Billingham man thinks about buying thinktank

[lxmike]

have you seen the bags that you are interested in...in person?
think tanks bags are very good but they seem a bit bulky to me and have too many small pockets...
take a look at the tenba cooper series...well built very nice looking bags.

just had a look on ebay, they are very nice looking bags🙂

 

[lxmike]

Well just returned from a little run about flea bay and low and behold, a used billingham black Hadley, slightly worn in, (just as l like), came up at a neat price so l hit the button and thus remain a Billingham man, thanks for all your replies to this thread

 

[kuvvy]

Well just returned from a little run about flea bay and low and behold, a used billingham black Hadley, slightly worn in, (just as l like), came up at a neat price so l hit the button and thus remain a Billingham man, thanks for all your replies to this thread

Nice one Mike. Had my first Hadley Original over 20 years and still looked frat when I sold it. Mainly used when weather was poor or when travelling, fits well under plane seats. Often took a smaller bag in luggage for daily use.
Just got myself the Hadley Small too.
Like you Mike I’m off to the US this year and I’m hoping to use the smaller bag.

Paul

 

[giganova]

Great find and congrats!

 

[lxmike]

Nice one Mike. Had my first Hadley Original over 20 years and still looked frat when I sold it. Mainly used when weather was poor or when travelling, fits well under plane seats. Often took a smaller bag in luggage for daily use.
Just got myself the Hadley Small too.
Like you Mike I’m off to the US this year and I’m hoping to use the smaller bag.

Paul

hey Paul good to hear from you, have a great trip when you head off to the US.

 

[lxmike]

Great find and congrats!

Many many thanks🙂

 

[RObert Budding]

A bag is only low profile until you open it to pull out your camera. I've owned both a ThinkTank Retrospective and a Billingham F-Sharp. IMHO the Billingham is far better. YMMV.

 

[lxmike]

A bag is only low profile until you open it to pull out your camera. I've owned both a ThinkTank Retrospective and a Billingham F-Sharp. IMHO the Billingham is far better. YMMV.

thanks Robert l must admit to having a soft spot for Billingham bags🙂🙂

 

[KenR]

Inconspicuous

Inconspicuous

If you want to blend in in NYC then a plastic shopping beg would be best as was previous suggested. I knew someone who carried his Hasselblad kit like that. Not wanting to decend to that level of despair, I have two Courierware black messenger bags with the photo insert. They look like plain black messenger bags. They have been with me countless times on the subway and around town without any issues. But then NY is now one of the safest large cities in the US - not like the 70s and 80s.

 

[Archiver]

@lxmike - hahaha, nice catch with the near mint Billingham.

 

[Godfrey]

Well just returned from a little run about flea bay and low and behold, a used billingham black Hadley, slightly worn in, (just as l like), came up at a neat price so l hit the button and thus remain a Billingham man, thanks for all your replies to this thread

Very nice! Always nice to save something like that from the junk heap. 🙂

G

 

[JoeLopez]

I have a Billingham 225, (over 30 years old), a handlyn pro and a Billingham stowaway, l am after a bag that will blend in and have beendrawn towards the Thinktank retrospective, (pine stone). I must point out that all my life l have been a Billingham man, so why another bag, well l want a small inconspicuous bagbthat willhold two Fuji cameras and or my IIIg when l walk and shoot, this bag l plan to take on my New York trip in November. What are your views on this

Thinktank makes very high quality, great looking bags. The retrospective is just that as well as discrete. You will not be sorry.