Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/18

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: M Carrying case
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 02:11:11 -0800

John Irvin Buford wrote:
> 
> I would like to warn others about my troubles with Tenba bags.  They
> make bags by spraying some chemical on the material to make it
> waterproof.  After a while the chemical begins to disintegrate and
> deposit itself on your equipment. snip Every time I would use one of these bags I find the
> equipment covered with a fine dust.  I was worried about the dust
> working it's way into one of the body or lens and causing irrepairable
> damage.  This is my story, and I am sticking to it.
> John
> The Tenba satchel suffers from a bit TOO MUCH padding, a lame film pouch, and an organizer section that isn't real helpful with photo gear. But rugged, oh yeah--I won't be astonished
> it outlasts the canvas Domke and Billingham bags by a factor of 2.

I have a Tenba bag which hasn't aged at all well but no dust. I like
Lowe-Pro. The Domke bags dominate the pro market from what I hear.
Billingham seems to be for people who want a no nonsense work bag like
Domke but with some class and price as no object.
Mark Rabiner