The Think Tank Retrospective 7 -- Rekindling my affection for a run and gun wedding bag

I hope you're having a great start to your week.

It's a cold day here in Wisconsin and we're expecting a storm this afternoon -- pretty common for a midwest winter day. At the local coffee shop and having a hot chocolate.

On Saturday I had another winter wedding (which is rather amazing because I have probably had more weddings in Wisconsin in February this year than I ever remember having in CA during a February when we lived there).

For the past couple weddings I have been using a shoulder bag that I have owned for a several year but haven't used much of late.

That bag? The Think Tank Retrospective 7 (in black).

Mine is the version one, and the version two looks to be a solid upgrade. https://www.thinktankphoto.com/collections/retrospective-series?rfsn=140905.1cb641 (this is an affiliate link).

What made me bring this back into the rotation? I had been using a bag from another manufacturer and that bag is very contemporary and stylish. The thing is that I found it difficult to simply "jam" gear into and out of it as is common when you are in a run-and-gun world of weddings.

The other bag's tighter configuration made it tougher to grab and go that is my (bad) habit from years of newspaper work.

That bag is more like skinny jeans and I guess my Think Tank is more like cargo pants.

The Think Tank just has a little bit more room for lenses and other accessories and is not much bigger so it works incredibly well as a day long carry (using the bag slung across my right shoulder, bag on the left side).

The Retrospective lines harken back to the original canvas bag that many of my contemporaries from the news biz used back in the 80s and 90s -- the ubiquitous Domke bag. Domke was named after the Philadelphia Inquirer news photographer (Jim Domke) who designed and manufactured the bag before selling the brand a long time ago.

Think Tank is often known for their great rollers (which is well deserved) but for folks that like to work out a small shoulder bag that has real utility, I encourage you to look at the Retrospective Series because I think they are superb.

Hope you have a great week!!

Paul