[Leica] m8 bag? why -- the m classic bag

[kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy)]

A few years ago, out of the blue, a package arrived at my door. It was an 
M-Classic bag with a note from the manufacturer saying "we'd like to send 
you this bag and hope you enjoy it." I was feeling very internet-celebrity 
at the time and I mention it now for full disclosure -- so take my review 
for what it's worth.

http://www.mclassics.com/

I've found it to be a marvelous Leica rangefinder bag. One interior pocket 
with a sort of cloth "cup" hanging to one side that fits your m and keeps it 
handy and always in the same place. the Interior compartment also has a 
canvass tongue that runs from left to right that you're supposed to use to 
make some sort of "S" shape i guess and keep yoru lenses from banging into 
one another, it usually gets crushed down to the bottom of the bag with 
things piled on top of it because I'm not terribly meticulous about the care 
of my cameras. If they bang together, i figure thats why they're made of 
metal. Anyway. It has three exterior pockets which close very nicely with 
leather buckles. it also has a wide exterior pocket that will hold a 
magazine or your itiniary. of all the bags i have this is the only one that 
people stop me on the street and say "hey! nice bag!". It fits my 15 inch 
titanium powerbook just barely but probably wouldn't do so with a camera in 
it. It'll fit a DSLR, but you need to take the lens off first and cap the 
body. As an M bag, i think it's hard to beat.