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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · input on camera pack for hiking, trekking, camping etc... | |
Your problem, as I'm sure you have worked out, is trying to design a specialist pack for people who all have slightly different needs. I suspect that is probably the reason why the pack manufacturers stay out of camera bags.
As soon as you design a feature that is good for, say, wildlife photographers (such as dedicated space for a big tele), then you are potentially limiting the attraction of your bag to all other users, and therefore reducing your potential market.
It's easier to sell more general high quality packs, with options for the customer to fit to purpose (through use of ICUs, attachment points etc.) than it is to include specific uses in the design.
MindShift's Rotation bags are an interesting experiment that comes to mind, to try to combine a decent harness with specific camera usage, while maintaining some general space. Heavy, though. I wonder how many of those they sold to serious walkers?
Putting a proper harness on a decent size camera bag, like you discussed with PD, seems to me to be the best available 'niche' market at present.
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