Pelican offers a hybrid approach. See:
http://tinyurl.com/bs45r
Their description: "Convertible Travel Bag is a top and side loading
padded gadget bag made to fit inside any Pelican 1520 series case."
The 1520 is one of those hard, waterproof cases.
Not ideal for all applications, but certainly useful for some.
FWIW/ScottGee1
On 1/24/06, Gordon Ross <gordross@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Bruce:
>
> I had a Pelican hard case long ago, as with most hard cases - great
> protection, lousy for practical use in the field and limiting as to
> versatility in what you take and how you get to it. I have gone through a
> few different options, and from advise garnered on the list over a year ago
> on this topic I bought a Domke F6 (thanks to Skip who dug one up and shipped
> it to me from B&H) that has proven to be my very favorite, offering the best
> blend of utility, padding, versatility and compactness- it is a photog's
> bag. At that same time I bought a Billington 'Presstop' Bag that is very
> well made, larger and the one I use for travel (recommended by Chris)
> finally I recently bought a LowePro Backpack for Skiing, hiking etc. No one
> bag would do it all, if I had to choose just one it would be the Domke F6
> with the Billington a close second, the Domke is only about $80. but I use
> it the most, the Billington is 5 times the price, much higher quality and
> offers more protection though, it looks good too (panache), the trade-off is
> it's a bit larger in size and has a little less ease of use in the field.
>
> Gord
> .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Nolting" <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 7:48 PM
> Subject: [OM] Hard Case
>
>
> >
> >
> > After getting a gift certificate to a camera store that only sells
> > digi-stuff I finally found the answer! After going through the whole
> > store I found this nice hard case for my primary OM kit. Now I don't
> > have to worry so much about the everyday knocks or the rough roads I
> > always seem to be travelling. How do the rest of you protect your
> > precious gear?
> >
> > Bruce N.
> >
> > http://www.bnimages.com/images/camcase.jpg
>
>
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