What’s your Bag? [A Quest for the Perfect Woman’s Camera Bag]

In this post Lisa Newton from Travelin’ Local shares a little of her quest for the perfect woman’s camera bag.

Many women want the option to have a camera bag that looks as great as it functions, so it can be part of our wardrobe. I’m certain that I’m not alone in this need.

So in my quest to find the “perfect” woman’s camera bag, I was eager to do my homework. So I read several reviews, posts, and forums on the subject. For example:

• Sime’s favorite Camera Bag is the thinkTANK Streetwalker HardDrive camera backpack.
• Peter Carey wrote a great blog post about Choosing a Day Bag for Your Camera.
• And everyone who answered the poll that DPS provided, which aggregated their readers varying opinions about their favorite camera bags, into a top category list.

In my dogged pursuit of finding the “perfect camera bag,” I thought it would be a “cake-walk.” Although, I pursued my homework and more, that I didn’t expect to find was that I couldn’t find a bag that fit the criteria I needed.

I didn’t think my requirements would be too difficult to meet:

The bag had to be large enough to fit my “purse” accoutrements including my wallet, make-up, and hairbrush, etc. Plus, I needed a bag that would be able to fit my laptop, which I want to take with me on various location shoots.

Most importantly, I wanted to be able to fit in my camera, a Nikon D40, along with enough room for both the camera’s 50mm and 70-200mm lens’. I always use both because I never know which one is going to provide me the shot I want and envision.

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