Backpacking Camera Gear

[michael_kadillak3]

I have assembled a modest sized Pelican hard case that I use to protect my investment in a 5x7 camera and several lenses for general travel and am looking for a backpack that has a platform upon which to set my case and strap it to for long day hikes.

 

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Many of the conventional external frame packs I am finding do not have such a platform and I know that the Forest Service for one used to use these to carry equipment into the back country. Any ideas?

 

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Many thanks.

[ken_burns1]

Check with Campmor at www.campmor.com. They have the Camp Trails

brand Freighter Frame in their catalog for $79.99. Their catalog

number is 60077-B.

[chauncey_l._walden]

Michael, I made a shelf for my $10 garage sale pack frame out of inch

and a half by one eighth, inch by one eighth, and three-quarter inch

by one eighth aluminum strap from the hardware store. I bent the heavy

stuff into a flat-bottomed "U" and attached the ends to the frame with

regular frame pins. The small stuff became 45 degree braces pinned to

the frame and bolted to the "U". The medium stuff became shelf cross

bars with the ends bent 90 degrees and bolted to the "U". It was easy

and only cost a few dollars and my packed 8x10 is happy back there.

[bruce_schultz]

Chauncey, What did you use to house the 8x10 on the backpack?

[david_clark4]

Hi Michael, I hear Cabela's has a pack frame that will work for this.

Best, David