If you use lens pouches, whose do you use?
May 14, 2021 10:39:46 #
Hi:
For lens pouches I use the blue bags that come with Canadian Club liquor. They are soft and keep the lenses clean and protected in the camera bag. Also they are fun to collect. Good luck.
For lens pouches I use the blue bags that come with Canadian Club liquor. They are soft and keep the lenses clean and protected in the camera bag. Also they are fun to collect. Good luck.
May 14, 2021 18:19:04 #
I generally carry everything in a relatively modest Kelty backpack; it's a lot like a school bag, with a main compartment and a front compartment that's ideal for plastic bags of batteries, a manual, cleaning fluid, etc. In the main compartment goes a Mind Shift stashmaster, inside a rolled down dry bag in case of rain; the stashmaster plus dry bag fit almost perfectly, and it is big enough for the D850 on the 70-200mm, plus the 24-120mm, and the 20mm or a 50mm. Each lens is in the bag they came with.
May 14, 2021 20:02:59 #
TriX wrote:
That started me wondering what everyone else is using, and whether you use pouches at all or just your padded carrying bags (I use both)? Are there better solutions?
That started me wondering what everyone else is using, and whether you use pouches at all or just your padded carrying bags (I use both)? Are there better solutions?
Not sure it's better (or even as good) but I keep my lens in a leather plumber's bag. Works for me. Of course, I'm somewhat of a minimalist, only carry a couple of lens. (a 35 and a 70-300)
Harry PS Been taking pics since the 1950s. Started with a 35mm Voightlander that I bought through the PX in Korea in 1953. Then to a Contax (sill in Korea, sold when I was in college). Never dropped a lens in over 65 years. Or a camera for that matter. <g>
May 15, 2021 10:49:21 #
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May 15, 2021 17:16:13 #
RonMe
Loc: San Antonio
TriX wrote:
I’ve always used Canon LP lens pouches for all my ... (show quote)
I have settled on the following from Amazon (4 Pack Altura Photo Thick Protective Neoprene Pouch Set for DSLR Camera Lens (Canon, Nikon, Pentax, Sony, Tamron, Sigma, Panasonic, Fuji) - Includes: Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large Pouches). Great product for about $15! There may be other size options available.
May 16, 2021 16:25:41 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Colored socks is a great idea.
I like your way of thinking. Now off to eBay to get an array of different colored socks.
May 16, 2021 18:38:03 #
TriX wrote:
I’ve always used Canon LP lens pouches for all my ... (show quote)
Lumix lenses come in pouches. I use these as extra protection in the padded partitions of my camera bag.
May 17, 2021 06:34:14 #
A lot of my Pentax lenses arrived in leather, drawstring bags. Don't use them much though. (The bags,not the lenses.)
May 17, 2021 11:24:50 #
dsmeltz wrote:
For my cannon I use BVD sometimes Haines, not fruit-of-the-loom. And never a speedo, they are just wrong....
Sorry, wrong cannon.
Maybe a little fantasy (or self delusion) thrown in.
Sorry, wrong cannon.
Maybe a little fantasy (or self delusion) thrown in.
Clever!
May 17, 2021 17:00:28 #
I use the neoprene Optech USA pouches. They make several different design models. I like the 'snoot boot' model which comes in different sizes ( width, length). They haves a good website. B&H often has better prices than getting them direct from Optech, but the Optech website shows the models, sizes, and suggested prices.
May 17, 2021 18:27:15 #
Wanderer2
Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains
lightyear wrote:
I use the neoprene Optech USA pouches. They make several different design models. I like the 'snoot boot' model which comes in different sizes ( width, length). They haves a good website. B&H often has better prices than getting them direct from Optech, but the Optech website shows the models, sizes, and suggested prices.
Agree that Optech neoprene pouches are excellent. All of my lenses are kept in these, both inside a padded photo backpack and outside it, and I've never had a damage to a lens inside a pouch. Amazon also carries these at discounted prices.
May 26, 2021 19:42:35 #
I use the longer socks for teles and the ankle socks for the wide s and 50mms.
May 26, 2021 20:10:27 #
Wanderer2
Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains
Just my opinion but socks are far inferior to neoprene pouches. The neoprene padding is much thicker and absorbs shock far better. Since I do landscape photography and much of my photography time is spent outdoors in the field, so to speak, perhaps my needs for secure storage are greater than most but I just can't see the point of storing a $500 lens in a sock when there are much better options. There is no bigger tightwad on this forum than me but this is one area where I believe it is false economizing to use anything but the best storage method.
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