Help me buy… a backpack

Great camera backpacks are among the best ways to keep your gear safe when you’re out and about on a photo shoot. With tough exteriors and padded interiors, they provide protection both inside and out, and this is why a dedicated camera backpack is so much better than a generic one.

Of course, you don’t want to take chances and cut corners when it comes to keeping your pricey camera(s) and lenses safe. Camera backpack interiors are not only padded, but also tend to be customizable. It’s a pretty standard feature for camera backpacks to have Velcro internal dividers that can be reconfigured to fit around the shape of your camera, lenses and any other bits of gear that you might want to carry, such as a drone, for example.

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