Cameras on bikes

Suppose a chap had a large bridge-type digital camera and was looking
for a case to carry it in, that was not too bulky, but would protect
the camera sufficiently, while stashed in a top box or hard pannier.

Anyone any recommendations (other than use a tank bag)?

 

Lowe Alpine make some very good bags.

 

Plastic lunch box with foam inserts cut to suit. Works a treat for my
kit - a Canon MV850 when I connect it to a remote camera. If it stays in
the top box and looks aren't important.

Steve

 

Pelican case.

 

How "large"

This http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?&products_id=101011
fits my Olympus SP-560, with room to spare, but won't fit the Nikon D80.

 

That would do it, but would it protect the camera from all the
rattling and bouncing in a half empty box/pannier?

My wee Sony does ok with a sweatshirt wrapped round the case, but this
could get killed in short order, I reckon, if I did the same...

 

May as well fill the box/pannier with foam...

I wonder do they do one that locks to a Givi baseplate?

 

The Pelican will withstand a truck rolling over it, or being submerged
in water - and are available in many sizes.

When I took my DLSR to WavyDavy's, I used a Pelican small enough for
the body and two lenses and a bunch of bungee cords.

I doubt it. You could easily mod one, but then you'd lose the
waterproofness.

 

On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:31:12 +0200, Doesnotcompute

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Unless you use a plastic welder or industrial-strength glue.
And screws could also be protected with rubber seals, so it's
not like you have to lose the waterproofness.

There are a few threads at advrider.com on modding Pelican
cases to lock to givi mounts, but I'm too lazy to slog through
their forum interface.

 

I just shove a coat in the box and use that for padding.