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I hate to ask but there is no where near by where I can try out a bag. I'm looking for a field bag for my S2 and 2-3 lenses that is easy to work with. I have a Hadley Pro which is too small, a Domkie which is also too small, and an Lowepro Omni Pro case that fits inside a Pelican 1450. The Omni Pro works but it is a sit it down on a table and unzip style and not a pull the camera from the bag on your hip style. Any ideas? What works for you?

 

Thanks in advance.

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I hate to ask but there is no where near by where I can try out a bag. I'm looking for a field bag for my S2 and 2-3 lenses that is easy to work with. I have a Hadley Pro which is too small, a Domkie which is also too small, and an Lowepro Omni Pro case that fits inside a Pelican 1450. The Omni Pro works but it is a sit it down on a table and unzip style and not a pull the camera from the bag on your hip style. Any ideas? What works for you?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

A Crumpler 7 Million Dollar Bag works fine if style is not the main concern.

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Billingham 555. Huge, but also has room for a portable PC/Mac, and even a Wicom tablet. It is probably more for transport than for walk-around. The special S case is very convenient for air/car travel, but probably would not count as a bag.

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I hate to ask but there is no where near by where I can try out a bag. I'm looking for a field bag for my S2 and 2-3 lenses that is easy to work with. I have a Hadley Pro which is too small, a Domkie which is also too small, and an Lowepro Omni Pro case that fits inside a Pelican 1450. The Omni Pro works but it is a sit it down on a table and unzip style and not a pull the camera from the bag on your hip style. Any ideas? What works for you?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

I use a Billingham 206 for S2 body with 35/70/120 lenses and SF58 flash. It works out nicely.

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Depending on how many lenses I wish to take with me, I use either a Billingham 307 or Billingham 445. When I travel just with the body and a zoom lens, I take the Think Tank holster 20 v2 (possibly with the chest harness, when hiking or cross country skiing) or a Dothebag Mono 05 (when I need to look more respectable). For hikes, I also like to use the F-stop Lokka rucksack, with the medium sloped insert.

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I hate to ask but there is no where near by where I can try out a bag. I'm looking for a field bag for my S2 and 2-3 lenses that is easy to work with. I have a Hadley Pro which is too small, a Domkie which is also too small, and an Lowepro Omni Pro case that fits inside a Pelican 1450. The Omni Pro works but it is a sit it down on a table and unzip style and not a pull the camera from the bag on your hip style. Any ideas? What works for you?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

I have a 225 for body + 2 small lenses, but it's not much bigger than your Hadley pro. The inner zippered flap retracts so it's pull from the hip. Maybe try farther up the 5 series.

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I don't have an S, but both Thinktank and Crumpler make excellent bags, although Crumpler's stuff seems to get uglier and uglier every time they redesign - personally i love my Black (exterior) coffee (dark tan interior) 7million dollar home for an SLR, second lens and a flash, but the new colour ways are a bit odd.

 

Thinktankphoto's warranty is excellent, and they listen to their customers too

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Shit............. I have a Hadley pro and was hoping that would be okay for a S Body with the 120 and 24mm lenses....I guess not???????

Most of the time I like to carry my DSLR on a Rapid shoulder strap so I guess I will be using that same strap with the S

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I keep my S kit in a Tamrac photo rucksack and leave it in there with filters, V adapter, cards, etc.  

 

However, if I'm travelling a distance away from my car, I place the body and lens in the main compartment of a  Domke F bag with another lens in one of the front pockets, filters and cards in the other, and remote release in the mini pockets.  I have carried a 3rd lens in the bag, but it's all a bit tighter, but no problem if the camera body and a lens is outside the bag.

 

In the back pocket and for low-light shots, I'll carry a Leica table top tripod with the small RRS quick release head and a small rain umbrella if the weather requires.  I much prefer to use the camera on a hand-strap, but for the sake of changing lenses in the street, I'll submit to the neck strap.  If I'm shooting portraits, I much prefer the extra hand grip which somehow allows me an extra couple of stops, down to 1/30 sec, providing I take a couple of frames to secure sharpness.

 

Theres little to compare between an S and an M in terms of image quality.  If you carry the two together, as I have done many times, you may well abandon the M.  For street photography in general, the portability of the M works, but it's still a 35mm equivalent.  Yes, detail from an M can be astounding, but other attributes can't match the S.  It's the same, old MF verses 35mm argument again, but with a fabulous AF system thrown in with the S.

 

Like others, my AF system is activated by pressing the back button., but I have one profile that is AF and Auto-Isofor when I'm shooting under pressure.

 

Whilst Summarit-S 35mm is a heavy chunk of glass to carry on the camera, the 70mm is much smaller and is very well balanced for the S.

 

Enjoy.

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My choice for the Leica S kit is F-Stop Guru. Very often I put inside , instead or on the top of the photo module, my Konig LiteBag2 equipped with the Leica-S insert.

 

Konig bags are waterproof and I can fit my S2 with the 30-90mm. Zoom into the LiteBad2, it is specially designed for that. The rest of my lenses and accessories fit into either ICU pro Small or Medium. When I need to put some personal belongings together with my equipment , I use a bigger Loca bag.

 

In the street I have my Konig bag over one shoulder, with my camera and a lens, and my tripod/ monopod over the other shoulder and a spare lens sits in a belt pouch.

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