[Leica] Need More Bags?

[rbaron at concentric.net (Robert D. Baron)]

Hi, Uncle Dr. Ted, good to see you back and taking part on the LUG
again.  We've been needing a good designated teacher and ass-kicker
and I'll guess you can still fill that description.

;-)

I've also got a stash of goodie bags from various professional
meetings and groups as well as lots of specialty camera bags and cases
and even a vest too.  I've been trying to teach myself to pare down
and travel lighter but it sure is hard when you start adding up the
stuff you *might* need on a trip or project.

In my day job as a lawyer I've also collected a large number and
variety of briefcases over 40+ years.  I've occasionally wondered how
many purses I would have accumulated if I'd been born a woman.

Best regards,

--Bob

==On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 4:17 PM,  <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> On Aug 27, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Robert D. Baron wrote:
>>
>>> You think so?
>>> Watch this short video featuring M8 shooter David Alan Harvey:
>>> http://vimeo.com/9831500
>
> Thanks Bob an interesting short video! :-)
>
> Well I never collected that many bags, but I did have a pile of them. Not
> because I bought all of them, many were part of the "Goodie package" every
> accredited photographer covering an international sport event received as
> you registered for the games. I still use my shoulder bag from the Summer
> Olympics in Seoul, Korea 1988. It was part of the KODAK contribution to the
> package.! Handles all I need, ?a couple of cameras, M8 and Canon digi
> camera, extra lens or two, spare batteries and battery charger, extra 
> cards,
> freezer Ziploc bag with about a pound of raisins, always great snack food !
>
> A solid bit of experience advice.... do not mix a cup of Vodka with them 
> and
> seal the bag! Trust me it doesn't work! :-)
>
> I also have a half dozen or more "photo vests!" Remember those? With all 
> the
> pouches for 50 rolls of film, spare lens or two, note pad, accreditation 
> and
> passport pouch, Start list for the races of the day, big back pouches for
> heaven knows what you might put in there... a 280mm Leica 2.8! And another
> big bottom pouch for a light weight rain poncho.
> I gave a bunch of them away to young guys starting at a local photo school
> and one to my grandson along with an M6 and 35mm f 1.4 lens. He'll begin
> college next month learning to be a written journalist and photographer.
> Then hopefully become a TV journalist ?At his interview last week he was
> asked ..."Where did you get your interest in photography?"
>
> As he was telling me this he smiled and said... "Oh my grandpa likes
> photography so it came from there." :-) "Remember grandpa, you did say...
> "KISS" is the best way!" And laughed. So what else could I do but laugh 
> with
> him. :-) Considering he came out of the womb into a world of photography, 
> so
> I expect he'll do OK. ;-)
>
> Dr. ted :-)
>
>