I'm surprised there aren't more manufacturers that are putting hard case panniers...anyway, I'm a photographer and it's a must for me...so this is my hack:

http://russroca.blogspot.com/2007/07...hat-could.html

I also ordered one of these and can't wait to test it out:

http://www.nashbar.com/results.cfm?c...gory%3A%20Bags