Which camerabag?

[Marko]

Hi folks.

I have a problem with my Billingham VG 400. She is to small 😀 I have now four lenses with a Voigtländer Bessa R3a a Leica SF 20 flash and a Yashica Lynx. Thats to many for my Billingham.

Any suggestions which camerabag will load this comlpete equipment?

Thanks,

--Marko

 

[Michiel Fokkema]

Hi,

Your Billingham is not very big. This gear will easily fit in my Domke 803.
As you can read in another thread this bag is a small wonder. It looks small but does keep my two M6's five lenses 10 rolls of film, some filters and my Canon G6.

Cheers,

Michiel

 

[ray_g]

I'll have to have a look at the 803. I've heard so many good things about it. How does it compare with the M-Classics bag for room?

Your equipment will fit in the 803, but you will need to stack the lenses, unless you put some in the front pockets. The M classics is softer and with no padding, but it will accomodate all the equipment you mentioned nicely, in individual lens and body pockets.

No experience with the F6.

 

[Marko]

Thanks @all.

The Domke bags are to expensive here in germany. The 803 is to small, the F2 are the right domke but the F2 is to expensive. I have found my new bag. It´s a Crumbler Ben´s Pizza XXXL bag.

 

[Rich Silfver]

I did a fairly extensive review of the M-Classics bag here: http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00AcrN

where you may get a sense of the room in it.

 

[Marko]

Thanks for the links. The M-Classic bag is really good but it cost me over 200 Euro that´s to expensive for me! Hey Mac thaks for the ebay link but the F2 cost 60 English Pound without the shipping to germany. My crumbler has a price from 70 Euro and the place of a domke F2...

 

[JoshRoot]

Domke F6 has served me well for years.

 

[back alley]

is that make-up kit really necessary?
i doubt it!

do you keep the spot attachment on the luna pro all the time?
i have one but have never used it.
shooting b&w only, the luna pro seems fine by it's lonesome.

joe

 

[StuartR]

I have bags from Crumpler (whickey and cox backpack), Domke (J-803 satchel) and Billingham (445). They are all excellent bags. The j-803 is a great everyday satchel and easily carries two RF's and 3-4 lenses. You can squeeze a lot more in too if you feel like it. I have not used Crumpler satchels, but their backpack is superb. The Billingham has the most comfortable shoulder strap I have used, and it sits on your hip just right. The materials are nicer, it looks good, and the water-proofing is very useful. Unfortunately it is a bit slower to work out of (need to fuss with the leather straps, fold back the flap, unzip it etc.). The Domke is the quickest to work out of if that is a consideration.

 

[spysmart]

Timbuk2 small messenger (http://www.timbuk2.com ) holds a M6 + 2 lenses and a Hassy.
The width is just enough to manage a M body with a hooded lenses (e.g. 35 1.4 ASPH or ZM21 ).
It's unpadded - I keep lenses and bodies in climbing chalk bags.
The bags got waterproof lining.
You get to pick your own colours ( as funky as you dare ) and pick options - see the bag builder tab.
Cost is under $100 USD and seems to have shipped to the UK without attracting customs duty.

 

[clarence]

I'd like to get a used Domke F2. New ones are a bit too pricey in the UK.

Clarence

 

[Trius]

Marko,

Have a look at the F6. I have, in mine, two bodies, four lenses, two accessory viewfinders, three lenshoods, a flashgun, a luna pro with spot attachment, a dozen rolls of film, cleaning stuff, and a make-up bag (well, a small make-up kit 🙂 ). Using the postman's shoulder pad it is very comfortable to carry.

Jenni

Nothing quite as sexy as a Scottish lass porting a Domke in the Grampians ... or anywhere in the motherland.

Slainte

 

[yossarian]

I think something like a Domke F6 might be what you need.

As soon as I read the title of this thread, the F6 came to me--might have known our
sharp Scottish Lass would have suggested it first. What I like about the 6 is that it's
shallower than other Domkes (and most other bags as well), so there's no fishing
up to your elbow looking for that small elusive item. Don't get me wrong--I love the
Billinghams (I have an "Alice"), but the larger ones are much too pricey for me.

Fred

 

[TraceyG]

I'd like to get a used Domke F2. New ones are a bit too pricey in the UK.

Clarence

Clarence:

I have a like new, black canvas F2 I'll sell you for $85 US. You pay shipping.

 

[kvanderlaag]

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