Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/30

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Subject: [Leica] Crumpler "five million dollar home"
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Fri Mar 30 05:36:57 2007
References: <20070330111744.7878C1C01A0@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com>
 
I love the image. I have two bags a tallee and an old messenger bag  
with photo insert. The tallee has much too much velcro - impossible  
to open one handed, the velcro is capable of lifting the weight of  
the bag, and NOISY. I like the layout and weird colours. I also have  
a laptop sleeve which is perfect.
Frank
On 30 Mar, 2007, at 12:17, Marty Deveney wrote:

> There is a Crumpler store 10 minutes walk from our house here in
> Adelaide.  We have about fifteen various Crumpler things (I even  
> have the
> seemingly no longer available 'leg thingy' - don't ask if you don't  
> know)
> .  For an M8 and a couple of spare lenses, Jeffery's suggestions are
> absolutely right, but also keep in mind the Quarfie and its  
> Bucket.  You
> can put dividers in the bucket to arrange space for the camera with  
> lens
> and other lenses, plus wallet, pen, notebook, business cards, mobile
> phone etc.  You may need to have small lenses to do this, but the
> Soupansalad Son-O and its bucket (the next size up) would be right if
> your lenses are all Summilux or Noctilux size.  The nice thing about
> these is you can use the bags to carry other stuff if you need to.
>
> My first Crumplers were made in Australia.  The next few were made in
> Vietnam.  The newest ones are made in China.  Some say this makes a
> difference.  They're all good, very good.  About the only thing to  
> watch
> out for is that Chicken-Tex&#8482; is tougher than clothes.  Expect  
> a lot
> of pilling.  I have t-shirts that I've worn on holidays where I've  
> walked
> a lot with a Crumpler that are almost worn through.  This seems to be
> dependant on friction - smooth materials don't rub as much.
>
> Irrespective of this, I wouldn't carry a camera, laptop, phone,  
> whatever,
> in anything else.
>
> Keep on Crumpling.
>
> Marty
>
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In reply to: Message from freakscene at weirdness.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] Crumpler "five million dollar home")