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[viramati]

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took the badge off my Hadley pro and it is also stuck on with glue. I has left a mark but the dirtier and more scuffed up the bag looks the happier I am.

I have the Hadley pro which I use when I want the whole kit but for every day use I use this

 

Red Dot Cameras - Leica Cameras, Leica Binoculars, Metz Flashguns, Manfrotto Tripods, Leitz

 

carries M9 with lens on and 2 others + phone and bits and pieces. Great little bag

[brill64]

Please post more bag pics. I now have a Bill Pro also which I think is great to carry the M system but my 15" Mac is tight with no protection so now looking at the Foggs eflat but USA dealers do not have any and black/black is not avail so the search goes on. I need something for my everyday bag and want a nice bag.

 

you could try sending an email to chiifcameras@gmail.com, or google it. they are in singapore but do stock fogg bags..i bought one recently..or they can order one for you. they provide a really excellent service

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[ottocrat]

took the badge off my Hadley pro and it is also stuck on with glue. I has left a mark but the dirtier and more scuffed up the bag looks the happier I am.

 

Thanks David. I don't suppose you have a photo of the bag without the badge?

 

Looking forward to getting the bag well & truly scuffed up. Still working on the courage needed to take off that badge.

[Big T]

My day bag is the Artisan & Artist ACAM 1100.

 

In the bag I typically carry:

M8.2 with grip + Summarit 35mm f2.5 lens + Artisan & Artist Silk strap

Leica SF 24D

Spare Batteries for flash & M8.2

Mobile Phone

Leatherman Tool

Pen

Pad

Shower Cap (If caught in a thunderstorm it covers the bag)

Cleaning cloth

Drugs for headache

Glasses case when required

 

Can also fit in one other lens with the flash (90mm Summarit or 15mm Voigtlander + Finder). With flash removed can fit on both lens.

 

Love this bag.....

 

 

Edited February 27, 2010 by Big T

[dkCambridgeshire]

 

Incidentally, has anyone ever attempted to remove the leather patch with the Billingham name on it? I'm tempted to for aesthetic reasons but I'm afraid it might also be stuck down with glue, can anyone advise?

 

If you want to hide the Billingham name it's fairly easy to stick something over the top using Evo Stik or similar . Maybe you could cut a piece of leather from an old pair of shoes.

 

If that was my new bag I'd put out in the garden for a few weeks to age it or shove it through a few wool wash cycles and then re-proof it.

 

 

This is my Billingham System 2 bag bought direct from the factory in 1979 ... and has been re-proofed a few times

 

 

And in those 'good old days" :

 

They used much thicker leather.

Much better quality triple layer canvas with a waterproof middle layer.

Only sold direct to the public from the factory ie not available from shops

Was a 6 week waiting list

Prices were very low ... see invoice for £28.75

 

 

And in those days I recall press releases ref Billingham bags full of equipment being lost or falling down mountainsides and being recovered months later with all the contents perfectly dry and undamaged. I also have a System 3 c.1985 but the System 2 is my favourite and is plenty large enough especially with the extra side pockets. The System 3 does make a good weekend bag.

 

Cheers

 

dunk

Edited February 27, 2010 by dkpeterborough

[bhomatude]

Courierware-Camera Bag with Custom Features & Options

[kiteland]

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Billingham Leica Bag with occasional Avea Pouch.

[bybrett]

 

 

This is my Billingham System 2 bag bought direct from the factory in 1979 ... and has been re-proofed a few times

 

 

Cheers

 

dunk

 

Absolute classic post!!

[bybrett]

All purpose Billingham - film and beer!

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[cidereye]

All purpose Billingham - film and beer!

 

Perfect camera day bag layout!

 

I've been looking for a new bag myself for travel/day out and like the look of the Tenba Messenger, anybody used one of these & have any thoughts?

Edited February 28, 2010 by cidereye

[BishT]

1+ Courierware Bags.....good stuff.

[bhomatude]

Actually I missed another one that seems to be positioned between the fogg/billingham style and something that doesn't shout out Camera!! And for $200 -- A pretty darn good deal. I searched and could only find a thread from 2006 that mentioned this bag.

 

The M-Classics camera bag

 

[farnz]

I had the same M-Classics bag and, although it's a lovely bag that doesn't scream "Camera inside!", it just didn't do it for me because there's no padding inside and the shoulder pad wasn't tactile enough so the strap was continually falling off my shoulder. The strap also wasn't long enough for me to wear the bag across my body so it had to find a new home.

 

The A&A ACAM 3000 bag I replaced it with hits all the bases for me.

 

Pete.

[minhhich]

My Billingham

 

M8.2 Black with CZ 35 f2 biogon

Left: 50mm summicron

Right: M3 Chrome single stroke

 

[steem21]

Minnhich,

which billingham model is that. Looks like it's a very nice size!

 

Steve

[glorybox]

All purpose Billingham - film and beer!

 

Awesome fit there, is that the L2 Alice? Or the Leica Combination bag? I find my Hadely pro a tad too large for everyday use. And when I do bring it around, it's always not full! My usual kit is a M8, 50 summilux pre-ASPH, 90 tele-elmarit and a 35 Lux.

 

I think all of that would fit in just nice in that bag of yours

 

When I bought the Hadely Pro, I was still using a M6, so film canisters took up a bulk of the room in the bag. Now it just seems as deserted as ever!

[ottocrat]

minhhich, that looks like my Hadley Digital (different colour fabric), is that right? Which half cases are they on the camera bodies? They look good.

 

edit - just realised that of course your image is monochrome - d'oh!

[jpattison]

"Got an email from Bee and she said the black had a green tint "

 

Shame it wasn't purple, could have been be ideal for the M8

 

John

[ottocrat]

I've taken the Billingham name patch off my Hadley, it leaves some pucker marks from the thread (which will probably fade over time) and a fairly noticeable glue patch which is more annoying (though not as annoying as the big Billingham patch). Had anyone had any experience in removing this? Can anyone recommend a solvent? I thought I had some white spirit in the garage but I don't so it will have to wait until tomorrow.

 

Edited March 3, 2010 by ottocrat
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[dkCambridgeshire]

Ronsonol lighter fluid might lift the adhesive off better than white spirit if you put some on a piece of rag and rub the patch ... at your own risk.

 

dunk