 22 Jul 2015, at 19:48, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > You will enjoy yourself with or without a camera. I haven't fully resolved > your question yet, but I can certainly tell you what my experiences have been. > > On my most recent tours, over the last year to eighteen months, I've taken a > Fuji X20 which I keep in a CCS compact pouch (http://www.ccscentre.co.uk) for > protection, which I put in a waterproof stuff-sac for, er, waterproofing > stuff, along with my other crap like passport and wallet. > > This in turn goes in my handlebar bag > (http://banjobrothers.com/products/current/canvas-and-leather-bags/canvas-saddle-bag-small/ > - they call it a saddle bag, but it works very well as a bar bag). > > This generally works fine and is quite quick to use when pootling along on my > velocipede I see something photogenic. My quibbles are mostly related to the > camera's usability, but they are general quibbles rather than bike-specific. > > I would prefer to take an SLR + 2 or 3 lenses, and I've done that on a few > occasions, but it is more difficult. The last time I did this I strapped a > Domke F5-XB camera bag > (http://www.domkebags.co.uk/shop-online/f-5xb-medium-shoulder-belt-bag/ ) to > the handlebars. This has the makings of a perfect camera/bike bag, but it has > some serious shortcomings. First, it is not robust enough to take the wear > from rubbing against the head-tube - I wore a hole in the bag in 3 weeks, so > it needs some leather or similar patching if it's used like this. Second the > way it's strapped to the bar is rather ad hoc, and it caused the bartape to > unravel; it also made it difficult to use the horizontal part off the > handlebar; finally it was a drag to remove and replace when I left the bike. > > I have also used panniers, and just stuffed everything into one of them, but > I don't like panniers generally, so I no longer use them. From the photo > point of view it was such a pain to get the camera out that I rarely took > pictures. > > Hope that helps. > > B > > > >> On 22 Jul 2015, at 16:12, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Looks like I’m going to be on a bike for several days while in Italy. >> Wondering about carrying a camera, in my case a K5, on a bicycle on a >> bicycle tour. Especially balancing protecting the camera while underway with >> accessibility to the camera for taking photos. Suggestions? Special >> equipment? >> >> Thanks, >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> [email protected] >> >> "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." >> >> - Amos Oz > -- > 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.
