Camera backpack advice

[Travis Butler]

Yeah, I know how it is to have to sell your gear because due to injuries you can’t use them anymore. Luckily it got much better with my shattered fingers over the years and can now fully use them, without any problems. But for years I had to be careful with heavy stuff. Otherwise they got irritated and swollen-up. It took like 7 years for the swelling not happening anymore when using them with constant weight.

But luckily m43 was there to keep me company and enjoying my hobby at that time.

Yeah, I very much get it; for me, it's MG weakness in the arms and ocular MG causing both double vision and inability to keep the eye off the viewfinder completely closed.

Life's grinding the body down kinda sucks, doesn't it? ^^;;

 

[CH_CH]

I have bought or received gifted (not by brands!) many camera bags over the years...
... most of them are now stored in the cellar. A couple of them have been given away...

For me the bag must achieve its goal. So:
1- Small bag that does not look like a camera bag, it looks cool, it holds 1 camera with a small lens + 2 other (primes) or 1 + a LED light. Perfect for going around in a city, or going out with family or friends, when you dont want to be "that boomer camera guy". Dörr Kapstadt, great! it carries my S9 90% of the time.
2- Bigger bag but in the same style. Key point is to be able to carry two bodies next to each other. I dont remember the brand now, I went to a couple camera shops and I tested until I found one that held both S5ii with 20-60 and G9ii with 50-200. Killer for more serious tourism, but it does not look as nice and it can be identified as photo bag, so I have to be even more pickpocket aware.
3- Rucksack. Sorry photo rucksack manufacturers, ALL I have tried from you is garbage. So I use a decent hiking rucksack (currently from Decathlon) that has straps where I can put my camera clips and good access to the interior, which I have filled with padded compartments. I hike a lot so I need a hiking rucksack that is actually good for that hiking, or XC ski. Photo rucksack typically fail in the ergonomies of the back.