![]() ![]() I tend to not like larger bags because they just encourage me to carry more and I end up just carrying most of it and only using about what I can fit in a Bowery. And a lot of it is just a matter of taste. I've been a camera junkie for a few years (seems to be calming down some - I'm shooting with basically the same gear I've been using for the past year or year and a half or so) and a bag junkie as well. It looks functionally very similar and it's about $50 less than the cloth Bowery. That does look pretty similar, although it's hard to tell the dimensions. We judge cameras by the photographs we miss - Haim wrote: We judge photographers by the photographs we see. I tend to wear stuff that I wouldn't notice a tiny bit of wax on anyway. I never noticed any on my clothes even when carrying the bag during those early days, but I wouldn't guarantee that none got on them. But once it fully sets up and sinks in, you can't see it or feel it and it won't come off on anything. And as someone who's been using waxed canvas bicycle bags for many years, I always have some sort of wet-proofing treatment for those that are wax based and seem to work well on camera bags as well.ĭepending on how liberally you apply it, it can be a little bit waxy feeling for the first couple of days until it thoroughly works it's way into the fabric and dries. Domke includes a tin of their own labeled wax with a lot of their "rugged wear" bags - I had a few of those around the house. This is the stuff that Ona recommends and sells on it's site specifically for this purpose:īut there are plenty of options. ![]() What wax do you use and do you find that it easily wipes off and gets on your clothes? I never thought about using wax to increase it's water resistance. I have this bag with the same black cloth and leather accents. If the padding isn't as heavy, there's plenty of room to add inserts or additional dividers. It's probably not as rugged or as luxurious as the Ona Bowery but it appears to be pretty well made. The topmost zipper provides quick access to the contents, so cameras can be removed without having to open the main two buckles down below. (not including the shoulder strap) so it's about 1/2 the weight of the canvas Ona Bowery bag. B&H shows "Not specified by the manufacturer" for the dimensions and weight so I weighed it and it came to 20 oz. I don't have any notepads but I checked the spec's of Samsung's Galaxy Note 10.1 and it's 6.7x9.6" so there's plenty of room, depending on the size of the notepad. Behind the camera compartments is one that's about 7x12" that can hold a notepad. With the camera lenses pointed up, it can hold three of them including the 55-200mm with the lens hood attached. Although I'm not sure how I'd feel about taking a leather one out in the rain - once you wax up the cloth one it holds up really well in the wet.įuji's Messenger Bag is similar, slightly larger I'd guess and at $70, less expensive. The front pockets don't hold much, but easily handle extra batteries and a lens pen and stuff. I think the key is using some lighter padding I had laying around from one old Domke or another - the Ona pads are really thickly padded and probably overkill. Without the extra lens, the XT1 fits luxuriously, but even with the extra lens, it's an easy carry. And the little compartment on the far left holds a Nikon Coolpix A. The center is a Sony RX1 with a lens hood and the EVF both mounted. ![]() Here's my (cloth) Bowery with the XT1 on the right with the 14mm mounted and the 60mm under a pad beneath the lens - the lenses can easily switch places. Right now, the bag with everything in it weighs 5 lbs, that's less than my Domke F2 empty.Īrrived just in time of a day trip to Boston later this week. Move that stuff to the two front pockets and there would be plenty of room for an X-100, X-20, or another X-body. The last compartment has miscellaneous stuff, spare batteries etc. I could easily put another lens in with the 18mm. The center compartment has my 18mm f2 lens with the hood for both lenses. I divided the other half into two equal compartments. My X-E1 with the 35mm f1.4 and the Fuji neck strap takes up half the bag. The bag comes with one divider splitting the interior into two equal parts. After unpacking the bag, it looked much smaller than I expected and I seriously thought about packing it up again and sending it back. I also ordered a set of two small dividers because the bag only comes with one divider. After months of indecision, I purchased a leather Ona Bowery bag to use as a day bag with my X-E1 and the two lenses I have. ![]()
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