Camera bags
Capturing a sunrise over the mountains, a starry night sky above 3,000 meters, or spectacular rock formations in the Dolomites – there’s no limit to how far or how high you’ll go when it comes to getting the perfect shot. So you need to make sure you have a backpack that’s built for carrying your photography equipment and is comfortable too. Find out more!
deuter camera backpacks for professional photography equipment
Hiking, backpacking or cycling – a camera helps you hold on to those outdoor moments for longer, and share them with those who couldn’t join you. With a camera backpack you can carry your camera gear securely and in comfort. At deuter, we’ve equipped our hiking backpacks with camera compartments for your photographic equipment.
The result: a perfectly fitting back system, optimum carrying comfort, and fully padded photo gear compartments for SLRs, digital cameras, lenses and other photographic equipment from tripods to filters and reflectors, spare batteries and memory cards. When it came to designing the internal compartments and the backpack features, we used the advice of professional mountain athletes and photographers to help us create a fusion between a hiking backpack and a camera bag.
In collaboration with Michael Martin
What happens when a world-class photographer and a backpack pioneer come together?
Michael Martin is one of Germany’s most renowned photographers. His photographic career spans more than 40 years. His fascinating images, lectures, books and films have moved people all over the world. For the new deuter Jaypack the world-famous photographer returned to his hometown of Gersthofen in Germany – which is also home to deuter.
Lightweight photo backpacks for big or small equipment
- Proven hiking back systems
- Clever internal organization
- Sustainable product design
Being organized is half the battle when it comes to photography – accessing your camera quickly before the last light fades. That’s why our camera packs have simple, easy-to-use internal organization. The inner and outer fabric of our hiking camera backpacks are hard wearing and made from bluesign® certified materials. As a bluesign® system partner deuter is committed to the most stringent sustainability standards within the textile industry.
These water-repellent backpacks protect your camera and photographic equipment from moisture and are made without the use of harmful PFAS chemicals. Whether it’s a hiking backpack with camera compartment or a removable padded Fotobox you can choose between these two models of backpack:
Small camera backpack Jaypack 34+
At 34 liters’ capacity, the Jaypack 34+ hiking backpack has a camera compartment and subdivided padded compartments for your camera gear. Featuring the deuter Alpine back system, it creates a secure fit so that your camera equipment sits securely on your back, no matter how rugged or steep the terrain. Zippered pockets on the hip fins and stash pockets on the outside have space for lens filters, flash or light reflectors. A lockable main compartment has space for a laptop, as well as a separate compartment for a change of clothes, first aid kit and food etc.
The Jaypack 34+ offers space for the following:
- DSLR with portrait grip and professional-grade cameras
- Padded dividers: 5 x small 1-bay dividers, 3 x small 1-bay dividers, 2 x 2-bay dividers, 2 x 3-bay dividers, and 2 x 4-bay dividers
- Telephoto lens up to 500 mm with lens hood & 600-800 mm telephoto with simple lens hood
- The extendable capacity in the lid compartment gives it space for a camera body with telephoto lens attached.
Jaypack Pro 34+14
With a roll-top opening, the Jaypack Pro 34 has an extra 14 liters‘ space for camera gear. And this tough, water-repellent photo backpack has a front compartment designed to keep your emergency avalanche equipment at the ready. Making your alpine passage in winter conditions that little bit safer.
The Jaypack Pro 34+14 benefits from the following, and more:
- Back friendly carrying comfort
- Easy-access zip-around rear opening
- Removable organizer unit
No longer available
Large camera backpack Futura Pro JAYPACK 36
The Futura Pro Jaypack 36 for your multi-day hiking photo adventures. This camera backpack will accompany you on your hiking trips, with or without a camera, thanks to the clever Camera Box Two separate insert. And so this hiking backpack with the deuter Aircomfort back system can also be used for purely hiking or backpacking trips, when you want to leave your photo equipment at home. The front panel opening gives you quick access however, when you do take your camera gear with you. The shoulder straps and hip fins of this camera backpack keep the weight close to your center of gravity, while the mesh back panel generates effective airflow across the back on more strenuous hikes.
The Futura Pro Jaypack 36 highlights:
- Removable camera bag with space for a DSLR with lens attached, plus the following partitions: 5 x small 1-bay dividers, 2 x 2-bay dividers, 2 x 3-bay dividers, 1 x diagonal divider
- Large, zippered side pocket with 1 x small stretch mesh pocket inside designed for accessories like SD cards, filters, batteries etc.
- Pole & ice axe attachment that doubles up as a tripod attachment
- Waterproof rain cover to protect contents from persistent rain
Test review for the Jaypack 34+
From mind the bumb
Innovative construction, well-thought-out design and theoretical preventive measures for every worst-case scenario can only be proven to be effective – or not – in practice. Which is why deuter has always tested its new products on athletes and mountain guides, putting them through their paces. For the new Jaypack 34+ camera backpack, however, we needed a different kind of specialist team to test it out.
Camera bags for backpacks
At the heart of our photo backpacks, we have the protective padded inserts: the Camera Box One and Camera Box Two. They are responsible for ensuring your gear is not damaged in transit – whether it’s through knocks, dust or dirt. If you already have a backpack you use for hiking, mountaineering, or mountain biking, then you can use one of these units to convert it into a camera backpack. And you can use the camera bag on its own without the backpack – keeping your photo gear padded and secure.
Main features of our camera bag units:
Camera Box One
- For use in backpacks 30 Liters + in size
- Suited to deuter backpacks with zip around opening to fit a DSLR with mounted lens and up to three extra lenses or accessories
Camera Box Two
- For use in backpacks 36 Liters + in size
- Suited to hiking backpacks with a front opening
- Also sold together the Futura Pro Jaypack 36
- Padded partitions adapt to your camera gear set-up, with the following: 5 x small 1-bay dividers, 2 x 2-bay dividers, 2 x 3-bay dividers, 1 x diagonal divider
Why should I buy a camera backpack from deuter?
The same applies to these special backpacks with camera bags, as it does to other hiking backpacks and all deuter products: We plough all our know-how and expertise into developing our backpacks so that they meet the precise requirements of mountain athletes, sports persons or photographers. Since it was founded in 1898, the deuter team has been striving to make its backpacks and bags even better. Our camera backpacks are:
- Lightweight thanks to the use of innovative materials and design
- Made from recycled materials and meet the highest standards in the textile industry — for fair working conditions and sustainable environmental practices
- Hard wearing & durable for a long usable lifetime in the outdoors
- Comfortable to carry even with heavy camera gear thanks to proven back systems and special models specific to men and women
- Repairable by deuter even after many years of use thanks to our lifelong repair service.