{"id":1681,"date":"2019-03-05T09:59:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T08:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2019-03-06T20:54:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T19:54:25","slug":"bags-of-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.iangrandjean.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/05\/bags-of-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Bags of room…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have to admit I like bags. My only real excuse to carry a bag is one with a camera in it, so as a general rule, I’ll call them camera bags. This said, I prefer to have bags that don’t look like camera bags because it’s much easier to pass ‘unseen’ in places where cameras are not well thought of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lowepro camera bag<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

To me, this ‘looks’ like a camera bag\u2026so I won’t be choosing anything like this one – although Lowepro<\/strong> make some very good bags, they are just a bit too formatted for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Think Tank Retrospective series<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This at least looks a lot less like a camera bag – it’s a bag from Think Tank Photo<\/strong> – however, when you open them up, it’s surprising what you can hide inside. (I have three!<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contents will vary according to the dimensions of the bag…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

These are all well and good, but the inconvenience is that they are not actually waterproof – the Think Tank<\/strong> range are supplied with a rain cover, but this is not the easiest thing to install, and it also prevents you opening the bag with it in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I’ve decided to go back to an old love – the Billingham<\/strong> bag. I bought my first one, a model 330, in 1980. Sadly I seem to have mislaid it somewhere in the intervening years, but I’ve made the leap…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Billingham 330 similar to the one I purchased in 1980<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Billingham Hadley Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Introducing the Billingham Hadley Pro<\/strong>. This is a slightly smaller version of my original bag as I don’t want to carry around ALL my stuff, and to me at least it doesn’t look too much like a camera bag. The other major advantage is that the bags are made from a triple ply material which is completely impervious to water – meaning that you can still use the bag in wet conditions. The inside has a removable insert with velcro separators to organise the interior, and there are two huge front pockets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Billingham Hadley Pro – insert<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The useful thing about this is that if, like me, you have different material for different jobs, you can simply change the insert – or leave it out completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beautifully made, and based on personal experience, lasts for years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have to admit I like bags. My only real excuse to carry a bag is one with a camera in it, so as a general rule, I’ll call them camera bags. This said, I prefer to have bags that don’t look like camera bags because it’s much easier to pass ‘unseen’ in places where … <\/p>\n

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