smbooth wrote:Thank Guys, Maris if you can would it be possible to get a snap of your pack internals. The backs I got both are 80L front opening one is nice and deep which does fit the B&J810 but it has a bottom hatch so only the top 2/3 opens while technically this is good as it keeps the weight in the middle it makes it harder to fit a internal frame.
I don't have a small camera or any digital stuff so a snap is out but I'll try to verbal it.
The Aus Club travel pack is a cheapie I found in a bag shop years ago; never seen another one. It has a full opening front flap without the 2/3 + 1/3 bottom compartment design that seems to be the rage today. Size is 67cm H x 45cm W x 24cm D and I built an inner form out of "bending ply" to reinforce the whole thing. The bending ply is covered on both sides with glued on 10mm black foam. The inside floor (the other side of the surface that goes against my back, that is) of the bag is covered by a single piece of glued on 10mm
semi-rigid black foam. The big front flap of the bag is similarly reinforced on the inside by another sheet of semi-rigid black foam so it is more like a door than a flap. This helps it support the daypack with the film holders in it.
I fixed a
rigid ply shelf (with glued on foam) 44cm above the bottom of the bag to define a 45cm x 44cm space for my Tachihara 8x10 (+ focussing cloth) to ride in. On the shelf go two or three soft-wrapped lenses and a spotmeter.
Full opening travel packs are a rarity. Nowadays when I see one I always find the darn thing has wheels and a handle which is nice at the airport and useless on a mountainside. But I keep looking because my Aus Club bag will fail under the strain one day (or I will) and I don't want to be out of business. Over the decades I have custom compartmented several 8x10 backpacks and always keep learning. A working truism seems to be: your first backpack you build for an enemy, your second for a friend, and your third for yourself!