[Leica] Bags, Backs and Mattresses

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Carl,
Do the pockets of a chestvest take a camera body with a 70-200 attached?
Cheers
Jayanand

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Carl Socolow <socphoto@verizon.net> wrote:

> Kyle,
>
> I've now gone to rolling Tamrac with collapsible handle (and oversized
> wheels). Easy to roll around and put in airplane overhead, can hold a
> computer and a bunch of other stuff. It's nice for location shoots where 
> I'm
> also bringing lighting kits and stuff. But when I have to work with
> equipment on and around me I load it from my rolling case into 
> (drumroll)...
>
> a Newswear Men's medium Chestvest. I can carry two Canon digital bodies in
> it along with two Speedlights, a 28-70, 16-35 and a 70-200 zoom plus cards,
> batteries, cellphone, amphetamines and various and sundry essentials. When
> I'm in Mexico and working strictly Leica and film I can carry two M film
> bodies with lenses on (usually 35 and 50) a 28mm Summicron, a 75 Summilux,
> Hasselblad Xpan II,  lots of film, water, amphetamines, advil, sunscreen. 
> In
> both cases when cameras are out and working there's even more room in bags.
> It's especially handy in Mexico when I'm on horseback. I got the grey so my
> film and I don't get too hot. It distributes load  really well, is easy to
> adjust for clothing, is accessible because your load is in front and, best
> of all, it distributes your load all over your failing skeleton.
>
> http://newswear.com/
>
> Carl Sander Socolow
>
>
> Kyle screeded:
>
> Two decades of carrying 20+lbs of camera gear and gin around in a giant
> domke have done a number on my poor back. Having been brainwashed by
> National Public Radio for all these years advising me during the groggy
> hours of the morning that for sleep comfort, I need a Tempurpedic bed
> from the Healthy Back Store, I went to their website and found that to
> asuaged by camera-related injury would cost about $2200, which is
> cheaper than an M8, but more expensive than a D300. I noticed that there
> are knockoffs ranging from $500 to $1400 -- the $500 models have no free
> return and the mid-priced model has a 365 day trial. (you might just say
> "just try them out and if you don't like it, send it back, you idiot,
> stop bothering us with this nonsense" -- but I'd rather avoid all the
> repackaging and whatnots.)  I'm assuming that since y'alls also carry
> 20+ lbs of stuff around (except for you lazy Europers who only have to
> carry 10 kilograms) on one shoulder for the past 20 years y'all also
> have backs that are made out of oreo cookies and millet (I'm not sure
> what that means, but it sounds funny) and some of you have discovered
> the magic bed that makes the pain go away. Percoset probably also makes
> the pain go away, but I don't want to start looking like one of those
> old men at the diner setting out 90 pills before his chipped beef
> arrives.
>
> Thanks for your advice.
>
>
> kyle
>
>
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