The National Geographic 5738 Earth Explorer Large Backpack has a lower padded compartment which holds a camera or camcorder and other accessories such as lenses (up to 300mm), flash units, batteries, cables, chargers and more. This compartment has a set of dividers that allow you to seperate the bag according to your own personal needs. An upper storage compartment holds all of your personal items. The seperator between the upper and lower compartments can be removed if necessary to create one extremely spacious storage space. The rear padded compartment of this backpack holds a laptop of 17" or less and other accessories.