Ever-ready Bags
In the 70's the ever-ready (ironically named sometime "never-ready") camera's bags became quickly disgraced to the profit of shoulder bags.
Formally, they were considered as standard accessories both necessary to protect and transport the camera. With SLR cameras, the possibility to have more bigger lenses made most of the time the bag unadapted. The body basis was , however, sometime a good occasional protection too. The bag basis could be also equipped for attaching the neck strap. The main bag shell of SLR ever-ready bags could be also quite bulky and difficult to handle during photo shooting. They could be most of the time removed but the shell was still cumbersome.
They could made of leather or plastic and their interior possibly covered with velvet red, dark green, bark blue or black. The bags could rigid, soft, half-soft. The body basis could be even reinforced with a rigid-metal foil.
I noticed that ever-ready bags in vintage SLR kits are sometime a sign for a good general conservation of the camera. I use them possibly for the storage and transportation of the field when I do not use a photo-bag, into the front-baggage of my bicycle for instance. Their esthetic were quite variable ranging from ugly to elegant ...
Nikon F (can accolade either the Nikon F with regular eye-level prism or Photomic FTN finder).
Ever-ready Bags
In the 70's the ever-ready (ironically named sometime "never-ready") camera's bags became quickly disgraced to the profit of shoulder bags.
Formally, they were considered as standard accessories both necessary to protect and transport the camera. With SLR cameras, the possibility to have more bigger lenses made most of the time the bag unadapted. The body basis was , however, sometime a good occasional protection too. The bag basis could be also equipped for attaching the neck strap. The main bag shell of SLR ever-ready bags could be also quite bulky and difficult to handle during photo shooting. They could be most of the time removed but the shell was still cumbersome.
They could made of leather or plastic and their interior possibly covered with velvet red, dark green, bark blue or black. The bags could rigid, soft, half-soft. The body basis could be even reinforced with a rigid-metal foil.
I noticed that ever-ready bags in vintage SLR kits are sometime a sign for a good general conservation of the camera. I use them possibly for the storage and transportation of the field when I do not use a photo-bag, into the front-baggage of my bicycle for instance. Their esthetic were quite variable ranging from ugly to elegant ...
Nikon F (can accolade either the Nikon F with regular eye-level prism or Photomic FTN finder).