I prefer to have the weight of a bunch of lens case (with skinny straps)
around my neck so I can feel the maximum stress of professional photography
while showing off all my gear. j/k
Bryan Pilati
OM-2n; IS-3dlx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernard Frangoulis" <bernard.frangoulis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:08 AM
Subject: [OM] Backpack vs shoulder bag. Was: Tamron 80-200 storage/carry
solutions - Timbuk2?
> 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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