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I took my old Domke bag with me on this trip, and it has worked really well. It holds a DSLR w/ kit lens and a 50/1.4 (not used at all), 1 spare camera battery and 2 spare videocam batteries, a GPS, a Photobank, a pair of gloves, my hat, a notebook, a pack of wet hand towels and other small bits.

However, only one hand-carry bag is allowed for Y-class passengers in China, and this is strictly implemented (except in Beijing), and this created a small problem for me. I wanted to hand carry both my cameras and my laptop computer, but the computer wouldn’t fit into the Domke bag. I had to put both the Domke bag (together with its contents) and the laptop into a tote bag and carried it pass the security check.

I therefore see one of those newer small rucksack which could hold a laptop and a camera plus lenses and accessories to be very useful when travelling.

Or bring a plastic shopping bag along and put the laptop into it to carry across the security checkpoint. For some reasons plastic shopping bags are not considered a hand-carry luggage.