Kevin Conville
yardbirder
Fair enough Lee, I can't argue with that.
My uses are somewhat different as I often am on a motorcycle, sometimes a bicycle.
When I go to my favorite patch, after getting out the bins and my spotter or camera with long lens, I bungee the cases down to the rack. This collapses the case(s) and indicates they are empty. Letting passersby know there's nothing to see here. The same goes for when I'm traveling by car as I can leave the case open or set something on it showing it is empty.
Compactness is of value to me as well and the case(s) I described are smaller both with and without bins inside.
The case I described also doesn't require one to find space within the case to accommodate the strap. The strap can't find it's way to a lens surface (if caps aren't utilized) and conduct some nefarious mission. This is particularly aggravated if one adopts a neoprene (which I dislike immensely) strap, for it's added bulk.
But, I see your point as well.
My uses are somewhat different as I often am on a motorcycle, sometimes a bicycle.
When I go to my favorite patch, after getting out the bins and my spotter or camera with long lens, I bungee the cases down to the rack. This collapses the case(s) and indicates they are empty. Letting passersby know there's nothing to see here. The same goes for when I'm traveling by car as I can leave the case open or set something on it showing it is empty.
Compactness is of value to me as well and the case(s) I described are smaller both with and without bins inside.
The case I described also doesn't require one to find space within the case to accommodate the strap. The strap can't find it's way to a lens surface (if caps aren't utilized) and conduct some nefarious mission. This is particularly aggravated if one adopts a neoprene (which I dislike immensely) strap, for it's added bulk.
But, I see your point as well.