Stealth bag for a NEX set...

[LucisPictor]

I am constantly looking for the perfect camera bag (this is, you could say, my other addiction ).

A perfect bag combines those features:

- big enough for the set I want to bring (plus some additional room for surprise buys )
- rugged
- protective for the gear inside
- inconspicuous
- low priced

This is very difficult to find. Billingham bags for example offer everything but the last aspect, well, perhaps the second last neither.

And every bag can only perfect for a certain set. A pefect bag for a big DSLR set looks different from one for my Digilux 2, of course.

Just recently I have found a solution for a rather small (and still pretty complete) NEX-set:


That is a "combat bag" which normally is used by the German Army, just in black. The film roll indicates that it is pretty compact.

It is very pleasant to carry around, because it is made out of very rugged canvas and weighs next to nothing.

With some pad inside it protects the gear well and that looks like this:


All that stuff easily fits inside in the present configuration:

And I forgot the small tripod that fits into the front compartment.

And I think nobody would ever expect a camera inside when he sees this bag hanging from my shoulders...
(Well, perhaps soon they will... )

[Riku]

Looks good! Is it available online or did you find it in a local shop?

[LucisPictor]

[Riku]

[LucisPictor]

No, there is no padding included. Actually, there is nothing included apart from the bag.

I have so many bags that I have a lot of those pads. And I have bought a padded insert for a Kalahari K-35:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B002CZP86C

With that one I had enough pads to fill two other bags. This "combat bag" and a messenger bag which is a big bigger and holds two more lenses plus my Digilux 2.

[LucisPictor]

[Arkku]

[Riku]

Thanks, guys. Dimensions of that bag are 37 x 30 x 15 cm. I guess it's important to be at least 15cm wide, if you're going to add any padding?

I guess I would carry a bit less gear that LucisPictor...