Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/28

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Subject: [Leica] Need More Bags?
From: rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron)
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:39:20 -0500
References: <AANLkTi=uqAWd0FsbYrkL5KYRFc2oARUv-NhbvU2B2rX=@mail.gmail.com> <C89E2F8E.26E8%mark@rabinergroup.com>

==On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
> He's a little unclear on weights and how to use a scale
> First thing he says is his bag weights 2.2 oz. national geographic no 
> longer
> made.
> And the Domke weights 2.4 oz.
>

Yes, I detected that as well.  No way a camera bag weighs 2.2oz.  Good
thing he is better at taking photographs than he is at reading scales.

> Well I was confused so I ?took out a similar Domke bag I had and it was 2
> pounds 2 ounces.
>
> So that's 34 oz. with 16 oz in a pound. 34 vs. 36 oz on just the bag? ?the
> weight difference would be like a very small fraction. What happens when 
> you
> put a lens in it?
> I do think if your bag is heavy before you even put anything in it there is
> less sense in that. But a stuffed bag requires a well built bag. As we area
> talking about several pounds which need to be supported.
>
> At this point I like the Domke slings. But am looking at the Kata.
> I am a bag a holic. Always looking for the right bag and a better bag.

Me too.  If I ever found the perfect, last-bag-I'll-ever-need-to-buy
bag I wouldn't believe it.

>
> --------------------
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> mark at rabinergroup.com
>
>
>> From: "Robert D. Baron" <rbaron at concentric.net>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:13:07 -0500
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Subject: [Leica] Need More Bags?
>>
>> You think so?
>>
>> Watch this short video featuring M8 shooter David Alan Harvey:
>>
>> http://vimeo.com/9831500
>>
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