Re: [Leica] Camera Bag Recommendations

["Stegmeyer" <upstream1@mindspring.com>]

Great Post Hugh!   I also go light but I have built a few small custom
leather bags/fannypacks with leather inserts and a small pocket for film.
Works great.


Al Stegmeyer
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Hugh Thompson <painfree@istar.ca>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 7:20 PM
Subject: [Leica] Camera Bag Recommendations


> Find it very amusing how much everyone packs into their camera bag.  When
I
> go out shooting, I try to carry as little as possible, usually the bag (a
> Domke "Journalist" I believe) stays at home.  It is full of assorted
stuff,
> mainly for my weekend family portrait sessions.  I leave the sync cords,
> light meter, duct tape, squeaky toys etc in the bag, so I know where to
find
> the stuff at the shoot location.  Where is the camera, either on my
shoulder
> or over the head restraint in my car, leaning against the seat back.
> Admittedly anyone from outside can see it but I think it is safer that way
> than in a bag on the floor of the car, and I never leave it unattended.
Let
> me share with you what a technician at Fuji told me - not to leave a
camera
> on the floor of a vehicle because the vibrations will loosen the screws,
he
> has seen it happen (he was talking about the internal screws).
>
> These days, when I go 35 shooting, I go "minimalist", just the camera with
> either the 35 or 50 lens, and a pouch or pocket dedicated to film.  I find
> dragging a load of equipment around is very constricting for style of
> shooting that I am trying to develop.  That said, if I am taking more than
> one lens in the bag, I use  Domke wrap, it protects from scratching.  I
used
> to wrap my FM2 in it also, one day I just threw it in the bag and, a few
> hours later, brassing - thanks Hugh Thompson
>