I have no help re your bag quest - all 7 of mine are almost but not quite 
suited to the purpose but I am sure #8 will be perfect!

> On May 9, 2016, at 3:01 PM, Malcolm Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'm still on the search for a decent bag. The last time I bought a bag I
> really liked, was a gigantic Tamrac from a list member on the south coast of
> the UK (Brighton? Peter?) who I believe had a shop there and moved to Japan
> (is that right?)

But I did want to confirm your recollection. It was Peter in Brighton. I too am 
blocking on his full name but I spent a very pleasant day with said gentleman 
wandering the byways of SE England on one of my occasional visits… His name 
came up again shortly after the tsunami when Bob Sullivan was looking for 
contacts in Japan who could help him establish the status of a friend who might 
have been affected by the disaster.

stan

> - this was many moons ago when a Pentax digital camera of
> any sort was just speculation. Great bag, I store my film cameras in it etc,
> but only useful otherwise day to day if you have some poor devil to cart it
> around for you. I have a backpack which I got as a free gift with a DSLR
> body that is too small, and another free bag which just takes a body and a
> 50mm lens attached. 
> 
> Over the years from film, I've noticed that many bags have moved away from
> being able to house two camera bodies. I assume that because you now have
> variable ISO, manufactures don't feel you need to have two bodies, as you
> might once have done using different film. The thing is, what I want is a
> bag that is capable of housing two bodies with lenses attached and enough
> room for spare batteries and all the sundries of the digital age. Many of
> the places I take photos, especially in the Summer are dusty environments
> (horse stables for a start), and frankly, I don't want to be changing lenses
> on site. I normally have one body set up with the 16-85 & the other with a
> 55-300.
> 
> What I am fed up doing, is carrying a bag which doesn't suit, and a shopping
> bag for the other camera. I don't really want a larger backpack, or a bag
> which screams that it contains camera equipment inside. I'm not sure there
> is anything out there that fits the job I want done.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Malcolm 
> 
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