Go to the nearest Walmart or other large store - or sports chain. Check out
the "cooler" lunch bags and packs.
They are insulated (and hence well-padded too)
Come in a variety of colors, sizes and configurations
They do not look like "camera bags"
Shop around and you should find one that suits you. Oh - they are generally
dirt cheap, so you can buy several to suit various needs and kit sizes.
Cheers,
Lee
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From: derek fong <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Olympus Mailing List List <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Camera bag recommendations
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 16:26:33 -0400
I'm planning to get a camera bag, but can't seem to find what I want/need.
I thought my requirements were pretty straightforward:
1) Should provide a reasonable level of shock and weather protection for its
contents in an urban setting (I don't plan to visit any rainforests in the
near future, but springs and winters can get pretty nasty up here in the
Great White North)
2) It should be small and inconspicuous enough to let me carry it around
with me the city like an everyday shoulder bag (it should preferably also
have some room for papers and stuff, but not necessary)
3) It can't look like a "traditional" camera bag
4) It should hold my OM-2 with two prime lenses (one 28mm, the other a spare
50mm to go with the one already mounted on the camera), and preferably be
able to hold a second smaller SLR with lens (my Nikon Pronea S)
5) Has to be reasonably affordable
Having read over the photo.net recommendations and not being satisfied with
too many of them, I went to Tamrac's site and found the Velocity series
(http://www.tamrac.com/f_velocity.htm). Does anyone have any experience
with these? (Incidentally, my main beef with the photo.net recommendations
is that none of them seem well-suited to someone who just wants to have a
camera handy at his side while trekking through the city minding or
conducting his own business. I don't want a bag that advertises the fact
that I'm carrying camera equipment and I don't want or need a bag that's
bigger than your average shoulder bag.)
Thanks in advance!
-f
--
Derek Fong
Web Application Developer
subtitle designs inc. <http://www.subtitled.com/>
"Mistakes are the portals of discovery." --James Joyce
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