[Leica] why use a backpack?

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Look closely at the ThinkTank Airport Acceleration or Adicted. Both fit into 
U.S. overheads. The space available is?remarkable. Comes with a separate 
case 
for a 15" laptop that fits in a front pocket. ?I've had large Tamraks and 
cannot 
fit nearly as much. If you lay your lenses down parallel to the back, you 
have?lots of room on top for clothes, scotch, etc...
?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com 




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From: kyle cassidy on the LUG <leicaslacker at gmail.com>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 9:18:33 AM
Subject: [Leica] why use a backpack?

If you're doing things right, when the "thing" happens that you want to 
photograph, you're holding a camera and a lens and someone else is 
schlepping 40 
lbs of gear.

I never used to have a need for a backpack, by in the last four years or so, 
my 
photography has changed a lot. Here's how it works lately: 


1) I have some photo shoot(s) in [insert name of exotic city like ... 
Cleveland]
2) i arrange an assistant in [exotic city] by posting to ye olde 
photo-a-week 
(now photo-every-other-day-or-so) blog.kylecassidy.com
3) I pack gear, which involves a dslr body and five lenses, two light 
stands, 
two umbrellas, batteries, a laptop, socks, underwear (for cleaning lenses) 
heavy 
metal t-shirts, toothbrush, novels & various other stuff.
4) I haul my gear to the airport, hopefully a backpack and a shoulder bag -- 
i 
try to never check bags
5) In [exotic city] assistant picks me up
6) I go to shoot, assistant breaks back hauling gear
7) assistant drops me off at crazy party filled with exotic dancers and 
novelists hosted by readers of ye olde blog 

8) there is single malt scotch, it is impolite to refuse.
9) assistant hauls me to wherever i'm staying. 
10) I brush my teeth
11)? fall asleep while going over the day's photos.
12) next morning assistant hauls me to next photo shoot, breaks back hauling 
gear
13) rinse, lather, repeat
14) i pack up go to the airport & fly home.

the only getting of gear that i do these days is getting it from the trunk 
of a 
car, so it doesn't matter really how long it takes to get it out, it mostly 
matters that it fits in one place in such a way that i'll notice if i'm 
missing 
something, and that it'll fit in an overhead bin.

right now it's looking like one of those super-compartmentalized tamrak's. 

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