Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug: I actually have the AW. With the wiegt of Leica bodies and lenses, yes you can end up with a pretty heavy pack. Regards, Robert At 09:45 PM 3/24/99 -0500, you wrote: >On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Robert G. Stevens wrote: > >>Pascal: >> >>The bag you need is the Lowe Pro Orion. It is a waist bag that will fit >>the camera and at least four lenses and some other stuff. It has a belt >>and a shoulder strap. It is very convenient to use as you can get into it >>while wearing it and it can serve as a platform for lens changes. > >This is the Lowepro Orion, not the Orion AW, a larger bag. I typically >have 35/50/90 Summicron-Rs, a 135 Elmarit-R, 60 Macro, film, an R-body, a >14256 and misc. stuff in my Orion and with all this R-stuff it's what I'd >call the practical weight limit for a waist bag (and I'm a 6'1" >triathlete). My father has the Orion AW and it holds more weight than I >want on my waist. > >I like the Orion for the reasons Robert mentioned and because it's not so >big that I'm tempted to stuff everything I have in it. > >Doug Herr >Sacramento > > > >