[LargeFormat] Dragging the gear around in a roller, is that harmless ?

[Eve Girard]

I've been following this thread with interest as I felt I had something to
add . . . but couldn't remember what!  Finally, the few live grey cells
kicked in and I found my reference.   In the May/June 1993 edition of View
Camera magazine, Gordon Hutchings has a one-pager on his "Peanut Cart" that
he built for toting his LF gear about.  Quite an elegant solution!  It's
your basic plywood box, bike wheels and a push/pull handle.  Picture the
vendors in city parks and you have a rough idea.  There are no plans or
nail-by-screw construction directions but I'd be happy to send on a copy of
the article if your archives aren't as antique as mine (or me).  Please
contact me off-list.  (evegir@reachone.com)
Eve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Glorieux" <guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Dragging the gear around in a roller, is that
harmless ?


> Hi Christiane,
> Nice to see you on LF!
> I've been wondering about the same thing as you, since I have this 11x14
> field camera and heavy-duty tripod which I want to take outside around
> town this summer.  I couldn't possibly go very far without some kind of
> a trolley for the camera, the film holders and the tripod, etc...
> I wonder if the way to approcah it would not be to have a separate bag
> to carry the lens and shutter system (something like a small camera bag)
> and a trolley/roller to carry the rest of the gear.
> Cheers,
> Guy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christiane Roh" <rohcris@vtxnet.ch>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 10:00 AM
> Subject: [LargeFormat] Dragging the gear around in a roller, is that
> harmless ?
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've  been mostly a lurker on this list, mainly because lately I've
> not used
> > my ArcaSwiss 6x9 a lot : I'm getting older with some pains in the back
> and I
> > need something more comfortable to drag the view camera along, even if
> it's
> > only a small view camera.
> >
> > That camera is fairly compact - despite of its weight - and presently
> holds
> > in a Lowepro MiniTrekker (look here to see the kind of bag it is :
> > http://www.lowepro.com/pages/series/trekking/minitrk.htm).
> >
> > My main shooting subject involves cityscapes, streets and buildings,
> with
> > occasional landscape photography. I don't really hike in the wild, but
> I
> > walk a lot in the streets. So I've been wondering whether I couldn't
> put the
> > viewcamera gear in a roller ?  There are some nice ones advertised by
> > Lowepro here for instance :
> >
> > http://www.lowepro.com/pages/bySeries/ProRoll.htm
> > (hesitating between a Proroller Mini (about the same size as the
> > MiniTrekker, but without the stand for easy grabbing) or the Proroller
> 1
> > (may be too big, but with that stand for easier grabbing).
> >
> > http://www.lowepro.com/pages/bySeries/rolling.htm
> > Looks even better, because these are combined roller/backpacks which
> would
> > be very versatile; the wheelsystem (judging from the pictures) seems
> to be
> > the same as that of the Proroller series.
> >
> > Now while it would be very convenient to be able to drag the view
> camera on
> > wheels and avoid the hassle of backpacking, there are some questions :
> >
> >
> > 1)  I've not been able to see one of these bags here around, so I'll
> have to
> > order without seeing any.. Did any of you have some experience with
> one of
> > these bags, or did any of you get an occasion to look at them ? Any
> usefull
> > thoughts, or experience to share, especially concerning the wheel
> system ?
> >
> > 2) My main concern is with the vibrations caused to the gear and
> especially
> > to the lenses and shutter mechanism : supposing that I drag the gear
> in one
> > of these wheeled bag all of the time, would that harm the lenses in
> the end
> > ?  Lowepro advertises mainly the stability of their wheels system ..
> But the
> > wheels look fairly small and Lowepro doesn't say anything about how
> the
> > vibration of the wheels is softened.. Should I be concerned about it ?
> Or
> > isn't not a real issue ?
> >
> > 3) Would you use that kind of bag as cabin luggage ? Or even for
> checking on
> > an flight ? (seems ok to me for the first situation, but not for the
> > second).
> >
> > 3) If vibration is too much of a concern, do you see any other
> solution
> > which would allow me to wheel the camera gear through the streets of
> the
> > cities ? Would a roller made of a hardcase avoid vibration better ? Do
> they
> > come along with larger wheels ? May be, after all, that soft
> cases/packs
> > transfer less vibrations than hardcases ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for sharing your experience or advice.
> >
> > --
> > Christiane
> >
> >
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