> On 09 May 2016 at 20:12 Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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
Peter Blake, I think. > > > - 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 > > > > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
