Has any one used a "photo vest"

[Herr Barnack]

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Domke has stopped producing their photographer's vest, but L.L. Bean has a vest that is very similar - https://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/63716?feat=510557-GN3&page=l-l-bean-traveler-vest   Orvis and Barbour both offer several vests that would also be useful for photographers.  The Halcon vest that euston has  provided a link for looks like a good choice, too. 

 

I am still at a loss to understand the bad rap that vests have gotten;  they  match up quite well with other outdoors oriented clothing and are a useful piece of gear/apparel for photographers.

[Luke_Miller]

I find a vest is a great solution for carrying a lot of gear.  Much easier on the back and shoulders than any bag I've tried. Mine is from The Vested Interest and will hold enough of my Nikon gear for any contingency. Unfortunately I don't have enough Leica gear to fill it up. 

 

http://www.vestedinterest.com/khumbu.htm

 

[Wayne]

This winter I have gone completely without a bag, using the many pockets in my Carhardt jacket instead. It has worked great. On one walk around town I was carrying MM1, IIIA leicas (lenses attached,) two medium format Zeiss folders, light meter, and plenty of rolls of film. It has worked out great. In fact, until I came across this thread, and realized I could just go to a vest, I have been dreading the return of warm weather.

[pico]

Wayne, a Carhartt blends in perfectly here, too.

[Wayne]

It is great stuff. Maybe I should just cut the lining out, remove the sleeves, and go with it. It's about 20 years old..........Time for a new one anyway.

[willeica]

I find a vest is a great solution for carrying a lot of gear.  Much easier on the back and shoulders than any bag I've tried. Mine is from The Vested Interest and will hold enough of my Nikon gear for any contingency. Unfortunately I don't have enough Leica gear to fill it up. 

 

http://www.vestedinterest.com/khumbu.htm

 

That thing is enormous. If you don't have enough Leica gear to fill it, you could bring along your kitchen utensils and half the contents of your refrigerator and have a great picnic as well.

 

William

[Luke_Miller]

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That thing is enormous.

 

It is. I needed a vest that would hold my full frame 300 f2.8.  I suppose it is not really a vest in the normal sense of the word.  It is more like a large camera bag that you wear.

[chrism]

I've never worn one, but my wife has a Tilley vest - the VOMP, vest of many pockets. Come to think of it, I don't remember seeing her wear it either. I was happy enough when I discovered the little matchbox pocket inside the front right pocket of LL Bean jeans holds three rolls of 120.

 

C.

[Michael Hiles]

Dr. Paul Wolff, a famous Leica photographer working mainly between the wars, had a camera body for each lens, and an assistant (caddy?) who carried the cameras in readiness for Wolff. No word on whether the assistant had a vest.

 

Beats a vest any day, it seems to me.

[mikemgb]

Dr. Paul Wolff, a famous Leica photographer working mainly between the wars, had a camera body for each lens, and an assistant (caddy?) who carried the cameras in readiness for Wolff. No word on whether the assistant had a vest.

 

Beats a vest any day, it seems to me.

 

My wife has offered to carry a camera or two for me in the past, the problem was that when I needed one of the ones she had she had roamed off somewhere.