The best camera bag ever?!?

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I have a Chrome "Nico Sling" bag that holds both my Bessa R2 and GRDIV with a few extra supplies or just my M5. It's basically a tough, water resistant, padded fanny pack. I don't like to carry a lot when I go out. I could bring an extra lens with just the Bessa, but I usually only take one camera and one lens when out shooting any way. It's great for the rainy PNW and I wear it as a sling which is good for biking too. I have a cell phone holder that straps onto the main strap. I imagine you could add other attachments to the main strap to hold film, etc... Chrome offers two other larger camera bags. They make bombproof, waterproof messenger bags, a good company to check out. http://www.chromeindustries.com/us/en/bags/camera-bags.
 
I'm a big fan of Zip Locs but a good Glad Bag works just as well.

I've had a lot of camera bags and now I just carry the camera and otherwise keep the extra gear in a conventional day pack. Zip locks and Domke padded wraps do the rest and I have a more comfortable carry and my gear is safer and cleaner than from being in any sort of camera bag.

After years of Domkes and Think Tanks and the like, I think they are silly.
 
Pablito said:
That must have been quite an experience. We you in the stadium for the black power salute?
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slightly OT but my Uncle Peter Norman won the 68 200m silver between Tommy Smith and John Carlos and they remember him in the film Salute.

I like my Hadley very much though it's a little big for what I need for a day trip.
 
Any billingham is the best camera bag ever. Just give them a couple of decades and you will see.
 
Amongst others, I have 2 Billinghams, the 335 bought in 1988 and the Hadley Pro which is 10 years old. But my favourite is the Fogg B Major which in size is somewhere between the 2 Billinghams. If the B- bags are made to last a lifetime, the Foggs will probably last twice that. As an out and about bag with just my M-E with one lens, I've become quite enarmoured recently with the Millican "Steven the waist bag", not technically a camera bag but with it's roll top, it's impervious to bad weather. But really I hope there isn't a perfect bag because it would take all the fun out of shopping around for the latest and greatest.
 
For daily use, the Hadley Pro suits me the best. Moving a lot of cameras and lenses on long flights... the Thinktank Airport International V 2.0 carry-on rolling camera bag...super solid. After stripping the padding you can use both bags for general (traveling) purposes.
 
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