My custom made case for my XH-A1

[k*_fan]

I've got a Canon XH-A1 that I use for shooting concerts. But all the cases that I've seen for it were too big and bulky, or inefficient in using space, or not rugged enough to protect my precious baby.

I've got a good friend who is a very talented bag maker. Years ago, he did leather work, but he's moved over into nylon as he's gotten into sea kayaking in a big way. Apart from his kayak and tent, everything he takes with him is custom made or heavily customized, and he can go in a two week ocean kayaking trip with checked baggage under the airline weight limit - it's really something to see.

I've been helping him with his computer and home theater system and he volunteered to make a bag for my camera. The result is amazing. Constructed out of ballistic nylon for the shell, pigskin for the lining ("Cloth wears out, this is what they use to make footballs!"), a zipper that he claims is the best on the market and corrugated plastic for rigidness.

There is a space for everything I need to carry, and not one cubic inch of wasted space inside. It is a thing of beauty.

I honestly have no idea what a custom case like this would cost, let alone one made of superior materials like this.

Gaze upon it lustfully, but know that it is mine, mine, mine!

 

[Finnegan]

Mine's better:

http://www.casesbypelican.com/1500_5618.jpg

 

[k*_fan]

Mine's better:

http://www.casesbypelican.com/1500_5618.jpg

I've seen those, but I've never been impressed with them. You have to tear out little cubes of foam, and dirt gets caught in the slits. That, and the case adds a lot of weight to the camera. I'll admit, that type is rugged, and would be a good idea if you had to check it as luggage, but who among us would ever check their camera?

 

[yommytacoe]

Mine's better:

http://www.casesbypelican.com/1500_5618.jpg

I don't mean to brag, but i have the 1550.

 

[jleo]

Nice case k*_fan. I've used corrugated plastic in a sports bag and it works to protect the camera. Also it doesn't scream "expensive camera inside"

Although my other camera case is cheaper!

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/images/products/5205-758_500.jpg

 

[Finnegan]

You stole my avatar!

 

[Everts]

You stole my avatar!

and he is only 5 posts short from yours muhhhahmuhahaaaa .....

I notice this a while back a few users having the same avatar .

 

[k*_fan]

Nice case k*_fan. I've used corrugated plastic in a sports bag and it works to protect the camera. Also it doesn't scream "expensive camera inside"

The exterior is a sandwich of this very rugged nylon, corrugated plastic and pigskin with padding. I was shooting the other night and got caught in a rainstorm, and the camera was perfectly dry.

Although my other camera case is cheaper!

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/images/products/5205-758_500.jpg

And stealthy! My friend was telling me about how his dad would carry around thousands of dollars worth of Lecia camera equipment in a ratty paper bag. There was plenty of padding inside to protect them, but the real protection was the fact that nobody would touch this bag other than with a hook at the end of a long pole.