hey canada! funky camera bags...

[Deep Fried]

Now if only they had an SCTV bag.....

any brown paper bag from a liqour store is an SCTV bag.

I actually appeared in a kids game show called Hi-Q at the same studio SCTV was recorded in when I was in elementary school

 

[Lauffray]

that's back alley...

my bad ! 😀

 

[Aristophanes]

What shop? My wife would love that CBC bag.

100% vinyl, too!

 

[back alley]

canvas...mine is anyway.

 

[benlees]

100% vinyl, too!

She loves vintage stuff. If I got it for her I'd have to tell her I got at a flea market for a dollar!

 

[Rob-F]

it certainly beats a cocaine obsession...i also like flashlights and knives...

Yep. Camera Bags, Flashlights and knives. Me too.

So what are your preferences in knives? I like Chris Reeve; Timberline (made in Mancos, Colorado); Spyderco; Ruffin Johnson; Cold Steel.

Flashlights: old Ray-O-Vacs, Maglite; and some of the newer LED types, which are so much lighter ands smaller!

I'm debating right now which to take to Colorado next week, as I debate which cameras to take (but I mostly know).

 

[back alley]

i don't really 'collect' them...i buy them occasionally from places like 'canadian tire'...the funkier looking the better.
my last folding pocket knife is a cheap buck.

 

[paulfish4570]

those are some fun looking bags ...

 

[biomed]

Joe,
You should have gone with the RCMP bag.

Mike

 

[back alley]

Joe,
You should have gone with the RCMP bag.

Mike

i bought the biggest bag the store had...

 

[Vince Lupo]

Just found it on the CBC site too: http://www.cbcshop.ca/cbc-style/cbc-retro/cbc-heritage-70-s-nylon-mod-bag.html

And for those of you who want the WWII look: http://www.cbcshop.ca/cbc-style/cbc-retro/retro-cbc-mobile-reporting-bag-tan-brown.html

 

[shadowfox]

http://redcanoebrands.com/index.php/all-products/bags.html#

i bought this one...CBC/Radio-Canada Mobile Recording Shoulder Bag


out on whyte avenue today and passed this funky little shop and found this bag...i fit in a couple of domke inserts and voila...a proud canadian stealth camera bag.

I have a soft spot for casual but rugged canvas bags.
Those a cool!

I've heard knife collections, but tell me more about flashlights... do you collect vintage ones, or only modern ones ?

 

[back alley]

i can't honestly say that i collect them in the standard sense of the word.
i do seem to own quite a few flaslights though...i like one that can be hung on my belt or in a pocket...i like really powerful ones that light up a night sky...i like flashing ones-good for an accident scene...or one that you can read by in a camping tent, lantern style.
i think it's a good idea to have one in every room.

 

[Rob-F]

For reading in the tent, Sue and I use a Coleman battery powered fluorescent light. It gives a good light and the batteries last longer. It has a wide enough base to stand up on the tent floor and not fall over, and tall enough to light an area. We use it, and a propane lamp, for cooking at night. (you can't use propane inside the tent!)

 

[robert blu]

Beautiful bags, I already found the one I would like to have but I'm afraid it is more expensive shipment to Italy than the bag itself!
robert

 

[Trius]

joe, is the strap on the bag you bought detachable, or sewn in?

 

[back alley]

sewn in and on the short side.
it's a cool bag but not ideal.

 

[Trius]

Well, that's a bit of a deal breaker. Not the short (you've met me 😀 ), but the sewn in. Being able to replace a strap easily is important for me.

 

[back alley]

honestly, this is a funky bag, throw in a camera, your cell phone and go for a walk...it's not a serious camera bag...i used it today on a riverboat cruise...it was a work thing...i threw in my d200 with a 40 on it and my 85...cell phone, sun glassess, extra battery...it was fine and fun...put on old bar towel on the bottom for some padding...i felt younger for a few minutes...