Doesn't Courierware make a camera mess bag?

i carry my D40 in a small travel bag that is inside my messenger bag

i usually take the vertical grip off and attach my heavy lens (AFS 17-35) and pack the smaller lenses in socks, or if i'm shooting at night i leave the grip on and attach a 50/1.8. my experience with camera backpacks is they're not very good for riding because of the strap system and the torso length.

I don't carry my camera around on the bike anymore. Maybe that'll change once I get a good camera backpack, but I hate having a sweaty back enough to never take it riding.

If I wanted to start carrying cameras around again on the bike, I'd get a medium Domke or something that fits perfectly inside a hard panier. It would fit lenses and even two bodies.

And more camera porn, plz. Rangefinders are the Yamaguchis of the camera world.

I have found camera bags in general to be not bike friendly...that and I don't want to carry a camera specific bag around.

Some more porn...

Crumpler FTW

Pelican case?

Ive carried a 4x5 field camera, 5 film backs and a meter in my bag. Pod tied on. It sucks and i avoid it but works ok.
I just wrap eveything in towels or shirts.

the bags I wear
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i have a cheap lowe pro case inside of that.

i have hit cars, run into buildings. my bike currently has a broken toe clip, delaminated front rim, bent handle bars, and bled from the face. but my camera works perfectly

and thats what matters.

what? you just accept the camera as part of the bag.

I am in a photog dryspell right now and I cant imagine not having my camera. it weighs a ton and I feel naked without it

in the winter it isnt so bad. but when it is hot I have to think about it. but the thought of missing the perfect shot or not having a spare tube or a tool i made need or a tool i may need to help someone. so I end up taking my bag. and sweating it out cursing about it on long climbs.

I use a dakine sequence. it fits a body, 70-200, and a couple of other lenses nicely

That sounds brutal, I havn't touched my 4x5 in months.
I have some chromes in the freezer so maybe I'l haul it out this weekend.


I think i'm going to just stick the body and lens in a small padded pouch, I have some Domke wraps as well. That will work until I find a more permanent solution.

speak to seagull bags,

they may be able to make you a custom messenger bag for your camera lenses and other items.

This is the first time I've seen these bags and I really like them.
Thanks, that is definitely something I'm going to consider.

I really like that bag! nice.

Rack and pannier.

I can see why that be logical but it's not the route I wanted to go.

Don't know why you'd feel the need to baby a Leica, they seem to do OK during wars and stuff. Older ones have nothing electronic to get screwed up, I guess you could knock the rangefinder out of alignment but aside from that, they're pretty bullet proof, maybe even literally. I'd be more worried about OP's digital stuff but again pros use these things to shoot wars and they seem to hold up OK.

I stick mine in a Domke insert and stick that in whatever bag I'm carrying. I just pad the bottom of the Domke insert with a cut up mouse pad. I do wish someone made something just like a Domke insert (open top, padded sides, small and not bulky) but one that was made a little better with built in bottom padding.

https://www.crumplerbags.com/ has some good messenger style camera bags and also backpacks thatare very well padded with plenty of stuff for equipment. All kinds of sizes of bags too

I don't baby mine, I just can't afford to replace camera gear right now. Rangefinder adjustments aren't hard to make on the fly so that's not a major concern. I didn't want a dedicated camera bag, I just carry a camera and atleast one lens on me at all time, that and a handful of rolls of film so I needed something padded that I can slip in and out of and still carry my everyday stuff around. I think having padded inserts sewn into the sides of the inside of a bag could be very practical and better then having it bouncing around in there.

I like the cut up mouse pad idea

if you are in a warzone you probably have other things to worry about.

if you're on your way to the bar it's probably worth a little worry... glass is glass and you don't want to fall on it if you can avoid it. if you have people shooting at you, that's probably a greater concern.

learn how to tuck and roll.

i have taken a dive off my fixied down a flight of stairs during a alleycat. didnt want to fall on my camera or my computer. I sparwled out landed on my hands and toes, rolled to my elbow and my knee and came up running to scrub momentum.

I'm accepting that **** happens and crashes are inevitable, knowing how to fall is important.
That sounds pretty brutal though...hah

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