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[OM] Backpack vs shoulder bag. Was: Tamron 80-200 storage/carry solutio

Subject: [OM] Backpack vs shoulder bag. Was: Tamron 80-200 storage/carry solutions - Timbuk2?
From: Bernard Frangoulis <bernard.frangoulis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:08:10 +0100
Regarding bags, there are apparently 2 categories of photographers: the backpack type, and the shoulder bag type.
Personally, when travelling, I cannot imagine having my lenses in a 
backpack. Say you are visiting a town, a market, etc., photographing people 
and the town itself - with a backpack, for each photo, I would have to 
remove the backpack, put it on the ground, get the camera, change the lens 
if necessary... With a shoulder bag, I have everything readily accessible 
(including the camera - I don't like carrying it around my neck, I prefer 
to keep it in the bag, with a short strap to grab it). Sure, carrying a 
shoulder bag can be a pain in the a**, but the advantages are determinant 
for me. Under other circumstances, for instance photographing landscape 
only, I can imagine the backpack is OK.
In addition, I don't want the shoulder bag to be a rigid "case" with 
everything neatly packaged (I finf LowePro and Tamrac bags to be too 
rigid). I need a bag that keeps close to my body, with the camera and 
lenses easily accessible at all time. The only bags I have found to fit 
this description are Domke bags. I have an F-3X and an F-2 - and all would 
be perfect except that I now find the F-3X a little bit too small, and the 
F-2 a little bit too large (too long actually). So I am still in the never 
ending search for the perfect bag... Perhaps the F-4AF would be OK?.....
Bernard

This lens is pretty much the same size as my Tokina 80-200 f2.8, which is
an easy carry mounted to my OM-4Ti (with or without winder) in my LowePro
MiniTrekker backpack (together with a good deal of other lenses, etc.).
Highly recommended.

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