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i just bought a domke 5xc, it can hold all my gear when i prefer to take it all with me rather than decide.
i have used the domke 5xb for years (off & on) for a smaller kit and i'm about to buy (again) a domke 5xa for when i want just a very few things to carry...
so clearly for me, the domke 5x series is perfection!
i have used the domke 5xb for years (off & on) for a smaller kit and i'm about to buy (again) a domke 5xa for when i want just a very few things to carry...
so clearly for me, the domke 5x series is perfection!
taskoni
Well-known
Hmm, looks like I have the worst bag here.
Those Domke bags looks really nice :bang:
Those Domke bags looks really nice :bang:
Kherberos
Laurent
The perfect bag, for me, would be the bag you can get order-made, or nearly order made. And then will last forever.
I am still to confirm that, but Fogg bag may very well be the ticket with that matter.
I am still to confirm that, but Fogg bag may very well be the ticket with that matter.
Tom Rymour
Member
You need a bag for your age. In 1969 I was balanced: the right shoulder bore a Canon FL body in a holster case with 85-300mm fitted. The left shoulder bore the weight of a plastic bag stuffed with Canon and Leica rangefinders. Today, at 71, I rely on a Hadley with M2 35, M3 50 plus a 28 coupled to a 90 by a ring. Plus a Sekonic incident and plenty of film. The olive green Hadley is so trashed that nobody will ever feel tempted to snatch it, butv it will outlive me...
Instantclassic
Hans
I have two Billinghams. One Hadley and one Alice. One Lowepro Slingshot 100 and LowePro Pro Runner 350 AW chinese lookalike.
Now I just carry my M2 w 35mm around my shoulder with film in my pocket. What a relief.
My other bags will go except for the big backpack.
I have however just ordered the ThinkTank Retrospective 10 for my Pentax 67 w/ two lenses. The magic of medium format is a heavy burden indeed...
Now I just carry my M2 w 35mm around my shoulder with film in my pocket. What a relief.
My other bags will go except for the big backpack.
I have however just ordered the ThinkTank Retrospective 10 for my Pentax 67 w/ two lenses. The magic of medium format is a heavy burden indeed...
DanOnRoute66
I now live in Des Moines
Domke now has those waxed fabric bags; I think they call them "ruggedwear." I don't have any of them -- yet.
Vobluda
Well-known
porktaco
Well-known
i've got three that i cycle through right now. the general design idea is small+light, top open with zipper (no velcro, no clips, no flaps).
1. for a lot of stuff - diaperdude
2. for most days - eastpak madison (likely discontinued)
3. for light days - pacsafe fannypack. yes it looks douchey, but i have come to the conclusion that there is no elegant way to carry a camera. this one would be very awesome if it clipped on and off more easily.
oh, there's a 4. artist and artisan bag with inserts, which i take when i really take a lot of gear. i had bought it with the intention of it being my #1 bag, and it's great, but just very big.
1. for a lot of stuff - diaperdude
2. for most days - eastpak madison (likely discontinued)
3. for light days - pacsafe fannypack. yes it looks douchey, but i have come to the conclusion that there is no elegant way to carry a camera. this one would be very awesome if it clipped on and off more easily.
oh, there's a 4. artist and artisan bag with inserts, which i take when i really take a lot of gear. i had bought it with the intention of it being my #1 bag, and it's great, but just very big.
furcafe
Veteran
Good choice! 
Chrome Mini-Metros have been my main camera bags for over 6 years. I have 1 left-shouldered & 1 right-shouldered & alternate between the 2 so I don't end up as a hunchback.
For inserts, I use Billinghams & Tenbas w/different configurations. They also fit in briefcases & other bags that I use for work.
Chrome Mini-Metros have been my main camera bags for over 6 years. I have 1 left-shouldered & 1 right-shouldered & alternate between the 2 so I don't end up as a hunchback.
For inserts, I use Billinghams & Tenbas w/different configurations. They also fit in briefcases & other bags that I use for work.
I tried a lot of different bags but actually I guess I just found the perfect one :
It's a messenger bag made for (my) life by Chrome, San Francisco, USA.
With its comfortable strap, that messenger bag previously designed to be used on a bike fits perfectly to my body when I move, but with the quick release, I can take my camera instantly.
The two passed years it was with me in all my photo trips, and never betrayed me.
In my bag there's : a notebook, a pen, my phone, a pen lens cleaner, a cable release, my camera with 3 or 4 lenses, a flash unit, batteries for my camera and the flash unit, memory cards, and a mini tripod.
There's still little pockets for money, ID card, tickets…
(The partition is an addition; if I take it out I have my original bag back.
I can also get as many lens pouches as I want if I move the pads.)
shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Domke F2.
*the* perfect bag.
Unless when you're shooting 8x10 with a beat up Burke&James, then a sturdy fruit box is the deal
*the* perfect bag.
Unless when you're shooting 8x10 with a beat up Burke&James, then a sturdy fruit box is the deal
taskoni
Well-known
Looks beautiful to me
At least have some protection left Mine don't offer anything as a protection, it's just soft russian gasmask bag. I love the color, but I like your more!!!
Respect,
b.
Timestep
Established
domke f2 of course
walking around bag is a domke f6, with single insert 9 2 lens.
in this, a nikon s2 rangefinder with 50, 35,or 21mm lens; inthe larger dection, a pentax mx with 50mm.
option of rangefinder or slr, as arises
walking around bag is a domke f6, with single insert 9 2 lens.
in this, a nikon s2 rangefinder with 50, 35,or 21mm lens; inthe larger dection, a pentax mx with 50mm.
option of rangefinder or slr, as arises
Timestep
Established
further to bags. the brady gelderburn is a joy in and of itself
great for the market, with rubber liner intact.
but never found it useful for cameras.
then came domke, and i've never looked back
great for the market, with rubber liner intact.
but never found it useful for cameras.
then came domke, and i've never looked back
csg
csg
I use a Filson's small field bag for my M8 and a couple of lenses. It also pockets for a phone, lens cleaners and all sorts of stuff. Its waterproof, doesn't look like a camera bag, and will last forever. It's perfect for me!
olleorama
flasher extraordinaire
Anybody tried sewing their own bag? I did some bags for my touring bike in the same styles as Carradice and Ghille Berthoud bags, and I'm starting to think about making something like the wotancraft bags, only larger (for my mamiya super 23 kit and flashes). I have googled a lot but I can't find anybody making anything inspiring. Mostly modding existing (often surplus) bags.
I'm also thinking of making a dedicated little TLR shoulder bag.
I'm also thinking of making a dedicated little TLR shoulder bag.
_goodtimez
Well-known
I got the Domke F6. This is the first bag I buy which allows me to say that if I had to design a bag from a white sheet of paper, I would draw something similar to the F6.
It is absolutly perfect in size, shape, number of inner walls, and even material texture, not to hard neither too soft.
It is absolutly perfect in size, shape, number of inner walls, and even material texture, not to hard neither too soft.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Yes, the F6 is a good choice--I concur! I've been using a sand colored one for the past year or so. Now, if I were to get a second one, I rather like both the olive color, and the "rugged wear" version, which is apparently treated with oil and/or wax to make it weather resistant. I wonder what some of you bag aficionados might think of that idea? Me, I rather like the looks of it. But it has been said that the oil, or wax, or whatever it is, tends to rub off on things.
Your thoughts?
ChrisLivsey
Veteran
The wax does rub off, so a white shirt for example will be marked. The wax also, climate dependant, can make the fabric stiff. This makes the material retain quite sharp "folds" these then wear quite quickly into holes. This can be an attractive look if you seek the world travelled photojournalist style but makes the waterproofing poor. They can be re-waxed/proofed but I have not seen the factory finish restored by a home job. Again that can be an attractive look.
Personally I cherish the wear on my 20yr? old F2 but baulk at carrying it with anything like a full load these days. Indeed it could hold every bit of M and F kit I have with room to spare. In its, and my, heyday it carried the 'blad and lenses and flash.
Turtle
Veteran
Slingshot 100 and 200 in the main.
Also Domke F6... rarely now the F2 when I want to carry more.
I too try to trim down and keep lean. More causes that trade off when you start thinking about gear and not about making a good pic with what you have.
I now try to stick to two bodies and 2-3 lenses. 4 max.
I'm off to finish a project in India soon with an Xpan (45mm) and Leica M (25/35) in a lowepro slingshot 100 and thats it. Guess I will have to make it work but I sure will enjoy being light on my feet every day for 3 weeks!
Also Domke F6... rarely now the F2 when I want to carry more.
I too try to trim down and keep lean. More causes that trade off when you start thinking about gear and not about making a good pic with what you have.
I now try to stick to two bodies and 2-3 lenses. 4 max.
I'm off to finish a project in India soon with an Xpan (45mm) and Leica M (25/35) in a lowepro slingshot 100 and thats it. Guess I will have to make it work but I sure will enjoy being light on my feet every day for 3 weeks!
dreilly
Chillin' in Geneva
I use a medium size Timbuktu messenger in grey and black wool as my daily laptop camera bag. For years I used a black three-part folding pad from a diaper bag kit as the insert, but I just go a custom made insert (for $40!) from a woman named Martilena who sells on ETSY and has her own web shop. http://martilena.com/