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Thursday, 20 January 2005 |
Transporting a monster camera along with it's monster tripod and monster film holders is not an easy trick.
One common trick is to use a golf bag cart to transport the camera mounted on the tripod, or to use a bicycle
trailer made to transport kids to wheel the equipement around. I think that wheels are one of the
only viable options to getting around with a resonably large ULF camera.
One possible path is to get a custom built case, like those made by AWB enterprises (www.filmholders.com)
to go about. Many equipement case companies can build cases to your specifications, at a cost, of course.
another possible avenue is to use wheeled luggage cartslike those used by travelling salesmen to transport
catalogs and samples. Lowepro makes a Pro Roller case with an interior capacity of 22x17x9, which should be enough for many applications.
Pelican Cases are one way to go, with large trunks as large as 30x22x18 and a new cube case of 24x24x24 that can hold
all but the largest ULF systems. A wheeled steamer trunk could also do the trick. Sound and lighting equipement cases
are very sturdy and made to whistand the abuse of touring with a rock band, so even though they are no cheap, they can
be used to protect your precious camera, and they usually are wheeled.
When you want to go deeper in the wilderness and are not willing to hire sherpas to carry your equipement around, some, but not many,
option exist. One of the most innovative I've seen was to simply strap the camera to a backpack frame. When looking at photobag manufacturers,
Lowepro's largest offering, the Super Trekker AW, has an interior size of 14x6.5x25.5, which may be enough for an ULF camera and a holder, but
6.5 inches of depth is the limiting factor. f.64 makes backpack aimed at the LF shooters, but unfortunately no built to accomodate
a camera larger than a 8x10. Tamrac offers rolling backpacks (the 698 model) with interior dimensions of 13x6x20.5. Other manufacturer's largest
photobag may also be considered.
Military surplusses might be a source for cheap and sturdy hard cases, and a do it yourself custom made project is always a possibility, for those who have the
time, patience and skill to undertake the project.
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