EN – The Fanny Pack of Wyatt Earp

By Thomas Ludwig
Wyatt Earp is one of the most well-known gentlemen in history to wear a fanny pack – a belt pouch for those of you unfamiliar with the American term. His was a special fanny pack designed to hold his six shooter, and to give him quick, one-handed access to his gun. It would free his upper body from straps and belts and let him wear his working equipment very comfortably the whole day long.

But in the old days, no one would have called it a fanny pack, because neither Goa techno nor today's belt pouches had yet been invented. (Also, the term 'fanny' only acquired its modern meaning in North America in the early 20th century.) At the time, there was just one important thing: functionality! And of course a man who lived such a dangerous life as Wyatt Earp did had to look for the best tools available. Lateron it became fancy to wear a gun holster, which you can see in many Western movies.

Left: Gun holster | Middle: Wyatt Earp | Right: CAMSLINGER bag

When we developed the CAMSLINGER bag for mirrorless cameras, we picked up this concept and built a unique holster system. While the CAMSLINGER isn't exactly a fanny pack, it's a bit like Wyatt Earp's gun holster as it provides quick and easy acces to your working equipment, while letting you wear it comfortably on your body. It's a bag for mirrorless cameras that provides all the comfort and functionality you need for your exciting life as a mirrorless hero – even if it's not as dangerous as the life of Wyatt Earp.

Image credits: © underdogstudios - Fotolia.com | Gemeinfrei Wikipedia.de | © Cosyspeed GmbH

EN - Making of "A Photoblogger's Philosophy – Thomas Leuthard in Frankfurt"

Jan capturing Thomas "at work"

By Thomas Ludwig
Some months ago I had the pleasure to meet well known street photographer Thomas Leuthard from Switzerland. He is a very kind and open guy and I asked him spontaneously if he could imagine to take part on our video series about photoblogger's. We started this series with super nice Chris Gampat from The Phoblographer in November. Thomas agreed and we met up in Frankfurt in April.

First we made an Interview with him, which was extremely interesting. Jan Wagner, director and cameraman asked many questions and later on it was difficult to find the few words that would fit in a two minute clip. The last question of Jans interview was: "What is more important, truth or beauty?" – Maybe we'll release the full interview one day and you can hear the answer from Thomas himself :-)

DE - Making of "A Photoblogger's Philosophy – Thomas Leuthard in Frankfurt"

Von Thomas Ludwig
Vor einigen Monaten hatte ich das Vergnügen den bekannten Street-Fotografen Thomas Leuthard aus der Schweiz kennenzulernen. Thomas ist ein netter und offener Typ und ich fragte ihn spontan, ob er in unserer Video-Serie über Photoblogger mitspielen würde. Wir hatten bereits ein Video mit Chris Gampat von The Phoblographer aus New York gedreht. Thomas sagte zu und wir trafen uns zum Dreh in Frankfurt im April.

Jan filmt Thomas "bei der Arbeit"

Zunächst machten wir ein sehr interessantes Interview mit ihm. Jan Wagner, Regisseur und Kameramann stellte eine Menge Fragen und am Ende war es sehr schwierig die paar Worte auszusortieren, die für einen Zwei-Minuten-Clip genügen. Die letzte Frage in Jans Interview war: "Was ist wichtiger, Wahrheit oder Schönheit?" – Sicher veröffentlichen wir in Kürze das volle Interview und Ihr könnt die Antwort von Thomas selbst hören :-)

Nach dem Interview ging es in die Stadt, wo Jan Thomas "bei der Arbeit" über die Schulter sah. Er nutzte dazu unsere SONY NEX 7, die wir für Videos benutzen. Es ist schlicht und einfach erstaunlich, wie Thomas sich Menschen für ein Foto nähert (und die Fotos sind nicht minder erstaunlich). Es gab einige Szenen in denen Jan sich nicht traute Thomas zu folgen, weil er nicht einschätzen konnte, wie manche Menschen reagieren würden. Glücklicherweise fühlte sich niemand gestört. Ich muss sagen, dass Jan großartig eingefangen hat, wie Thomas seine außergewöhnlichen Fotos macht.

Schließlich war es ein toller Tag in Frankfurt mit einem großartigen Filmemacher, der einen großartigen Street-Fotografen filmte. Vielen Dank an die beiden!

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EN - Making of "The Mirrorless Hero - Shootout with the past"

Jan and Birgit shooting with a mirroless camera

By Thomas Ludwig

Back in August 2013 we were planning to shoot a promo video for our unique CAMSLINGER bags for mirrorless cameras. One of the major benefits of the bags is the fast and one-handed access to your mirrorless cam. So the idea for the video was to tell a story about a shootout between a mirrorless camera guy with a CAMSLINGER and a DSLR guy with a messenger style bag. I was so lucky to find widely experienced director Jan Wagner and camerawoman Birgit Möller for this job.

EN – A photo walk with Thomas Leuthard

The master at work

By Thomas Ludwig
On the first weekend of April I had the chance to meet up with Thomas Leuthard, well known street photographer from Switzerland. Back in February we had a first contact while I was eMailing him to present the Camslingers. Sometimes one word leads to another and so we met up in Zurich for talking about street photography and to have a photo walk with other photo nerds.

GER – Ein Foto-Walk mit Thomas Leuthard

Der Meister bei der Arbeit

Von Thomas Ludwig
Am ersten Aprilwochenende hatte ich das Glück den bekannten Schweizer Street-Fotografen Thomas Leuthard zu treffen. Bereits im Februar hatten wir einen ersten Kontakt, als ich ihm per eMail die Camslingers vorstellte. Und wie es manchmal so ist folgt ein Wort auf das andere und wie vereinbarten ein Treffen in Zürich. Hier sprachen wir über Street-Fotografie und trafen uns mit anderen Fotoverrückten zu einem Foto-Walk.