[Leica] re: What's in your bag?

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

That's not a camera bag. It's a more like a pirates sea chest.  ;-)

Len


On Sep 15, 2007, at 12:01 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> http://www.kylecassidy.com/images/2007/camerabag.jpg
>
>
> What an interesting exercise. After dumping the contents of my bag  
> for the first time in ... two years, I was surprised at how little  
> useful stuff it contains.
>
> 1) Domke Journalist (i think it's the "little bit bigger" bag
>
> 1 Leica d200 body with 50mm 1.8
>
> 1 bigfoot action figure
>
> 1 Nikon 80-200 f2.8
>
> 1 Sigma 12-24mm
>
> 1 MF 100mm f 2.8 macro (Vivitar series 1)
>
> 1 Nikon 18-70
>
> 1 Lens baby (I have no idea why that piece of crap is still in there)
>
> 1 body an 1 rear cap
>
> 75 cents
>
> 2 pounds 20 pence
>
> 1 sharpie (red)
>
> 1 pen stolen from bank
>
> 1 pen stolen from ritz carlton bucharest (ink long dried up)
>
> 1 Lamy safari tri-pen. (pen out of ink, pencil out of graphite)
>
> 1 lens pen (gift from Jim Shulman)
>
> 11 gigs various memory cards
>
> 1 digital recorder with a bunch of recordings of sailors talking  
> about their tattoos, but also 11 minutes of the London underground  
> (Picadilly line)
>
> 1 Cokin lens holder containg graduated ND and graduated tobacco ($1  
> bin at the local ritz camera)
>
> 1 airline receipt (PHL LHR)
>
> 1 baggage tag (PHL to LHX)
>
> 1 earplug
>
> 1 first aid kit containing band-aids, asprin, tums, sleeping pills,  
> allergy pills, and anti diarreah pills
>
> 1 Barbie head with presidential campaign button  stuck to her ear  
> (body unaccounted for)
>
> 1 multi tool from Cabellas (2 for $10, contains flash light)
>
> 1 AA battery emergency power converter for Leica d200
>
> 1 nikon sb80dx flash
>
> 1 flask (smells like burbon)
>
> 2 blank CD's
>
> 1 "area 51 security pass" (gift store in Roswell)
>
> (many) postcards from various projects with my contact info on them
>
> (many) model release, blank and filled out
>
> 1 handy-wipe toweltte
>
> 1 plastic bag for rain (not pictured, under camera bottom)
>
> 1 small portfolio of various crappy photos
>
> 1 travel journal with lots of witty observations and people's  
> contact info
>
> 1 PA turnpike reciept ($2.25)
>
> 1 receipt from the National Theater's Olivier Bar (1 Magner's Irish  
> Cider -- 3.35, 1 Guinness btl 2.60)
>
> 1 receipt from Green Chili restaurant (Hammersmith)
>
> 1 ATM receipt (withdraw $180)
>
> 1 reciept from "the plough" bar -- 9.15
>
>
> 1 cab receipt, airport, $30
>
> 1 business card, green chili restaurant
>
> 1 copy of the Great Gatsby, paperback
>
> 1 copy 17th Century English Minor Poets
>
>
>
> Where's the tape? the paper clips? the safety pins?
>
> kc
>
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