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I am going to get a photographer's vest. Not because I truly need one,
but because I am a geek. Being a geek I have to get a complex one that
does the job. So what should I specifically look for, or is lots of
pockets and Velcro and loops good enough?




--
Matt Silberstein

All in all, if I could be any animal, I would want to be
a duck or a goose. They can fly, walk, and swim. Plus,
there there is a certain satisfaction knowing that at the
end of your life you will taste good with an orange sauce
or, in the case of a goose, a chestnut stuffing.

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:49:27 GMT, Matt Silberstein
<> wrote:

>I am going to get a photographer's vest. Not because I truly need one,
>but because I am a geek. Being a geek I have to get a complex one that
>does the job. So what should I specifically look for, or is lots of
>pockets and Velcro and loops good enough?

Domke.....


************************************************** ********

"Take the glamour out of war! I mean how the bloody Hell
can you do that? Go and take the glamour out of a Huey, go
take the glamour out of a Sheridan....Can you take the
glamour out of a Cobra or getting stoned on China Beach?...
Oh war is good for you, you can't take the glamour out of
of that. It's like trying to take the glamour out of sex,
trying to take the glamour out of the Rolling Stones...I
mean, you know that, it just can't be done."

Tim Page to editor asking him to "finally
take the glamour out of war.".
From "Nam" by Tim Page

In article <>, Matt
Silberstein <> wrote:

> I am going to get a photographer's vest. Not because I truly need one,
> but because I am a geek. Being a geek I have to get a complex one that
> does the job. So what should I specifically look for, or is lots of
> pockets and Velcro and loops good enough?

I've always liked my Quest Vest but I don't know that the company is
still in business, although I still use the vest.

Matt Silberstein <> wrote in
news::

> I am going to get a photographer's vest. Not because I truly need one,
> but because I am a geek. Being a geek I have to get a complex one that
> does the job. So what should I specifically look for, or is lots of
> pockets and Velcro and loops good enough?

Utilikilt.

Visit your local war surplus store and see what they have.
Richard

Matt Silberstein wrote:
> I am going to get a photographer's vest. Not because I truly need one,
> but because I am a geek. Being a geek I have to get a complex one that
> does the job. So what should I specifically look for, or is lots of
> pockets and Velcro and loops good enough?
>
>
>
>

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:16:55 -0500, in rec.photo.digital , John A.
Stovall <> in
<> wrote:

>On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:49:27 GMT, Matt Silberstein
><> wrote:
>
>>I am going to get a photographer's vest. Not because I truly need one,
>>but because I am a geek. Being a geek I have to get a complex one that
>>does the job. So what should I specifically look for, or is lots of
>>pockets and Velcro and loops good enough?
>
>Domke.....

Same to you.

Oh, wait, that is a brand name. Thanks. It looks good. It seems that
"what are you going to use it for" is as important a starting point
for a vest as for a camera. I use a Sony F707, not a dSLR, so I don't
need a vest that has pockets big enough for lenses. OTOH I am a New
Yorker, so I probably have to get one in black. Anyway, it is so much
fun to shop for equipment, even if it is clothing.


--
Matt Silberstein

All in all, if I could be any animal, I would want to be
a duck or a goose. They can fly, walk, and swim. Plus,
there there is a certain satisfaction knowing that at the
end of your life you will taste good with an orange sauce
or, in the case of a goose, a chestnut stuffing.

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 09:32:17 -0500, in rec.photo.digital , Richard
<> in <zJt9e.5978$> wrote:

>Visit your local war surplus store and see what they have.
>Richard
>
>Matt Silberstein wrote:
>> I am going to get a photographer's vest. Not because I truly need one,
>> but because I am a geek. Being a geek I have to get a complex one that
>> does the job. So what should I specifically look for, or is lots of
>> pockets and Velcro and loops good enough?

Unfortunately my local war surplus store only carries hip new things.
Now I am starting to look at the SCOTTEVEST
(http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/Classic_bk.shtml). The question
may well be do I want to look geeky (and nothing looks geekier than a
photographers vest except one with the pockets full) vs. knowing how
geeky the item really is.


--
Matt Silberstein

All in all, if I could be any animal, I would want to be
a duck or a goose. They can fly, walk, and swim. Plus,
there there is a certain satisfaction knowing that at the
end of your life you will taste good with an orange sauce
or, in the case of a goose, a chestnut stuffing.

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:38:44 GMT, Matt Silberstein
<> wrote:

>Unfortunately my local war surplus store only carries hip new things.
>Now I am starting to look at the SCOTTEVEST
>(http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/Classic_bk.shtml). The question
>may well be do I want to look geeky (and nothing looks geekier than a
>photographers vest except one with the pockets full) vs. knowing how
>geeky the item really is.

Wow, if it does that x-ray **** then it's certainly worth the $129. I
imagine you'd get a few turned heads when you go through security at
an airport.

--
Owamanga!
http://www.pbase.com/owamanga

In article <>,
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> I am going to get a photographer's vest. Not because I truly need one,
> but because I am a geek. Being a geek I have to get a complex one that
> does the job. So what should I specifically look for, or is lots of
> pockets and Velcro and loops good enough?
>
>
>
>
> --
> Matt Silberstein
>
> All in all, if I could be any animal, I would want to be
> a duck or a goose. They can fly, walk, and swim. Plus,
> there there is a certain satisfaction knowing that at the
> end of your life you will taste good with an orange sauce
> or, in the case of a goose, a chestnut stuffing.
>
>

You can go to a Photo Supply store and buy a genuine Photographers vest, or
go to the sporting goods department in a discount store and buy a fishermans
vest (for half the money).

Mine has:

Two large pockets at bottom left and bottom right, so charged NIMH in one,
charged Lithium (Sony and Canon) in the other.. Two Matching pockets on the
right recieve the discharged ones.

Two medium pockets halfway up on left for empty memory sticks and CF cards
Two on right for full cards.

And the two pockets on left at top and on right at top for filters, small
tools ect. (and those STUPID Canon lens caps that dont have a place for a
tether.)

Very large pocket across the back (supposed to hold an extra fishing reel I
think) can be reached into while wearing the vest and will hold 8x10 inch
grey card and white card ect. (I have actually carried a Sony F 828 all day
long as a backup camera, pardon the pun).

I believe the vest was $20 US at Sears, its definately a fishing vest, but I
have only used it for photography. Very lightweigh, well vented and
comfortable.

--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:54:56 -0400
In message < om>
Larry <> wrote:

> > I am going to get a photographer's vest. Not because I truly need one,
> > but because I am a geek. Being a geek I have to get a complex one that
> > does the job. So what should I specifically look for, or is lots of
> > pockets and Velcro and loops good enough?

(Nice troll, btw...)

> You can go to a Photo Supply store and buy a genuine
> Photographers vest, or go to the sporting goods department
> in a discount store and buy a fishermans
> vest (for half the money).
> <snip>

Photo vest = dork
Fishing vest = redneck
SPF 90 Hiking vest = geek

TrueGeek, however, would be an imported jacket
with 20-30 pockets for wiring up and concealing
all your toys and accessories. ;^)

> (...those STUPID Canon lens caps that dont
> have a place for a tether.)

Dedicate a pocket for lens caps. I used to have
the same mis-conception until the wind blew a
lens-cap-on-a-rope in front of the lens and I
lost "one of those fleeting moments" when I
fully depressed the shutter button.

Jeff