The OM medium bag was my first real camera bag, ie; one that could carry
a body and several lenses. I thought it was very well designed and it
served me very well as long as I didn't want to carry more than 3 or 4
primes.
However, problems erupted over a long period of time. The lens bag
insert (holds 3 lenses and snaps into place inside the bag) was made of
a type of synthetic leather that began to deteriorate in a manner not
dissimilar to body foam seals. It began to get icky and sticky and
started putting hard to remove marks on whatever it touched.
I eventually asked my sister (who makes custom canvas covers for boats)
to sew me a replacement snap-in lens bag. She did and the replacement
piece is probably better than the original. But not long after that I
graduated to two bodies and more lenses (found this list I guess) and
found myself carrying larger and larger bags... at least for transport.
I still have my OM medium bag but these days it is relegated to carrying
everything related to OM flash. 3 or 4 T-32's, TTL cables, flash
mounting brackets for light stands and other various flash related odds
and ends.
But it's still a great bag for a single body and a few lenses. Just
make sure the lens pockets are not turning into the La Brea tar pits. I
would suggest that finding one without severe deterioration there may be
very difficult unless Oly realized the problem long ago and changed the
material.
Chuck Norcutt
andy pang wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> Thinking of bidding on OM medium gadget bag. Yeah, anything with OM
> Logo on it, even it is a paper box :-)
>
> Anyone has one ?? Made in China ??
>
> enjoy the Zuiko-ing
>
> Andy
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