It holds everything and it's small.
Ish.
Some of you know I have been passing through bags to carry my stuff for a while. I have an endgame bag for my hiking setup that protects my EM1 with 2 pro lenses, a spare GM1 body, a 20mm 1.7, a 9-18, and a 35-100. That's done. It is finished.
But what about my Leica and occasional film camera, plus walk around camera, if I'm going to Chicago for the weekend?
This is the one.
Here's how I have it set up.
The dividers have flip down thingies so you can double up small lenses, so on the left it's at the bottom the 25mm PL 1.4, and at the top a Voigtlander 50mm 1.5 for the Leica, plus a spare roll of film for the pen. The middle pocket I have shoved a GM1 with kit zoom and an Olympus Pen with the 40mm 1.8 lens. On the right is the Leica M10R with a Voigtlander 35mm 1.5.
There's a big pocket on the front but a little pocket inside with dividers. I have memory cards and spare filters in here, plus 2 spare batteries for both the Leica and the GM1.
This is actually perfect for my weekend trips that don't involve much outdoors stuff (where I bring the EM1 and don't bother with this junk).
Now, if you're a normal person and don't carry a Leica and a 50 year old film camera around with you, you can still use this bag, and it has surprising utility.
I've folded down the middle and put the E-P7 with 20mm lens in there, and underneath it is the 9-18. But what's that monster on the right?
That's right, it's the gigantic 50-200 2.8-3.5 four thirds lens WITH ADAPTER.
I never thought I would have a bag small enough to actually use that would hold this thing. That's going to open up some stuff for me.
So, let's say I go on a trip to look at cathedrals and I want photos of the grotesques way high up? I can bring this thing with that big lens, slap the 20mm on the E-M1 and shove it in a side pocket, fill the center with a 9-18 and a GM1 with a kit zoom and I've got everything. Pro level telephoto image quality for portraits or distant objects, acceptable quality for 18-35, pro level image quality at 40, and technically usable quality from 40-65 from the kit. Another option is to replace the kit zoom with the Olympus 25mm or the Panasonic 14mm depending on how you like to shoot, considering you'll have the 9-18. Or replace the 9-18 with the kit and bring another prime.
All in the size of a textbook. It's hard to believe. Anyway just wanted to throw this out there for guys like me with a lot of small pieces in your kit.
Ish.
Some of you know I have been passing through bags to carry my stuff for a while. I have an endgame bag for my hiking setup that protects my EM1 with 2 pro lenses, a spare GM1 body, a 20mm 1.7, a 9-18, and a 35-100. That's done. It is finished.
But what about my Leica and occasional film camera, plus walk around camera, if I'm going to Chicago for the weekend?
This is the one.
Here's how I have it set up.
The dividers have flip down thingies so you can double up small lenses, so on the left it's at the bottom the 25mm PL 1.4, and at the top a Voigtlander 50mm 1.5 for the Leica, plus a spare roll of film for the pen. The middle pocket I have shoved a GM1 with kit zoom and an Olympus Pen with the 40mm 1.8 lens. On the right is the Leica M10R with a Voigtlander 35mm 1.5.
There's a big pocket on the front but a little pocket inside with dividers. I have memory cards and spare filters in here, plus 2 spare batteries for both the Leica and the GM1.
This is actually perfect for my weekend trips that don't involve much outdoors stuff (where I bring the EM1 and don't bother with this junk).
Now, if you're a normal person and don't carry a Leica and a 50 year old film camera around with you, you can still use this bag, and it has surprising utility.
I've folded down the middle and put the E-P7 with 20mm lens in there, and underneath it is the 9-18. But what's that monster on the right?
That's right, it's the gigantic 50-200 2.8-3.5 four thirds lens WITH ADAPTER.
I never thought I would have a bag small enough to actually use that would hold this thing. That's going to open up some stuff for me.
So, let's say I go on a trip to look at cathedrals and I want photos of the grotesques way high up? I can bring this thing with that big lens, slap the 20mm on the E-M1 and shove it in a side pocket, fill the center with a 9-18 and a GM1 with a kit zoom and I've got everything. Pro level telephoto image quality for portraits or distant objects, acceptable quality for 18-35, pro level image quality at 40, and technically usable quality from 40-65 from the kit. Another option is to replace the kit zoom with the Olympus 25mm or the Panasonic 14mm depending on how you like to shoot, considering you'll have the 9-18. Or replace the 9-18 with the kit and bring another prime.
All in the size of a textbook. It's hard to believe. Anyway just wanted to throw this out there for guys like me with a lot of small pieces in your kit.
