Molded Camera Bag

[MonicaJacobson]

I finally finished the camera bag I started a few weeks back. This one is for personal use, which is a good thing because I learned a lot from making it, and it's certainly not perfect! Over all though, I'm not at all displeased with how it turned out. It fits our camera well (I added 1/2 inch board underneath the camera when I formed the leather), and even fits the bigger lens. I'm looking forward to hauling it along for many hikes.

Cheers,

Monica

[Tree Reaper]

Monica;

You've been busy getting that done.

Nice case, does your camera still take pictures after all that molding?

Kevin

[Leatherbaron]

Real nice Job mate

[MonicaJacobson]

LOL, yeah, well, it still seems to work. Good thing. Kevin, I did a bit of a hack job on those corners, but it definitely looks better than it did, hack or no. I added two little pieces of leather and sewed them in and glued them. Next time I'll avoid the whole scenario.

Thanks, Leatherbaron!

[Tree Reaper]

It would be interesting to find out what a camera model made from a 3D printer would cost.

[MonicaJacobson]

As it happens, my husband happens to work with 3D printer maker bots, but actually modeling the camera in CAD would take a ridiculous amount of time. He says if you had the CAD, it'd take $20.00 of materials (plus whatever time it took), but if you don't have the CAD, it'd be a thousand dollar project.

[Alvetjarn]

Very nice camera molding! I can see you make additional ones for other lenses that you can hang onto this one as well.

Regarding the camera and molding. Cameras today are sturdy things and if you wrap it in plastics to avoid the wet then it should be able to handle it without any problem. Otherwise do a rough wooden version.

[Wrumble]

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but what did you use to dye/darken that veg tanned? The finish is awesome!

[MonicaJacobson]

Thank you, Alvetjarn! I appreciate the kind words. It actually fits a 24-70 and a 50mm 1:1.4 lens (not at the same time, obviously), which are our favorite lenses. I need to make a flash case to go with it. I plan to make the flash case with a clip on the back so that you can just clip it onto your belt. If we were as into photography as we used to be, I'd just make an over the shoulder lens case that could hold another two lenses. You know, the way a quiver sits, but not shaped like a quiver. You only want so many bags impeding your movement.

And thank you Wrumble - I'm not really sure what the ideal finish is, but I used neatsfoot oil and then waxed it. I'm letting it darken in the sun as well. I really like the golden caramel look of undyed and aged leather.

[Volksdad]

Thats a beautiful case. No kitschy adornment, just a sincere functional purpose design and the raw beauty of leather.

Well done!