In your bag 1098, Andrew Smith
Well, I know yesterday I said I would not be featuring another shot without a bag, but this one has a fairly good excuse. He has a custom baggy/strappy thingy. Check it out.
As some one who has traveled most of the world with a camera, I can definitively say less is more! Over the past five years I have lived in the U.S. Spain and Japan. Traveled all across Europe, Australia and south-east Asia. It is around the practical need to travel light I built my own custom bag… or strap…just see for yourself.
I love my Fuji x100s, I have had it for over a year and dragged it all over Europe. It’s small size and quiet shutter make it great for street shooting, or just tossing it in to a suit case and hitting the road. With that said I have never been big on camera bags so I built this custom leather strap that has two small pockets to hold spare batteries while not cluttering my pockets. I normally carry one spare battery and one microfiber cloth for cleaning (the screen more than the lens). My friends have been so impressed I have made a couple for the as well, If I get enough interest I just might have to do a Kickstarter project.
Not your ordinary bag by any stretch of imagination, but definitely something refreshing in a world of heavy bags and big cameras.
Flickr ID: asmith41587
Blog: http://smithjapan.blogspot.com/
Thanks,
Andrew Smith
Thanks for sharing your interesting strap with us, Andrew. Very cool.
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Japancamerahunter
I would totally buy one, as long as you can add some extra length. I’m big and tall. I use my x100 more than any of my other cameras.
SR
I would totally buy one, as long as you can add extra length. For the big and tall peeps.
SR
Definitely would buy one!
Nice idea with the strap! Perhaps you could do a film version, with rolls of film in elastic on it like a bandolier… :)
My cameras (RF35, M, X100) don’t fit into that or any other camera strap bag.
I’m fine with no-bag cameras, but don’t tell me they don’t get bumped up and weared out. Show them, used-camera “porn” is nice, or used camera case, if that’s the cover for a strap-only approach.
Thus people showing shiny cameras AND no bags are just posers to me, strap or no strap, even your trousers or hands wear out the camera-body, lens, …
Same ignorance I share to those who have bags smaller than the set of gear that they say is held within. That’s neither specific camera or lens porn, nor in-my-bag presentation.
Show us camera/photography life and history, represented by used tools the way you use them and actually combine them. Pose/ignore.
thx and peace,
Carlos.
I’m not exactly sure what you are saying, but I assure you this is the set up I use most of the time. According to the image counter I have taken over 9,000 images over the last year or so, just check out my flicker feed to see a few. I just take care of my camera since I payed a lot of money for it, and I don’t think it is right of you to imply some one is a “poser” because you don’t agree with their equipment setup.
Dude please make them! I’ll definitely buy 2! 1 for digital cameras, and if you do make one for film cameras, definitely getting one too! or more! :) Good job!
Cheers mate!
Thanks Andrew, I have been looking into larger scale production but haven’t found the approprate producer yet. I will keep shopping around and improving my design, including expanding to a film variant which a friend suggested a while ago.
I was glad to see the interest in my camera strap, It has inspired me to get back into looking for a large scale producer. I will keep working on it and should have a film version done soon (making on for a friend who asked for one a while ago) I’ll submit again when it is done.
Thanks, Andrew
You market these then put me down for one. Exactly what my X100s needs. One request, if customs are available, can I keep one battery pouch and another larger but flatter pocket for a spare 49mm filter (in case/pouch). My walk-around digital kit is the X100s, spare battery, CIR-PL (UV on) and microfibre cloth. Happy to carry the cloth in my pocket…
I have made some more and am selling them on my etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/SmithStrapS/tools/listings/238369871