i have decided to go into the CAMERA FURNITURE business. these new pieces will be made from various natural (wood) and high tech composite materials held together with the finest aerospace quality alloy fittings . they will be both manufacturer and camera model specific with additional modules for each make and model lens bag and support system. reasonably light weight yet stable. with the use of both traditional materials in combination with various composites to create a vibration reducing combination and even the most discriminating imaging professional can work with and love. custom finish and looks available
i have decided to go into the CAMERA STORAGE FURNITURE business. these new pieces will be made from various natural (wood) and high tech composite materials held together with the finest aerospace quality alloy fittings . they will be both manufacturer and camera model specific with additional modules for each make and model lens bag and support system. reasonably light weight yet stable. with the use of both traditional materials in combination with various composites to create a vibration reducing combination and even the most discriminating imaging professional can work with and love. custom finish and looks available
I'm sure you could make some money at it, I see no reason why not, I see custom furniture for all kinds of applications but see none for camera specific applications.
I use 2 safes I picked up from Office Max. I only use them to store, bodies and glass. These are deep enought for 300 F2.8 lenses, and possible deeper. In 2 of these I've put in 5 bodies, 2 long primes, about a dozen other lenses ranging from 100-400 to 24-70 lenses. I picked up my safe at a sale for about $150 each.
Yep, it's a fire safe. I'm not sure what is worth more, my guns or my camera gear. However, since I'm in Californa, while my camera gear would be replacable, some of my guns would not. So, it's in the safe with the lot.
If someone manages to steal it, they'll have earned it!
I use several large clear(ish - you can kind of see what's inside) rubbermaid
containers with the locking lids - I'm up to a half dozen - they hold everything
but the big gitzo, some of the lighting stuff (big C stands, copy stand, big kata
gear transport bag, etc.,.), and a few small items I tend to rummage through
before going out (batteries,chargers, specialty filters, etc.,.).
It makes it relatively easy to get to/find/move everything, and since the boxes
stack, they also end up pinch hitting for table surfaces fairly regularily (amazing
how much space framing takes...). If I had more room I'd probably go to some
sort of closet like sjms is showing, but this seems to work out...
sjms wrote:
they're in the bag ready to use except for the batteries on the closet shelves. i use my gear daily not store it. if you start putting it away it starts not being used. your starting to sound like old leica collectors. the collect and store.
i have the standard shoulder bag and then the pack along with the minor other items in cluding some larger pelican cases i use as floaters. the shoulder bag is whats used 85% of the time and its filled with the standards that i carry for work. you sound like you spend more time preparing then shooting. if i was to get a dedicated cabinet it would probably be a steel cabinet with adjustable shelves but then that would still take up too much space
i've been through the harness stuff and after are few years started working with the KISS principle. it works too. i buy/collect less and shoot more. i guess i reached my point of saturation before i truely need my own storage facility. now go back to lunh and think how you will set it up the display your new cabnet.
29 years of shooting one does collect a little but i have to minimize as i only have an acre and a half to support the house.
Edited by sjms on Mar 10, 2006 at 01:34 PM GMT...Show more →
Storing your gear doesn't mean your not going to use it!
I have my gear in a bag in my gun safe. I can grab it and have everything I need without having to look. My large telephotos sit on a shelf with camera and TC attached ready to shoot.
I much rather have it in a safe than sitting in a closet for someone to steal.
Use a gun safe , and bolt it to the floor . would you people set 20 to 50 K in cash in your Pantry or closet. Also used for guns, jewelry, important papers , storing your photo files and hard drives , and fire proof as well if you buy the right one .
thanks. the GX59ssL at $700 is reasonable. I think it would go well bolted down on solid cement garage floor. The only thing is that it's so obviously a safe. Is there something that's less "bank vault" looking?
I don't want to feel like a rich-egomaniac-drug-lord-bent-on-world-domination every time I want to take a picture.
mauriceramirez wrote:
thanks. the GX59ssL at $700 is reasonable. I think it would go well bolted down on solid cement garage floor. The only thing is that it's so obviously a safe. Is there something that's less "bank vault" looking?
I don't want to feel like a rich-egomaniac-drug-lord-bent-on-world-domination every time I want to take a picture.
Hm, then again...
-m
A garage is probably not the best environment to store your equipment. I keep my skis in the garage and it takes less than a month for the edges to begin to rust...
I use drawers. Most desks have a drawer or two for hanging file folders. With those and a regular size slim drawers, most of the equipements should fit.
For a cabinet, I would prefer one without the see-through glasses.
I'll put my vote in for a gun safe too. I bought mine sometime ago for my guns but it works well with my camera equipment too. The only problem I see is that it's filling up fast and I might need a bigger one.
I like the Liberty safes but there are others that are just as good if not better. Mine happens to be the old Franklin 45 series. I do feel a lot better these days when I leave and everything is looked up tight.
