Hi, I think it's unlikely that anybody in the UK will try to snatch your cameras while you're carrying them. I've travelled over large parts of the world, and I live in the UK, and nobody has ever tried to do this to me. When somebody decided to take my cameras they just came to my house and took them.
Having said that, if you do feel the need for belt pouches and such like, I would suggest you buy a 2nd belt rather than attach things to the belt that's holding your trousers up because the weight will try to pull your trousers due south. This is probably why cowboys had a separate gunbelt. Various companies make belt systems. A particularly good one, which I use from time-to-time, is LowePro's Street and Field system. The S&F Light Belt is very good, and there are several pouches, cases, organisers and so on that attach to it. It's very versatile. I tend to use it with a water bottle, snap top and film drop ratherthan to keep my cameras secure. An attachment that might work well for you is one of the S&F Reporter AW bags, or the Toploader bags, which all come in several sizes and can be worn either as shoulder bags or can be fitted to the waistbelt. http://www.lowepro.com/pages/bySeries/StreetF.htm# --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, March 07, 2002, 11:17:22 AM, you wrote: > Hi All, > I'm planning on travelling to the UK later this year and am in the > midst of working out what camera gear to take with me, and how to carry it > around. I don't intend taking too much with me, at this stage it looks like > an MX with 30, 40 and 50/1.4 with a 28-200 to cover the longer focal lengths > (I don't have any k-mount primes between 55 and 500) and my Russian 6x9 > folder to cover MF, with a hand held lightmeter (maybe a spotmeter) and > possibly a monopod. > What I want to do is attach the cameras to my belt in some fashion, so that > I'm not always reaching into a back pack to grab them and I'm not carrying a > bag that screams "steal me" the way that most photo bags do. The idea is to > have them just to hand, but covered by a shirt (worn over the belt) or a > jacket most of the time. > I've bought a couple of small padded cases that are usually used for point > 'n' shoot cameras, and both the MX (with 40) and the folder will fit snugly, > but they still seem a little bulky. Does anyone know of any sort of clip > arrangement so that the camera can be attached directly to my belt? > Does anyone else carry their cameras this way? > Paul Ewins, > Melbourne, Australia > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
