q2: i have an addiction ....

[gteague]

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... it's true. to buying camera bags. you can never get a perfect one and when you do then you buy a new accessory or a spare battery and then things don't fit. so i have dozens and dozens of them lying around and you'd think one i already have would work, but it never does.    

what i've been looking for for quite some time is a bag just big enough for the q2 and one or two spare batteries and a couple of memory cards for when i wanted to take the camera with me in the car and wanted a safer way to carry it until i put it around my neck. i tried a binocular case which proved just a little too small and i tried that very small billingham bag, but it has no room left over for anything and i really detest the flap closures on those bags--i wish i'd never bought any of them.

anyway, this one popped up on the amazon pages the other day and the size seemed perfect and the price was so cheap i didn't mind trying it as amazon has a great returns policy anyway. it came in just now and the q2 fits perfectly in it and you can even put the supplied divider in to create a space at the lens end of the camera for at least one battery, maybe two. it also has a pocket in front with two divided pockets inside which has plenty of room for batteries, cards, and filters if you wish.

the quality seems very good for the price as it uses a heavier canvas comparable to billingham or domke and a tag even says it's waterproof or weatherproof, although i don't think i'd test the claim--with everything zipped up i'm pretty sure it'll survive and light sprinkling though. there's a flap at top which zips up and then a cover over that which closes with velcro and the top cover is a little awkward, but no more so than the thinktank ones with magnetic closures. it comes with a wide shoulder strap and has a velcro belt loop on the back because it's so small you could carry it that way.

i also found that my s1 with 85/1.8 lens would fit inside with just a little deformation around the 'hump'. it fits nearly perfectly if i wanted to put it lens down/back up, but i dislike that because you have to work your fingers around to dig it out. i always put my cameras in sideways with the 'handle' facing up so i can just grab and go.

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/guy

[higa]

@gteague I know what you mean, I have at least three bags from my Q ownership days and I still look around for my Q2.

Anyway, do you use a handgrip or Lim's case with your Q2?Or is the bag fit with just the Q2?

Edited October 4, 2021 by higa

[gteague]

2 minutes ago, higa said:

@gteague I know what you mean, I have at least three bags from my Q ownership days and I still look around for my Q2.

Anyway, do you use a handgrip or Lim's case with your Q2?Or is the bag fit with just the Q2?

sorry, should have mentioned that. i have the lim's case and the square lim's lenshood. i also have the leica thumb grip installed but no handgrip since the lim's case has the built-in one. so a bare q2 might even be a better fit and might slide in more easily without any projections to speak of. 

/guy