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* Make Your Own Camera Bag *
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Now that I've actually decided to bring my Rebel XT (along with two new lenses - 50mm f1.8 & 28-200mm f3.5 and up) on our Europe trip, I figure I'm going to need something to carry all of this junk around in. At first, I thought, hey, I'll just buy a camera bag. After I did the research and went around to all of the camera bag manufacturer websites, I settled on the Tamrac 5765 (pictured to the left there). It's a nice size, can be used as both a hippack and as an over the shoulder type deal, and it's not too flashy.

When I went to order it at amazon, it was out of stock so I got on the wait list for it. Then I thought to myself...hmmm...what if I reused one of my old messenger bags as a camera bag? I had been using of them as my adhoc camera bag with my "Inner Mongolia Hat" as the camera holder. It worked well enough, but I'd like something a little more sturdy and actually protective for this trip.

I figured, I'd get some foam and some plastic sheeting to do bulk up the protective qualities of the bag and it seems, according to this ad-riddled, yet informative how-to guide: Tech ARP - DIY Camera Backpack Guide, that I was right. This guys uses cardboard and bubble wrap to do the trick and I can see why that would be a good way to go (since the cardboard is a flexible, it can smunch down if necessary). Luckily for me, there is a TAP Plastics store in mountain view that sells scrap plastic pieces. I went over there today and got two pieces of scrap to use on the bottom of our backpacks to give them some form on the bottom and help prevent "stuff-leak" in the event of a tear or a brazen attempt at slashing the bottom of the bag.

I figure I'll get this little project done this weekend and plan out my camera bag so I can stop by TAP and pick up some plastics next week.












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