Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/08

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Subject: [Leica] Camera bag.....
From: jon.streeter at cox.net (jon.streeter)
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:43:22 -0800

Boy, am I ever getting a lot of vicarious experience here.  :D

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

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From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: [Leica] Camera bag.....
Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2012 8:11 am


I've been on three week long trips in Central America in the rainy season,
hiking and riding horses.  I wear all of my camera equipment in a vest
under a poncho.  Works fine unless you fall in a river which I've done more
than once.  Film cameras dry out fine by a fire.  Digital M's have dried
out fine so far.  Canons die immediately when they get wet.  I only carried
Canons one time.

Tina

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
verizon.net>wrote:

> I always look at Domke first.. but my #1 reason to get a new bag was a
> raincoat to protect the contents.  Domke does not yet offer this feature.
>
> Ditto all those AA, Billingham, M-Classics, etc bags.  Yes more ergonomic
> (?) for the Leica outfit, but significantly less practical for rain.  That
> includes Nylon which is also not waterproof.  It is water resistant.  Water
> resistant means it leaks water.
>
> When you are on a trip, and it rains, what do you do with your camera
> equipment?  Letting it get wet is not an option in my book....and ruining a
> fine piece of leather ( which is water proof ion its own) is also not an
> option.  Leaving it in a hotel is not an option.
>
> What do others do?
>
> Scenario:  You are on a trip far from home.  Say 3 weeks.  You have taken
> your best camera stuff.  You are in the middle of your trip, in a major
> city, heading today for a major indoor/outdoor venue, by walking and taking
> public transportation, or traveling today by train to a new city, and it is
> absolutely pouring outside.
> Cats and Dogs.
>
> Taking away my biases, how would you think through the planning of a camera
> bag for this contingency?
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
>
>
>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com

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