How do you store your lenses

rjm007 · 10-30-2015, 08:45 AM

Given the serious amount of LBA there is here I wonder how everyone is storing them their lens collection. Being merely a rank amateur I have a camera bag that serves as a lens pile for now. Having caught manual prime fever with the purchase of a SonyA6000 (and coming from a Pentax beginning) I'm every so slightly obsessed with M42 and K-Mounts.

Pretty soon the OCD side of me is going to need to store them properly.

So what does everyone do - especially say, the guys that have 10 50mm lenses :-)

GaryH · 10-30-2015, 08:58 AM - **1 Like**

Pelican 1514 with dividers and a Pelican 1504 with dividers. I have silica gel packs in each case. I store 19 lenses and three bodies in these.

severalsnakes · 10-30-2015, 08:59 AM - **3 Likes**

On a shelf, like a Neanderthal.

**pepperberry farm** · 10-30-2015, 09:04 AM

clear plastic shoeboxes, silica packs, with fitted lids...

**sholtzma** · 10-30-2015, 09:13 AM

I have a storage closet with plenty of space, so I'll be glad to store your lenses for you....

jkomp316 · 10-30-2015, 09:22 AM

in socks... like golf clubs.

Franky2step · 10-30-2015, 09:49 AM

On my desk, on a shelf, in a backpack, in a sock drawer, on a body(I have many) in my everyday camera bag.

rjm007 · 10-30-2015, 09:51 AM

A picture is forming :-)

(Looks at socks already in camera bag)

Rupert · 10-30-2015, 10:07 AM - **9 Likes**

In a dual purpose cabinet.....it protects my lenses and the etched glass keeps me from making a mistake and switching brands.

Regards!

**monochrome** · 10-30-2015, 10:16 AM - **3 Likes**

I have a small chest of drawers next to my bed. The drawers are lined with a rubber mat normally used to line a mechanic's rolling toolbox (picture the red Craftsman box at your auto mechanic). Drawer one is lenses arranged by focal length. Drawer two is bodies, most of which are film bodies and accessories. Drawer three is paper (manuals) and other stuff in Ziplock bags.

The rubber mesh mat keeps things from moving around - I don't have dividers*. I threw a bunch of dessicant packs in each drawer

I sold all my camera bags except a sling bag and a Domke F5. Usually the K-3 or MZ-S and the 3 FA Limiteds are in the F-5 on top of the chest.

* EDIT: I forgot I did throw a couple dividers in - around the K200/2.5. There's at least one round foam divider that came in a grab bag I bought on eBay 15 years ago. I also cut up an old mouse pad and dropped a couple squares in. They were formerly between lenses when I stacked them in the Domke F2.

bertwert · 10-30-2015, 11:00 AM

Originally posted by Rupert

In a dual purpose cabinet.....it protects my lenses and the etched glass keeps me from making a mistake and switching brands.

I like that setup.

Originally posted by monochrome

I have a small chest of drawers next to my bed. The drawers are lined with a rubber mat normally used to line a mechanic's rolling toolbox (picture the red Craftsman box at your auto mechanic). Drawer one is lenses arranged by focal length. Drawer two is bodies, most of which are film bodies and accessories. Drawer three is paper (manuals) and other stuff in Ziplock bags.

The rubber mesh mat keeps things from moving around - I don't have dividers. I threw a bunch of dessicant packs in each drawer

I sold all my camera bags except a sling bag and a Domke F5. Usually the K-3 or MZ-S and the 3 FA Limiteds are in the F-5 on top of the chest.

I've got the same setup... with two lenses in it (and another four lenses in my camera bag with my K-50).

stevebrot · 10-30-2015, 11:09 AM - **3 Likes**

I am an unmarried guy, meaning that my lenses are wherever I last set them down. The experience is similar to that of a squirrel hiding nuts. Every once in a while I will come across a lens and it is like I am seeing it for the first time.

Steve

(...not true...mostly...My lenses are on a shelf in a closet...)

gmiyamoto · 10-30-2015, 11:33 AM

I live in a high humidity area so I place each individual lens into a zip lock bag w/a silica gel pack. I then store the lenses in a plastic storage box.

bertwert · 10-30-2015, 11:36 AM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by stevebrot

I am an unmarried guy, meaning that my lenses are wherever I last set them down. The experience is similar to that of a squirrel hiding nuts. Every once in a while I will come across a lens and it is like I am seeing it for the first time.

Steve

(...not true...mostly...My lenses are on a shelf in a closet...)

I found a lens in my coat pocket yesterday...

anott · 10-30-2015, 12:15 PM

When not in use stored on a shelf. Bigger question is where did I store the stuff I can't find?

10-30-2015, 08:45 AM	#1
rjm007 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Uxbridge UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 218	How do you store your lenses Given the serious amount of LBA there is here I wonder how everyone is storing them their lens collection. Being merely a rank amateur I have a camera bag that serves as a lens pile for now. Having caught manual prime fever with the purchase of a SonyA6000 (and coming from a Pentax beginning) I'm every so slightly obsessed with M42 and K-Mounts. Pretty soon the OCD side of me is going to need to store them properly. So what does everyone do - especially say, the guys that have 10 50mm lenses :-)

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10-30-2015, 08:58 AM - 1 Like	#2
GaryH Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Philadelphia, Pa Photos: Gallery Posts: 764	Pelican 1514 with dividers and a Pelican 1504 with dividers. I have silica gel packs in each case. I store 19 lenses and three bodies in these.

10-30-2015, 08:59 AM - 3 Likes	#3
severalsnakes Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Kansas City, KS Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,612	On a shelf, like a Neanderthal.

10-30-2015, 09:04 AM	#4
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,678	clear plastic shoeboxes, silica packs, with fitted lids...

10-30-2015, 09:13 AM	#5
sholtzma Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Salisbury, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,043	I have a storage closet with plenty of space, so I'll be glad to store your lenses for you....

10-30-2015, 09:22 AM	#6
jkomp316 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 227	in socks... like golf clubs.

10-30-2015, 09:49 AM	#7
Franky2step Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Niagara Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 793	On my desk, on a shelf, in a backpack, in a sock drawer, on a body(I have many) in my everyday camera bag.

10-30-2015, 09:51 AM	#8
rjm007 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Uxbridge UK Photos: Gallery Posts: 218 Original Poster	A picture is forming :-) (Looks at socks already in camera bag)

10-30-2015, 10:07 AM - 9 Likes	#9
Rupert Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Texas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 25,123	In a dual purpose cabinet.....it protects my lenses and the etched glass keeps me from making a mistake and switching brands. Regards!

10-30-2015, 11:00 AM	#11
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by Rupert In a dual purpose cabinet.....it protects my lenses and the etched glass keeps me from making a mistake and switching brands. I like that setup. Originally posted by monochrome I have a small chest of drawers next to my bed. The drawers are lined with a rubber mat normally used to line a mechanic's rolling toolbox (picture the red Craftsman box at your auto mechanic). Drawer one is lenses arranged by focal length. Drawer two is bodies, most of which are film bodies and accessories. Drawer three is paper (manuals) and other stuff in Ziplock bags. The rubber mesh mat keeps things from moving around - I don't have dividers. I threw a bunch of dessicant packs in each drawer I sold all my camera bags except a sling bag and a Domke F5. Usually the K-3 or MZ-S and the 3 FA Limiteds are in the F-5 on top of the chest. I've got the same setup... with two lenses in it (and another four lenses in my camera bag with my K-50).

10-30-2015, 11:09 AM - 3 Likes	#12
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	I am an unmarried guy, meaning that my lenses are wherever I last set them down. The experience is similar to that of a squirrel hiding nuts. Every once in a while I will come across a lens and it is like I am seeing it for the first time. Steve (...not true...mostly...My lenses are on a shelf in a closet...)

10-30-2015, 11:33 AM	#13
gmiyamoto Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Maui, Hawaii Posts: 46	I live in a high humidity area so I place each individual lens into a zip lock bag w/a silica gel pack. I then store the lenses in a plastic storage box.

10-30-2015, 11:36 AM - 1 Like	#14
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by stevebrot I am an unmarried guy, meaning that my lenses are wherever I last set them down. The experience is similar to that of a squirrel hiding nuts. Every once in a while I will come across a lens and it is like I am seeing it for the first time. Steve (...not true...mostly...My lenses are on a shelf in a closet...) I found a lens in my coat pocket yesterday...

10-30-2015, 12:15 PM	#15
anott New Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 19	When not in use stored on a shelf. Bigger question is where did I store the stuff I can't find?