I'll second the Domke f-803. I love mine. I will say though, that although it will fit a laptop, I don't think it'd fit much of anything else whilst carrying one.
On 3/14/07, Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm with Bob regarding having one bag for every occasion. > > For me, the best bag ever is the Domke 803 satchel. Strong and sturdy, > its canvas ages beautifully, doesn't look like a camera bag, it's > unpretentious, and can carry my 12" Powerbook if I have to. I'm on my > second--the first one is still strong, but after six years of being > everywhere it is dirty and looks less elegant than it should. > > I also have a smaller Domke FX5B bag, same canvas material, which is > the one I use when not travelling. I can fit a body and 3 or 4 lenses > in it. > > j > > > On 3/14/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is no such thing as the perfect bag. Real Photographers have at > > least 10 camera bags, each of which is configurable in at least 10 > > unique ways. > > > > > I'm looking for something just a little better. > > > > Aren't we all? > > > > In the end it depends on how you want to use it. If you want it to > > carry stuff from A-B without using the stuff, it almost doesn't matter > > what bag you use. If you want to carry it all to the top of Aconcagua > > for a dawn shoot you'll have a different bag than the one you use when > > photographing the D-Day landings, which in turn will be different from > > the one you use when wandering the streets of Paris on a Sunday day in > > April. > > > > You need a different bag for every occasion! > > > > The 3 I use most are the Domke F-2, LowePro S&F Reporter (I think it's > > called) and LowePro S&F Rover AW backpack. I also have several other > > bags, but I'm not quite a Real Photographer yet. > > > > I'm not a fan of sling bags - they seem to me to be neither fish nor > > fowl. > > > > -- > > Bob > > > > > Survey: > > > > > > What, in your opinion, is the perfect bag for being able to > > > carry around a > > > camera (with lens attatched) and a spare lens or two (or a > > > lens and flash), > > > plus various other things (maybe a book, or a notepad and > > > pens, or (on the > > > extreme end) a laptop). > > > > > > > > > I have a Crumpler bag that is *almost* perfect. It's a > > > sling-style bag, which > > > I absolutely love. So much better than regular shoulder bags > > > and backpacks. > > > I'm looking for something just a little better. > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > -- > Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com > photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com > a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- ~Nick Wright http://blog.phojonick.com/ http://www.phojonick.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
