Originally posted by lesmore49 I've tried a lot of bags, cases, etc. in my almost 50 years of photography. I've never found one just right....and probably never will. My latest, greatest bags are a couple of Domke F2 Original bags. One olive green, one black. I colour code my camera equipment...my K10D/Km bodies go in the green bag....my K5 into the black bag. Along with assorted equipment.
I really like the Domkes. Solid, well made, easy to use...no multitudes of zippers...or cheap clips that I've found on my other make bags. I find them easy to swing onto my shoulder and very comfortable.
But that's just me.
I didn't like my backpack camera bags....I found I had to be very careful or stuff would fall out of the bag. Not good at all. I like a bag that you can set down...that you open only from the top....as this way, for me, stuff does not come out, unless I make a choice to get it out.
I think my Domke's are weather resistant, but if they aren't it makes little difference to me. I always carry a heavy duty green garbage bag...in a bag pocket...at the ready to slip over if I'm caught in a downpour. Unsophisticated, but effective.
I always...always...supplement the padding, by using little soft, but dense sponges that I cut up and stick in compartments to support the equipment. Keeps everything tight and absorbs vibration/shock to a certain degree.
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I could have written that word for word.
I have had an F2 for years that I use if I take out two cameras or one camera and lots of lenses. If I take one camera with only an extra lens or two I take the F6 model. The F6 is that cool looking waxed waterproof canvas and the F6 is heavy canvas. Neither has leaked water in many rainstorms. However I rewax the F6 every couple of years.
Everything about these products shows quality in craftsmanship and materials. The additional features like the anti-slip rubber sewn in the strap, the thick reinforcement straps sewn around the bag, the multiple, replaceable interior configuration modules (I have 2 for the F6 & 3 for the F2), the upside down zippered compartment in the cover, and the form fitting nature of the bag.