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Old June 2nd 09, 06:43 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,uk.rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.equipment.misc
GregS[_3_]
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Default Anyone remembers those old soft and hard camera cases?

In article , Bert Hyman wrote:
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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?


Because they don't come at no cost.

But, I've never used any that ever came with any camera I've owned.


If your using the camera, you don't want the case.

There would be the case of perhaps climbing where you don't want
the camera getting bumped around. Then you have to undo the case while
your hanging from a cliff.

greg
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Old June 2nd 09, 07:32 PM posted to rec.photo.digital,uk.rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.equipment.misc
Peter Irwin
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Default Anyone remembers those old soft and hard camera cases?

In rec.photo.digital GregS wrote:

If your using the camera, you don't want the case.

There would be the case of perhaps climbing where you don't want
the camera getting bumped around. Then you have to undo the case while
your hanging from a cliff.

I carry a camera almost all the time. I don't use it all the time,
I just like to have one with me. The case is pretty effective at
protecting the camera from minor bumps. I agree that I would
normally remove the case entirely before using the camera.

Peter.
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Old June 3rd 09, 12:05 AM posted to rec.photo.digital,uk.rec.photo.misc,rec.photo.equipment.misc
Chris Malcolm[_2_]
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Default Anyone remembers those old soft and hard camera cases?

In rec.photo.digital GregS wrote:
In article , Bert Hyman wrote:
In

wrote:

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?


Because they don't come at no cost.

But, I've never used any that ever came with any camera I've owned.


If your using the camera, you don't want the case.


There would be the case of perhaps climbing where you don't want
the camera getting bumped around. Then you have to undo the case while
your hanging from a cliff.


If you're scrambling you should be able to stand hands free most of
the time. If it's the kind of climbing where most of the time you'd
fall off if at least one hand wasn't being used to hold you on then
you ought to be using rope protection. And if you're using rope
protection you should be able to get a camera out of a bag without too
much difficulty. Rock climbing photographers who track heroic climbers
up very difficult rock faces will change lenses while hanging (on
rope) from a cliff.

If you carry an uncased camera up difficult climbs or even scrambles
you do run quite a serious risk of it swinging round into a damaging
impact with rock, or you slipping and crushing it into the rock.

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