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[OM] Re: Backpacks (was: Tripods/ Packs or cases)

Subject: [OM] Re: Backpacks (was: Tripods/ Packs or cases)
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:22:37 -0700
Marc Lawrence wrote:
>> AG Schnozz wrote:
>> [...] This is true for a lot of uses where a standard shoulder
>> bag will be better.  However, I find that I carry mine just over
>> a shoulder most of the time--rarely do I put it on my back
>> unless I'm hiking for a ways...
>>     
>
> Noting straight-up your "unless I'm hiking for a ways", can
> I ask if you ever wind up with any kind of lower to middle back
> pain/spasms (not at the time, but maybe at any time after doing
> this for a period)? I carry a backpack (just for work - not for
> camera gear) every day, and I still forget and resort to the
> old, schoolday, sling it over *one* shoulder bit. I keep this up
> for a couple of weeks and I'll wake up in bed one morning
> and find my mid-back "spasms" with pain as I move it different
> ways. I then have my "Ahhh" moment where I remember my
> commitment to myself to wear the backpack properly, and
> it all goes away.
The Tamrac Sling bags in theri Velocity seires have a sort of in-between 
design. I have not yet tried on on, but they look intriguing 
<http://tamrac.com/welcome.htm>. Not all that expensive; here are B&H 
prices 
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home;jsessionid=G3hzDJllyk%211647507703%211152868659661?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=RootPage.jsp&A=search&Q=*&bhs=t&shs=tamrac+sling&image.x=0&image.y=0>.

Moose

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