CASES.
The SLR camera should always be ready to shoot, but at the same time it must be protected from dust and damage. Despite the solid appearance, the camera is very sensitive to the slightest collision with something hard (hitting the door of a tram or wagon, about a rock in the mountains, etc.), it reacts to it with an imperceptible dent of the camera wall or lens mount, which can immediately immobilize the entire mechanism.
For protection against accidents, against dust, pressing into every smallest hole and settling on the lens, ambulance cases and reporter-type bags for the camera and equipment.
These bags can be made of leather lined with fabric,
made of dermatoid or plastic, they can be stiff or soft, provided for the storage of the camera itself, or a camera with a spare lens and support equipment.
Ambulance cases are made in this way, you don't have to remove the camera to take a picture, but all you have to do is open the flap covering the lens, viewfinder and adjustment knobs. Used in 35mm photography, they are very convenient to use, They also protect the camera perfectly.
Reporters and professional photographers often use large over-the-shoulder bags, housing the camera, filters, sun visor, light meter, interchangeable lenses, membrane stock, etc.
You can order such a bag or adapt a women's handbag for this purpose, so-called. "conductor”.
For amateur purposes, especially during trips and travel, soft ones are the most comfortable, small bags slung over the shoulder, not disturbing during longer hiking trips. In a bag like this (there are also well-known airline-type bags made of plastic) interchangeable lenses are conveniently located, light meter, filters and spare membranes; the camera itself slung over the photographer's shoulder, in an ambulance, rests on the bag.