Cheap Digital Camera Bag - How to Make Your Own

Many photographers do not like traditional camera bags. More often than not they tend to be uncomfortable to carry, oddly shaped (big square bags) and pretty much useless for anything apart from carrying your camera and accessories.

In addition dedicated camera bags are not very conspicuous and are often seen as an invitation to rob as they tend to say to other that you are carrying potentially thousands of dollars worth of camera kit with you.

The home made solution

I have found a great way to make a comfortable, durable and cheap camera bag that is also great to use for non photography kit. This makes it the ideal choice to use as a travel bag or an everyday bag for the gym etc but you want the option of taking your camera and lenses with you.

The best part about this solution is that you can easily access the bag (say to change a lens without taking the bag off, unlike pretty much every dedicated camera bag out there).

First you need to take a bicycle courier bag. These bags, and the particular brand I use is renowned for being durable. They are designed to be tough as hell as bike couriers are not renowned for their delicateness. In addition they are water proof and ease of access thanks to a big Velcro flap and twin buckles which provides the ease of access.

Next I add some camera bag inserts. You simply choose which combination of inserts to add depending on your kit/requirements and pop them in an out of the bag as and when you need them.

The flexibility of this systems is great because you can mix and match meaning carrying you camera gear plus travel documents, laptop or even you gym kit is not a problem.

Just follow this link to see exactly which bag I used along some pictures of my homemade camera bag.