This might be a stupid question but I’d like to carry my smaller camera in my backpack every day. That means that it would sit in there together with my work laptop and occasional groceries or other stuff that I buy on my way home, for example. Therefore I bought a hard shell case (it was very hard to find one that had roughly the correct size) and lined it with some foam. Now the thing is, the case fits pretty well, but it could be a tad higher - currently I put the camera in standing upright and then need to apply a bit of force to the top lid in order to close the zipper of the bag. That means that there will always be some pressure on the camera from top to bottom. That wouldn’t be anything I’d worry about, but what if I additionally load a bunch of groceries on it. The way the camera sits in there I assume that the pressure will be immediately transmitted to the top of the camera. Will it be fine?
Here’s some photos to illustrate the situation: https://imgur.com/a/e4msHvD
Not an answer to your question but maybe this helps- If I need to keep an item elevated or upright in my bag, I sometimes tie/clip something to the carry handle and then to that item, and then zip the bag up against that. Not a permanent solution but it’s helped in a pinch.