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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-24-2018, 11:29 AM
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If you're taking a 67 with all that going on, you have my respect.
(I'm about at the age of your in-laws.)
Rick "sounds like a great trip" Denney
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-24-2018, 07:03 AM
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Ha! Your vacation travel is like my business travel--I might have time for photography and I might not, so I throw a Canon body and (separate) lens in my briefcase, or the little Leica (er, Panasonic) digicam.
But relaxation for me means photography. Others can lay on the beach--I'll be in the dunes making photos. Others can join the package tours--I'll be making my own way to leave time for photos. Fortunately, my wife likes this approach as much as I do, so we tend to organize our vacations around photography, unless we are just visiting relatives. I'm not one of those who distinguishes between "experiencing a place" and "photographing a place". For me, the latter is a key part of the former.
So, I have bags for when photography is the principal activity, and bags for when I just need to make a few photos. I have bags optimized for hiking with cameras (backpacks), and bags optimized for equipment protection. Some are sized for air travel, and some for car travel. Each presents different requirements, so I have ended up with a collection of bags.
As we agree, my use cases are mine and may not be yours.
Is the Crumpler designed to double as a fanny pack? The shape suggests it, but I have not handled one.
Rick "whose trip to Alaska this year will be half visiting and half photography, and all relaxing" Denney
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-24-2018, 05:39 AM
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Most lenses have a special purpose, and I eventually run into most special purposes for which a given lens will be optimal. I don't understand selling off special-purpose lenses in order to simplify--my life is simplified when I have exactly the correct lens for a situation. It's sorta like the old story of the young wedding photographer who told his mentor, "I prefer to shoot with available light" and the mentor responded, "if you had a flash in the trunk of your car, it would be available."
I do understand not taking the whole kit when the purpose is known beforehand, or when transport space is limited, such as when traveling by air.
My beef with that Peak pack (and I spent some time with one at the store) is the side entry. I can see dumping stuff on the ground, or having to climb through some stuff to get other stuff--in my view the principle sins of any camera case.
"One Bag to Rule Them All" has never worked for me. I have a bunch of bags, and find each is optimal for a different situation than the others. Sometimes, a bag can be my primary carry-on (for US domestic flights: 14x22x9 inches), and I have a LowePro Photo Trekker Classic that holds a 67 plus about 8 lenses, or an old Outpack that holds a Canon kit including about a dozen lenses. Sometimes, it's the personal item (9x10x17", though I've never seen it enforce if the bag was obviously smaller than a full-sized carry-on), such as the ThinkTank Streetwalker Pro that I use for the 645z. Sometimes, it has to sling over a should and weight no more than 7Kg (as on a flight from New Zealand to Australia), and for that I have an ultralight Tampac over-the-shoulder bag. Sometimes, I want to use the bag around my neck as a chest back for one camera, and I have an SLR bag with a lens pound attached to one side that holds my Canon with a 24-105 zoom, and a 70-200 on the side, plus a flash. That's a quick "just gotta bring a camera to make a few pictures" bag, and I think the Crumpler bag fits that description pretty well, if the central pocket is big enough for the 67 (and the pictures fill me with doubt on that one).
Soft bags do not protect equipment all that well. In the music world, we call them "dent bags". I have some hard cases for when I will need to stack a lot of equipment on a cart. Some of them have wheels, too.
So, for me, bags are like tripods--I have ended up with a collection of them, because each fulfills a unique set of requirements related to specific use cases, and no one bag address all my use cases.
Rick "who even has a shoulder bag for a Speed Graphic plus extra lens and six film holders" Denney
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-22-2018, 05:30 AM
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I meant it meets the carryon requirements for US domestic airlines (though it is consistent with my international experience).
Those dimensions are 14” by 9” by 22”. You can’t stuff the outer pocket of the Photo Trekker Classic, though.
Whether there is room for it if you are last to board is an entirely different question. The moral to that story is that if you are in the last group, pay what it takes to be upgraded to earlier boarding. If the flight is in a puddle-jumper, boarding earlier is even more critical, and a camera bag the size of a personal item that can fit under the seat might be advisable. My ThinkTank Streetwalker Pro is that size, and I think I could find a way to get a 67 and two or three lenses in it.
Rick “noting the difference between ‘carry-on’ and ‘personal item’” Denney
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-18-2018, 07:04 PM
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I can’t answer about inserts, but I use a Lowepro Photo Trekker Classic to carry a 67 with mounted 200/4, the fisheye below it, and half a dozen other shorter lenses (45, 55, 75PC, 105, 135 macro on one recent trip), plus their hoods.
Rick “meets carry-on requirements” Denney
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