judsonzhao
Well-known
3 now... must not buy more
burancap
Veteran
Here is a site with a comparison. Read the comments re what might fit: http://leolaksi.wordpress.com/2009/...leys-in-comparison-hadley-pro-v-hadley-small/
lxmike
M2 fan.
thanks for the inside knowledge, I have a 335 that is over three decades old and showing worse for ware
seakayaker1
Well-known
4 bags total, 3 Artist & Artisans and 1 other. 2 bags for film camera use and 2 for digital. Also have to f stop backpacks for use when traveling.
twopointeight
Well-known
I'm looking for a backpack style bag that offers protection and loads from the top. Most backpack for cameras need to be put flat on the ground or are split in the center. Both types have been awkward even dangerous to use, interms of gear tumbling out. Suggestions?
mfunnell
Shaken, so blurred
In regular use:
A Tamrac roller-bag, just barely 'legal' for overhead luggage. Sometimes (like right now) used with dividers to carry camera gear, laptop, hard drives etc. but mostly with dividers out as a general-use carry-on bag. It's had a lot of use, and so wear, and is sorely in need of replacement. I'll probably buy one just like it (if I can).
A Lowepro Slingshot, which mostly gets used to hold camera gear in the boot of the car rather than for carrying cameras around, though it's used that way sometimes.
Two Lowepro large 'sliplock' camera pouches used as stand-alone bags (unfortunately, it seems, they're no longer available else I'd buy a couple more). One permanently holds an RF camera (whether M type 240, M3 or Hexar RF) and a few lenses - whatever my current "go to" gear is; while the other carries something else (whatever that is at any given time) - a 5D plus 50mm/f1.2 and 24mm/f2.8 is a common carry, or an OM-4T and a couple of Zuiko lenses, or (all too occasionally) a Rolleicord, or "whatever". These two are my most-used bags.
A Tamrac "snoot" type bag with 50D and 100-400mm zoom plus one other lens (often the 24mm/f2.8, sometimes a 18-55mmIS, sometimes a 35mm/f2).
All but the first have a random-ish collection of microfibre cloths, Lens-Pen lens brushes, spare batteries of multiple types and film or memory cards (sometimes both, sometimes wrongly
).
I have 3 other bags that get less use: one carrying a multiple-body Nikon film kit; one suited to carrying two RF cameras plus 4-5 lenses (both from Lowepro) and a small Tamrac bag with a Pentax SLR and two lenses.
I haven't bought a bag in ages, so I guess the above must suit me.
...Mike
A Tamrac roller-bag, just barely 'legal' for overhead luggage. Sometimes (like right now) used with dividers to carry camera gear, laptop, hard drives etc. but mostly with dividers out as a general-use carry-on bag. It's had a lot of use, and so wear, and is sorely in need of replacement. I'll probably buy one just like it (if I can).
A Lowepro Slingshot, which mostly gets used to hold camera gear in the boot of the car rather than for carrying cameras around, though it's used that way sometimes.
Two Lowepro large 'sliplock' camera pouches used as stand-alone bags (unfortunately, it seems, they're no longer available else I'd buy a couple more). One permanently holds an RF camera (whether M type 240, M3 or Hexar RF) and a few lenses - whatever my current "go to" gear is; while the other carries something else (whatever that is at any given time) - a 5D plus 50mm/f1.2 and 24mm/f2.8 is a common carry, or an OM-4T and a couple of Zuiko lenses, or (all too occasionally) a Rolleicord, or "whatever". These two are my most-used bags.
A Tamrac "snoot" type bag with 50D and 100-400mm zoom plus one other lens (often the 24mm/f2.8, sometimes a 18-55mmIS, sometimes a 35mm/f2).
All but the first have a random-ish collection of microfibre cloths, Lens-Pen lens brushes, spare batteries of multiple types and film or memory cards (sometimes both, sometimes wrongly
).I have 3 other bags that get less use: one carrying a multiple-body Nikon film kit; one suited to carrying two RF cameras plus 4-5 lenses (both from Lowepro) and a small Tamrac bag with a Pentax SLR and two lenses.
I haven't bought a bag in ages, so I guess the above must suit me.
...Mike
bence8810
Well-known
3 bags. A Billingham Hadley small for everyday use. I take this to work and it fits an M3 with a collapsible 50, my wallet and e-reader, 2 rolls of film, my lunch box and some cables / external batteries etc.
I have a Billingham F4.5 which is somewhat larger and I use that on weekends when I also carry a medium format with me.
Then from the old DSLR days I have a Vanguard backpack that I only use to store stuff in these days.
Ben
I have a Billingham F4.5 which is somewhat larger and I use that on weekends when I also carry a medium format with me.
Then from the old DSLR days I have a Vanguard backpack that I only use to store stuff in these days.
Ben
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seakayaker1
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Look at the FStop bags, never had any problems with items tumbling out.
I own a GURU and a Tilopa model from FStop.
http://fstopgear.com/product
Pablito
coco frío
paulfish4570
Veteran
i've switched to one bag for my EDC and cameras: Finnish army gas mask bag ...
f16sunshine
Moderator
Hey Paul
Excellent taste man!! I use the olive colored canvas Finnish mask bag as well.
All those little pockets under the flap are great.
I got a $6 lightly padded drawstring top insert from ebay that nests perfectly.
I'm going to attempt to wax mine.
With prices in the teens to replace it .... seems pretty low risk If I fail
Cheers!
red snapper
Established
This what I generally use for Film Leicas. Usually alternate this Domke with an M Classics, CCS or Billingham Hadley Pro shoulder bag. They do a similar job but hang quite differently so its good to change them round every few weeks or so. That way the strain isn't always on same part of the back. If I need more space to carry more bits and pieces, especially if away for a couple of days, its a Billingham Packington. My usual 2x D700's plus couple of zooms, 50mm/1.8, flash, etc. working press kit lives in either a Lowe Pro backpack or CCS shoulder bag.
Darshan
Well-known
1 and 1 - Domke F6
asilda
Member
I Use Billingham Hadley Pro every day and I also have Filson, Crumpler, and Lowepro. I tried Ona and a few others. It's all a matter of preference.
rybolt
Well-known
Own-20+
Use-2-both discontinued Shibatas. they weigh nothing. look cheap and protect the stuff that's in them.
Use-2-both discontinued Shibatas. they weigh nothing. look cheap and protect the stuff that's in them.
pete hogan
Well-known
One, a North Face "Darwin" field bag from '90.
I mostly use just one, a Lowe-Pro Nova 4 (I had to go look), a medium size bag that seems able to manage whatever gear I want to take... Mostly on vacation trips, as otherwise I don't use a bag. And other stuff that's useful to have at hand is usually in it too, like iPad Mini, headphones, airline boarding pass, etc.
Overall I think I have about 5 bags, or 6 if I include the Lowe-Pro Photo-Trekker backpack that came with a used Pentax-67 kit. And a small bag I've never used that was a website promotional item. I expect a lot of us have multiple bags sitting unused.
I recall buying a bag, maybe the Nova 4, at the Tall's Camera outlet in Northgate Mall, Seattle. I wanted something for my then-new Bronica RF645 and had it along to see how it would fit various bags. The salesman fell all over himself in surprise and excitement about the Bronica! And he made the sale...
Overall I think I have about 5 bags, or 6 if I include the Lowe-Pro Photo-Trekker backpack that came with a used Pentax-67 kit. And a small bag I've never used that was a website promotional item. I expect a lot of us have multiple bags sitting unused.
I recall buying a bag, maybe the Nova 4, at the Tall's Camera outlet in Northgate Mall, Seattle. I wanted something for my then-new Bronica RF645 and had it along to see how it would fit various bags. The salesman fell all over himself in surprise and excitement about the Bronica! And he made the sale...
Fuchs
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I have at least ten bags that I use.
For travelling on assignment, Pelican 1600something case. For shooting, the smallest one that can hold the whole gear to be used. The most used are Domke F5XB, ThinkTank SpeedDaemon, ThinkTank Retrospective 10, and Domke F3X.
For travelling on assignment, Pelican 1600something case. For shooting, the smallest one that can hold the whole gear to be used. The most used are Domke F5XB, ThinkTank SpeedDaemon, ThinkTank Retrospective 10, and Domke F3X.
summar
Well-known
At least half a dozen. I like having my cameras and all their respective attachments in one place so nothing gets mislaid and everything is ready to go.
kiemchacsu
Well-known
burancap said:
I currently have a Hadley Small and wondering if I need a bigger bag for laptop, clothes and cameras for a 1-3 days trip.
Today I decided not to bid on a Hadley Large Pro because the frequency that I use that bag is pretty rare.
In the end, it was sold for 300$ included a sp50. Link here if you care
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=271840122830