PhotoBanter.com - View Single Post - Anyone remembers those old soft and hard camera cases?

On Sun, 31 May 2009 17:39:47 -0700, C J Campbell
wrote:

On 2009-05-29 14:12:22 -0700, said:

In the old film cameras era, I recall that when you purchase an SLR
camera, it usually comes with a soft or a hard (leather) case. The
case is attached to the camera via a screw to the tripod mount at the
bottom of the camera. I wonder why they do not have any more of this
type of camera case? Since it is attached like a "skin" to the
camera, I usually did not need to buy a camera soft pouch case. The
case will protect the camera outer shell from dust, and perhaps little
bumps; although it will not likely help to reduce impact if the camera
falls. On a second thought, I also wonder if the new padded camera
cases that you can get at the camera stores nowadays can protect the
camera if it falls either. Anyone has some thought about this?
Thanks for the info/discussion.

They were unpopular, mainly because they took too much time to unfasten
and get the camera ready. The only thing they did was protect the
camera from minor scratches. People complain because it takes two or
three seconds for their digital cameras to power up. They would have a
fit if it took ten times that long to unfasten a case, too. Many a pro
does not even know where his lens caps are.

Yet they pride themselves on a camera design that takes many moments of
lost photos to change to a new focal-length lens to capture the subject
properly. Ooops! It flew away! Ooops! The shot victim is already collapsed
and already loaded in the closed & fleeing ambulance! Ooops! That crashing
plane already landed out of sight behind the buildings! Ooops! The moment
is lost forever! Ooops! ... insert scenario of your choice that has
caused multitudes of lost photos due to DSLR lens-change design. Enjoy
your fast burst modes while you miss those thousands of award-winning
photos because you were ineptly busy changing lenses on your pride & joy,
highly-antiquated, DSLR.

LOL!

But if you want one, most manufacturers still make them for their
consumer cameras. You just have to order it. If you have a pro type
camera, forget getting one from the manufacturer. You will have to go
to some third party supplier.

Much more popular are belt pouches and holster systems, which offer
better protection and faster accessibility.