Camera bags are a 20th-century development for the convenient carrying and quick access to high-end

camera A camera is an optical instrument that can capture an image. Most cameras can capture 2D images, with some more advanced models being able to capture 3D images. At a basic level, most cameras consist of sealed boxes (the camera body), with a ...

equipment. They replaced fitted leather cases that were supplied with the earliest cameras. In the 1970s, war and documentary photographers used fishing bags made by English companies Brady and

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. Billingham noticed their waterproof soft bags were popular with photographers and modified the fishing bag with padding to protect camera gear. In 1975, photojournalist Jim Domke wanted a bag to carry all his camera gear and worked with a tent manufacturer to prototype a canvas camera bag. Feedback from photographers at the

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changed the design to arrange the gear vertically, accessed from above. Domke sold his company in 1990 to Tiffen.{{Cite web, date=2014-07-21, title=Camera Bags and Cases: The Unlikely Story of an Essential Imaging Tool - The Broadcast Bridge - Connecting IT to Broadcast, url=https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/293/camera-bags-and-cases-the-unlikely-story-of-an-essential-imaging-tool, access-date=2022-02-08, website=The Broadcast Bridge, language=en

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