I think I have the same gigantic Tamrac. I bought it when I was traveling to the UK about 10 years ago, and BA allowed only one carry-on item. I also use it as a storage locker now.
A two-DSLR bag that doesn't look like a camera bag? Lots of luck. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 3:12 PM, 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 > >> - 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.
