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peter_n wrote:
They've been bad for years. My regular bag is a 23 yr. old Domke F-2. If I bought one today it wouldn't last 23 months. They're rubbish unfortunately, and it's a real pity as the F-2 is just a tremendous bag to work out of.
Luckily the Safrotto brand that is sold on eBay is an excellent replacement: Better canvas, better stitching, quality inserts, all-metal parts (no plastic), and some come with free shoulder pads. Yes they are copies, but they are very good copies, very good indeed. And they cost about half of what a Domke bag costs.
I tripped on concrete several years ago with a Safrotto copy of the F-803 small satchel and the bag hit the ground hard with one of my Leicas inside. Absolutely no damage, and rangefinders are notorious for going out of alignment. If you like Domke bags but can't take the (lack of) quality have a look at the Safrottos.
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Have to echo Peter's comments, an F2 has been my primary bag since late 1978; for padding each lens has a microfiber cloth around it. ThinkTank bags are really good, have a Retrospective 10 and Digital Holster 50 v2, another Retro is in my future.
Tiffen went cheap with the newer Domkes, I picked up a black F1-X and while the bag is pretty good, the dividers are crap plastic something, not canvas like my F2, old school Domke's rule
Jerry
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