“The Short but Eventful History of the Camera Bag”

It looks like it might be an interesting article. But it requires i login, create an account, etc to read it in full. Sorry: i dont give personal info out that way very often. It just increases the already overwhelming spam traffic i have to wade through and delete everyday.

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Godfrey said:
It looks like it might be an interesting article. But it requires i login, create an account, etc to read it in full. Sorry: i dont give personal info out that way very often. It just increases the already overwhelming spam traffic i have to wade through and delete everyday.

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I agree
 
So what I do for websites that require an account is I use a second account (gmail/hotmail/yahoo, etc...) that is specifically for that purpose. I don't link the "spam email address" to my actual personal email (which is not linked to my two business email addresses, either), and every thing is fine. It's sort of like having a PO Box for your business and a home mailing address for friends and family. Or whatever.
 
I use that strategy too. But it still means that over the years, I've accumulated a half dozen guard email addresses and they get picked and targeted anyway, closed down when the admins on those servers see Gbytes of waste junk accumulated by a "dead" account.

This is an ongoing problem. I've simply adopted the policy now that unless a listing is really valuable or on a bona fide open site, i skip it.

I've been on the internet since 1983-4 (forty years) and this problem of spam has grown exponentially in the past 15 years.

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Here we go.

I find the article somewhat lacking. Hard to believe the early days of "flexible" camera bags consisted solely of Brady, Billingham and Domke. The rest reads like a catalog.
 
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Archlich said:
Here we go.

I find the article somewhat lacking. Hard to believe the early days of "flexible" camera bags consisted solely of Brady, Billingham and Domke. The rest reads like a catalog.
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I don’t think it was intended to be all inclusive, but I do remember how limited bags were in the mid 70s. I got my first F2 directly from Jim in the mid to late 70s, it replaced a classic Leica bag that was wearing out. My first ballistic nylon bag came along in 1982 or so when Tenba hit the scene.
 
Ken Ford said:
I don’t think it was intended to be all inclusive, but I do remember how limited bags were in the mid 70s. I got my first F2 directly from Jim in the mid to late 70s, it replaced a classic Leica bag that was wearing out. My first ballistic nylon bag came along in 1982 or so when Tenba hit the scene.
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hmm?

I don't remember the brands of the bags I had, but I had at least four or five different camera bags made by popular manufacturers before 1970. (I started doing photography as a serious amateur in 1963, when I was about 9 yo). None of them were very expensive as my mom only gave me $5 a week allowance until I was in third year of high school. 😉

Very popular amongst my young photographer friends was an army surplus WWII gas mask bag, and a very similar canteen bag, both available mail order for under $12 or so. The modern Wotancraft "Canteener" line is modeled on that WWII surplus canteen bag, and it remains amongst my most useful and favorite daily carry bags for shooting.

I remember the local camera store and the stores down in Manhattan (I grew up in NYC area) having tons of gorgeous bags even as a 10 year old tyke ... and I couldn't afford any of them. 😱

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I was lucky enough as a young teen ca. 1975 to be given that first mostly worn out Leica bag, it followed me everywhere for a few years until I got sick of patching the corner holes with carpet thread. The F2 was a major investment for me and was paid with the proceeds of my first stories, but it lasted through my entire brief PJ career and is still in service.
 
I was one of the WWII gasmask bag users. They were a favourite bag of people on the overland hippie trail to Kathmandu. Most hippies probably used them to keep assorted stuff like clean underwear and their stash safe. Mine held a Barnack, a couple lenses and some film. Best of all they didn’t look like a camera bag to tempt pilfering. In 1971 and 1976-77 I made solo around the world trips with the above setup, stopping in places like Afghanistan for some exotic street photography. Never had any problems and my wandering often took me down back alleys and on the wrong side of the tracks.

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