shiro_kuro
Charles Bowen
I use the ACAM-7000 which is the canvas version of the Sebastio....
I prefer this bag over the ACAM-7100 (Oscar One Day Bag )..... a bit more room and longer shoulder strap ..... I find it much more comfortable and I like the extra room .... A magazine or 8x10 prints fits nicely in the the side pocket ... the other bag you would have to fold it in half .....
I take this bag everywhere without hesitation .....
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gertf
Established
Thanks shiro_kuro!
maddoc
... likes film again.
The Oscar One Day Bag looks like a winner, except it does appear to use velcro --- at least, from this image on the A&A site:>
Perhaps you have a model other than this one? But this would be the one I'd want. The other A&A bags are too big for me, or just look too much like a camera bag.
I had this bag and sold it. Reason for selling: Being 190 cm tall, the strap is to short to be used as a sling bag. As a shoulder bag it is OK, though.
eli griggs
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TJV
Well-known
Billingham Hadley Digital is my favourite. I can fit two M bodies with lenses attached (usually a 35mm Lux ASPH with hood and Summicron 50,) a light meter, wallet and few rolls of film in the pocket. My black version is brilliant and very stealth.
One other think I really like about it is that it only has one fastening strap so it's very easy and fast to get in and out of. It also fits my Mamiya 7ii if I want to take it out instead of my Leica's.
Tim
One other think I really like about it is that it only has one fastening strap so it's very easy and fast to get in and out of. It also fits my Mamiya 7ii if I want to take it out instead of my Leica's.
Tim
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Tom A
RFF Sponsor
Over the decades I have carried gear in just about everything. It depends what you need it for. Commercial stuff, with Hasselblads, Nikon's etc I used the Domke New Yorker from 1975. It could hold most everything you needed and you only had to hand it to a client and they would OK money for a "schlepper" to carry it! Easily topped 40-45 pounds.
For my rangefinders I use a Brady fishing bag, the Ariel Trout. It comes with a plastized insert (thus you can fill it with water and carry the live trout home! I usually remove this and use one or two towels as padding (one is folded at the bottom and the other is stuffed between bodies).
They have to front pockets that will hold my pipe, a can of tobacco and some matches and the other one holds odds and ends like folding knife, spare keys and all that stuff you think you will need, but rarely do,
No velcro anywhere, leather straps with brass "fittings" and a webbed. wide strap. The advantage is that it looks like a book bag (and will hold a regular sized magazine 8.5x11). The canvas "duck" material is virtually impossible to wear out (2-3 years).
I can fit 2 M sized bodies with lenses, an extra lens and some doodads in it. For traveling, it is small enough and inconnous enough not to attract attention. They are bit tricky to find and I usually buy 3 at a time (7-8 years supply). I have used them for the last 20-25 years and not found anything that is better.
For my rangefinders I use a Brady fishing bag, the Ariel Trout. It comes with a plastized insert (thus you can fill it with water and carry the live trout home! I usually remove this and use one or two towels as padding (one is folded at the bottom and the other is stuffed between bodies).
They have to front pockets that will hold my pipe, a can of tobacco and some matches and the other one holds odds and ends like folding knife, spare keys and all that stuff you think you will need, but rarely do,
No velcro anywhere, leather straps with brass "fittings" and a webbed. wide strap. The advantage is that it looks like a book bag (and will hold a regular sized magazine 8.5x11). The canvas "duck" material is virtually impossible to wear out (2-3 years).
I can fit 2 M sized bodies with lenses, an extra lens and some doodads in it. For traveling, it is small enough and inconnous enough not to attract attention. They are bit tricky to find and I usually buy 3 at a time (7-8 years supply). I have used them for the last 20-25 years and not found anything that is better.
Bingley
Veteran
Another vote for this one.
marke
Well-known
I have the (leather) Sebastio Reporter. I was under the impression that it's a little bit larger than the Oscar One Day, but I could be wrong. Whatever the case, I don't use this bag a lot, mostly just for transporting my M kit. I find it too large for shooting.
The center holds my MP with 50mm/f.14 Summicron attached. On one side I have my 35mm/f2.0 Summicron and CV 25mm/f4. The other side holds my M6TTL (0.58x VF). The front pockets hold film and a FL-20 flash. The rear pocket holds a Moleskine notebook, pens, and a couple micro-fiber lens cloths. The zipped mesh pocket on the underside of the top flap holds a Leica 1.25x VF multiplier, a couple spare meter batteries, and a small bottle of lens cleaning fluid.
shiro_kuro
Charles Bowen
Exactly what I dislike about this bag ...I have had it for 3 days now ..... The strap is just a bit short to carry comfortably as a sling bag..... I am sure A&A would customize the bag with a longer strap if you really liked this bag ..
Marke you correct the Sebastio Reporter is a bit larger than the Oscar One Day bag ......
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Way
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You could have a luggage/shoe repair shop sew a longer strap. It's actually very easy to do if you have a sewing machine.
edodo
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Tom, I like the Ariel Trout bag you mentioned, but have you tried the billingham hadley? They look alike a lot but the billingham has padding insert made for it.
findwolfhard
Established
Swell bag!
Swell bag!
Why don`t you buy one of the original vintage Leica Kombi-Bag?
Ridiculously expensive at their time in the sixties and seventies can they be picked up now for ridiculously little money!
Best regs Wolfhard
Swell bag!
Why don`t you buy one of the original vintage Leica Kombi-Bag?
Ridiculously expensive at their time in the sixties and seventies can they be picked up now for ridiculously little money!
Best regs Wolfhard
Pablito
coco frío
Domke is very good and real. I don't care much for any of those fancypants bags like A&A or those ultra expensive Billingham ones. M-classic is good but it's gotten too pricey. Courierware is very good:
http://courierbags.com/objects/20.itml/icOid/20
http://courierbags.com/objects/20.itml/icOid/20
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ChrisPlatt
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Domke offers superb professional grade bags at popular prices.
Chris
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johnastovall
Light Hunter - RIP 2010
If you want a camera bag that doesn't look like a camera bag
consider this The Bowler Camera Bag.
But I use several different Domke bags.
consider this The Bowler Camera Bag.
But I use several different Domke bags.
craygc
Well-known
Im sure that bag is real popular with out and about photographers down there in Texas
Vics
Veteran
Of all my bags, I like working out of my Lowepro Nova2 the best. Seems to hold just the right amount of stuff for me. I use it with an M3 and Collapsible 'cron and AutometerIV + film, or two bodies (Contax IIIa is the 2nd, w/WA lens.) It always seems just right. Could be I've just gotten so used to it.
Vic
Vic
Tom A
RFF Sponsor
I don't like padding, though my cameras probably would like it! I tend to use towels or occasionally lens bags to keep things from banging into each other. The Billingham's are nice (and expensive) but they were copied from the Brady bags. I tried to get them to change something and was told "We make them for fishermen, not photographers!". Still like them though.
Today I was out using up some film for a development test run. Three cameras, two Nikon S3's and a SP with 35/50/105 lenses on them ( and the 105 was the f2.5 which is not exactly a small lens. Not too uncomfortable to carry around for several hours.
Nando
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I very much like my M-Classics bag and would highly recommend it to anybody.
afineman
Established
i really like my mountainsmith tour pack
http://www.mountainsmith.com/products.asp?productId=28&categoryId=4&subCategoryId=3&subCategory2Id=0
i put a domke short 4 lens insert into it and some padding from an old camping sleeping pad. the 4 lens insert ripped and now it is more of a 3 compartment insert and that works great for the m8 with a lens attached (although it will fit in the smaller compartment in the insert with some lenses attached)
http://www.mountainsmith.com/products.asp?productId=28&categoryId=4&subCategoryId=3&subCategory2Id=0
i put a domke short 4 lens insert into it and some padding from an old camping sleeping pad. the 4 lens insert ripped and now it is more of a 3 compartment insert and that works great for the m8 with a lens attached (although it will fit in the smaller compartment in the insert with some lenses attached)