That's basically how I carry my lenses in my Pelican cases. Of course Pelicans are much more secure and protective. Soft bags suck, but I use one from time to time.
Paul via phone > On Mar 23, 2016, at 7:05 PM, Stanley Halpin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Nice. I might borrow the idea. > One issue I see is spacing. Assume I have 5 lenses of different diameter; > four mounted on the “rail” in the bag, one on the camera. Camera lens comes > off, new one from the bag goes on. Used lens goes into the bag IFF the gap > left is large enough… A way around this would be to hove one spot for each > lens, with the disadvantage that you have one lens on camera, x in the bag, > and one empty slot in the bag. > But I can see this having real potential. You could have 2-3 different > lens-board inserts for your bag and choose the one that accommodates the > lenses you’ll be using on a given occasion. > > A different trick I picked up here many years ago. Take two rear lens caps, > epoxy them together. Once the joint is dry, I put a strip of electrical tape > or book binding tape around the joint to stabilize it against the torque from > mounting/dismounting lenses. Have never had a set come apart. The point of > this is of course that you can put two short lenses into the space for a > longer lens without them banging into one another. > > stan > >> On Mar 23, 2016, at 6:40 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A few nights ago, Nicole sent me a link to this gadget, which basically >> works as a socket rail for lenses: >> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1338372981/lensracks-quick-change-camera-gear-storage-system/description >> >> Unfortunately, they don't support Pentax lenses. But that did give me an >> idea for carrying my lenses. I've been using one of these Matin bags in the >> top of my camera bag to carry several of my primes: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/25894521892/in/album-72157666133893582/ >> >> I made a quick and dirty prototype using some of the less than wonderful >> cheap back caps (they say PK on them) >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/25894503112/in/album-72157666133893582/ >> >> Which allows me to carry the lenses in my bag like so: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/25894519362/in/album-72157666133893582/ >> >> If it seems promising, I'll pick up some of the fotodiox lens caps and make >> a better unit, probably bolting the lens caps down to whatever I use for a >> base rather than just glueing them down. >> >> If I had a 3-d printer, it would be tempting to make a rail with the mounts >> for the three lenses based on this design: >> http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:184905 >> >> >> -- >> Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
