[BNM] [OT] Camera bag?

[Jamie Campbell]

The street photographer's trick is to use any bag that is not a camera
bag and put your kit in padded pouches or if using one camera and one
lens no pouch at all

You can get soft pouches and padded wraps from Calumet
http://www.calumetphoto.co.uk, Team Work http://www.teamworkphoto.com
and Robert White http://www.robertwhite.co.uk

I've done this for years sans padding, however my kit is still clockwork
and built like a brick shit house. All DSLRs have been measured and
found wanting.

If you do go down the any bag route and have vestigial padding you need
to learn to handle your bag carefully, it's not that difficult, but if
you are one of those folks who throw bags down with a heavy sigh you'd
have to stop. The main problem is security staff, who can't be told to
treat bags with kid gloves, especially in the States where they are rude
and would strip search you soon as look at you. Good pouches would solve
much of this, especially if well packed.

For formal carting about of kit, in a please mug me fashion, I have one
of these: 
http://www.lowepro.com/Products/Backpacks/notebook_camera/CompuTrekker_Plus_AW.aspx



On Mon, 2007-09-10 at 19:43 +0100, iestyn lloyd wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I'm after a backpack that will meet airline carry-on baggage
> restrictions, that will hold my DSLR, 2 lenses and associated bits,
> plus all the things i'd want to take on a long-haul flight, such as
> ipod, DS, books, etc..
> 
> I'll also have to lug it around America for a week, so i'd prefer it
> not to scream *MUG ME!*, like most of these bags do.
> 
> Anyone bought such a thing?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> iestyn