Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, Well, nobody is asking you to wear FibreNyte!!! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > In the US the preppies do not wear polyester. They don't wear polyester > blends. Some don't ever go into a room in which there was ever any > polyester. That does not get past the bicycle room. > In Europe all these years the well appointed people from what I hear have > never heard of this. They've been wearing poly from the get go all through > the 80's and 90s but have often called it other names. Microfiber. Now > FibreNyte it seems. And they are Dukes and Earls Princes. People give them > the time of day. > I search engined FibreNyte and all I get is Billingham. Can only guess > its their word for microfiber. Which is our word for real nice polyester. > Which is like saying real nice cow turds. > Polyester makes me sweat. When I touch it it is oddly dry and dead. When > you > wash it you wonder if it really got wet. I'm a cotton guy. Wool even. > Fabrics which live and breath. Canvas it said was originally made from not > cotton but hemp. I'm ok with plants. Not keen on the chemistry lab making > the fabrics of my life. > > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > mark at rabinergroup.com > > > > > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:55:15 +0530 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Your photos would be better if you had this $850 > Belstaff > > Leica M8/M9 camera bag > > > > Mark, > > Both Cotton Canvas and Synthetic Canvas (FibreNyte - which is 100% > > synthetic), depending on the bag: > > > > http://www.billingham.co.uk/acatalog/Materials.html > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> > wrote: > > > >> Billingham bags look great but feel terrible it ruins it for me, Frank! > >> They feel like polyester only because they ARE polyester. a cotton > >> polyester > >> blend The emphasis being on the polyester. I really think its 80% poly > 20% > >> cotton. My fingertips have preppy sensors. To me that's just plan odd > and a > >> truly misplaced choice on their part sure it makes the bag lighter and > not > >> fade and do better in the wash but if you put a short stack of filters > in > >> there it gets rid of any difference in the weight department and there > is > >> nothing more annoying than a bag which always looks new. Never fades or > >> ages. To me that's not a bag that's formaldehyde with straps and a > handle. > >> > >> Fogg bags are all cotton. Feel great. Fade and shrink wonderfully. > >> Just like Domke bags are. cotton canvas. Thick. The semi stiffness acts > in > >> a > >> way like padding even though its not. > >> > >> Billingham bags are ubiquitous with rich guy types they can be acquired > at > >> the usual suspect outlets. > >> Fogg bags are centered in the UK and require some doing to figure out > how > >> to > >> grab onto over here in the US. They also cost twice as much. > >> And are also it looks to me designed twice better. And have better > names. > >> > >> I'm hard on Billingham bags. But this hardness comes from my reaction to > >> people who think they are the be all and end all in a luxury camera bag. > >> They've just NOT done their homework. And people should always do their > >> homework. THEN go out and play. > >> > >> But I have a Billingham 300 bag I got used for 99 bucks used and as it > was > >> in Oregon no tax or license. Its comparable to the 555 they sell now > which > >> goes for 555 bucks give or take. > >> I can pack lunch for a week in it and have room left over for all kinds > of > >> cameras plus a spare pair of socks and long sleeve shirt. > >> Who needs a car and an apartment when you've got this camera bag? > >> Its not a life style its a life. > >> With a savings of 444 bucks I can deal with the polyester. Just don't > tell > >> Caroline Kennedy. > >> And this size a bag if it was heavy cotton canvas like a Domke that > would > >> add a few real pounds to it. So maybe I got off easy. But wish it was > black > >> not rich guy tan. > >> > >> Gear is like clothing it all starts with the fabric. If the cut is good > >> than > >> that's nice too. > >> > >> > >> -------------------- > >> Mark William Rabiner Photography > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > >> Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > >> mark at rabinergroup.com > >> > >> > >> > >>> From: Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com> > >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:37:39 +0100 > >>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Your photos would be better if you had this $850 > >> Belstaff > >>> Leica M8/M9 camera bag > >>> > >>> I own 2 Fogg bags, a B-Laika and a backpack. They are the best quality > >> bags I > >>> own, with a beautiful finish and effective padding which is not bulky, > >> unlike > >>> many maker's. > >>> The B-Laika is old now and battered but holds up well. The backpack is > >> newer > >>> and made for me by be and Nigel whilst there was no UK distibutor, a > >> level of > >>> personal service which is IME un-paralleled. > >>> OTOH you are a bit harsh on Billingham ;-) > >>> I have one of the original Billinghams, un-named since they only made > one > >>> photo bag then. It also is battered, has stood up well and has > non-bulky > >>> padding. > >>> The most disappointing bags for me have been Crumpler. I love their web > >> site > >>> and the multiple choices of size and colour, but the stiff straps, > >> excessive > >>> velcro and thick padding make them too inconvenient to use for me. > >>> FD > >>> > >>> On 21 Oct, 2010, at 00:21, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >>> > >>>> Fogg bags make Billingham bags look like Kmart specials. > >>>> > >>>> http://www.foggspecialistbags.com/range.htm > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >