My next one is going to have wheels. Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bags suck. Get yourself a Pelican waterproof and dustproof case. > Paul > On Mar 30, 2007, at 9:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > I have more freekin' camera bags than I know what to do with. > > > > But I don't have a good bag that will hold the K10D plus DA14, > DA21, > > FA28, FA43 and DA70, with one lens mounted on the camera, and still > > a) have enough room to carry all the other junk I often carry > > (batteries, cards, remote, notebook, book to read, cell phone, > Epson > > P2000 etc ... NO laptop) and b) carry all that and still work out > of > > it. I have bags that will FIT all that but are useless to work out > > of, bags that are wonderful to work out of but only carry two > lenses > > comfortably ... etc etc. My Domkes *almost* do it but the F6 is a > > little too tight, the F3 is too deep, the F2 gets too large, etc > etc > > etc. > > > > So I began a search for that next 'perfect bag' to fulfill those > > requirements a couple of weeks ago. After looking at a lot of bags, > I > > think I'm coming down to a decision. The Lowepro Stealth Reporter > > series design works well and they have a wide range of sizes. The > > D100 is too small ... I tried one of them, stuff doesn't fit. The > > D200 looks like it might work and the D300 really has to work ... > but > > the D200 and D300 are out of stock locally so I can't try my stuff > in > > them. I *will not* buy another bag that I do not fit my stuff into > > physically and see how it works. The other two are the Crumpler > > (famous for the worlds *worst* website... not to mention stupid bag > > names) "6 Million Dollar Home" and "7 Million Dollar Home". But > > nobody carries them in stock locally. > > > > My local dealer told me the other day that one of his distributors > > does carry Crumpler and maybe he had a '6 Million Dollar Home' that > > he could bring in for me to look at. "If I don't call you today, > > figure he doesn't have one." He didn't call. So this morning I > called > > B&H and asked if it would be all right if I ordered *four* bags ... > > both Crumplers and both Lowepros ... and then returned three. It's > > worth the shipping charges to get the right one, to me. They said > no > > problem, so four bags are on their way to me now... > > > > Of course, my local dealer calls me back about an hour after > > that. ;-) "Our distributor didn't have a 6, but he had a 5 and a 7, > > dropped them off..." > > > > The 5 Million Dollar Home is obviously too small so I didn't bother > > looking at it much, but it does seem nicely made. The 7 Million > > Dollar Home is very nice. Everything fit the way I wanted it to and > > is well protected, and there's a ton more room both above the gear > > and in pockets to handle all the other incidentals. It's nicely > > styled ... trim and not an "obvious camera bag" ... and looks to be > > well made. Blue with an orange interior isn't quite my thing but it > > seems a very workable bag. I don't know whether the 6 will actually > > have enough room, based on how everything fits in the 7 ... It's > > about two inches smaller both in length and height, but the same > > front to back. > > > > Anyone else using these bags? What do you carry in them? how do you > > like them? Please ... only the Lowepro Stealth Reporter D200-D300 > and > > the Crumpler 6/7 Million Dollar Home bags. I don't want to even > think > > about anything else at this point. > > > > Once I settle on this one, I'm going to do a fire sale on all the > > ones I don't use... ! > > > > Godfrey > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
