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changing bag en · NOUN

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1. A bag designed to protect unexposed film from light.
   • Where no dark-room is at hand for loading plate holders or developing tank, the Ingento rubber changing bag will be found very convenient. 1909, James Boniface Schriever, editor, Elementary Photography, American School of Art and Photography, page 196:
   • The standard 400-foot rolls (11 minutes at 24 fps) are generally loaded into "magazines" in a lightproof changing bag, so that they are ready to be attached to the camera as soon as you want to shoot. 2023, Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Taylor, Cross-Cultural Filmmaking: A Handbook for Making Documentary and Ethnographic Films and Videos, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 247:
   • A changing bag can be used for loading them into the tank, thus doing away with the necessity for a darkroom. The printing is best done when the expedition returns to base. 1979, George L. Wakefield, edited by George L. Wakefield, Leonard Gaunt, Paul Petzold, The Pictorial Cyclopedia of Photography, Focal Press, →ISBN, page 34:
   • In sand or dust storms, motion-picture cameras should be loaded in a loading or changing bag. Small 16-mm. cameras can be placed inside the bag before the camera door is opened. With some 35-mm. cameras, the bag can be stretched over the lens to provide some degree of protection even though it cannot be sealed tightly. 1945, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Photography (Navy Training Courses), volume 2, Washington, D. C.: Navy Department, page 382:
2. (formal) Synonym of diaper bag.
   • [a list of supplies] Changing bag to carry nappy equipment around in. 1989, Nina Grunfeld, Week by Week Guide to Your Pregnancy, Smithmark Publishers, →ISBN, page 71:
   • In the same way that anything with the word 'wedding' in front of it automatically costs as least twice as much […] so does anything made specifically for new parents. I would urge you to resist anything overtly 'baby-ish' for your changing bag. Use a rucksack/bag you already have, or look for a good quality backpack with all the pockets (I do love a pocket). 2021, Jen Gale, The Sustainable(ish) Guide to Green Parenting: Guilt-free Eco-ideas for Raising Your Kids, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 53:
   • A potty (or change of diaper) is also a good idea. Take his changing bag, filled with the essentials (see below). 2007, Carol Cooper, Baby & Child: Your Questions Answered, DK Publishing, →ISBN, page 205:

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diaper bag