One possibility is instead of putting them all in a straight line,
stagger them on the base.
so that:
o o o o o
becomes
o o o
o o
which seems to fit the shape of the camera bag a bit better.
On 3/23/2016 7:05 PM, Stanley Halpin 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
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