Camera bags that don't look like camera bags

<p>If the discussion is still going - how do you adequately pad a diaper bag or army surplus bag so that it has some semblemce of organization?</p>

<p>Jacqueline L, besides ordering inserts from Domke, Tamrac, I often read about usage of "closed cell foam". Well, I would be happy to try that only if anybody (at a retail shop) around here knew just what the hell is it, let alone take my money for it. Closest thing so far I have found is foam padding for chair seat pads or quilts (at Walmart from a local manufacturer in various thickness).

 

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A <a href="http://www.closedcellfoams.com/">primer of sorts</a> from The Foam Factory.

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<p>I would focus on something comfortable to carry that accommodates how you use your gear.</p>

 

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<p>This is much, much more important than disguise. Sadly, many things that don't look like a camera bag don't perform like a camera bag either. Or they look like something maybe more attractive too a thief. </p>

<p>I just stumbled across a real camera bag by Think Tank that is called the Urban Disguise; it's designed to look like a diaper bag. They range from small to large - here's the link:<br>

<a href="http://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/urban-disguise-20-shoulder-bag.aspx">http://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/urban-disguise-20-shoulder-bag.aspx</a></p>

<p> Jacqueline - I did consider buying one of these until my wife pointed out they look more like laptop bags and you are much more likely to get mugged for your laptop by some junkie than your photographic gear and since we travel sometimes in third world country s and although the Urban Disguise bags wouldn't look out of place in a city they look far too businesslike to use in a village in India, or Indonesia, I use a well used olive drab Domke f2 that looks like something that came out of an army surplus store but is a real "shooters bag" because it's easy to "work" out of even at the run , and although I own a Billingham 550 and a 335 the Domke is the bag I prefer, it seems to swallow up however much equipment I put into it, and the one use the most.</p>

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