New Camera Case!
Apr. 4th, 2006 06:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thewayneWoot!
It has: one 35mm Canon Eos Elan 7e body, one Canon Eos Digital Rebel body, a 35-105 zoom, a 28-300 zoom, and the Digital Rebel's 18-55 zoom, all lenses have skylight filters. A Minolta IVf flash meter, a sync cable for a Speedotron (studio flash) power pack, a circular polarizing filter, a skylight filter (for use with Vasoline to produce soft focus), some cleaning supplies, several rolls of professional portrait film, and a roll of painter's tape (easy to remove, doesn't leave residue).
The case is actually a tool case that I got at Lowe's Home Improvement for $25!
It's great for having everything organized and together to take for a shoot. The case came with a tool insert for the lid that was discarded, the dividers as shown in the picture, and a big block of foam that has these half inch rectangles that you can pull out to make custom fits for whatever. I decided to use the inserts and put the foam in the top of the case (mainly because I'm lazy and didn't want to bother, plus, this way I can rearrange it without having wasted a block of foam). The foam thickness overlaps the lid edge by a good half inch and does a nice job of holding down all the gear inside. I wouldn't use it as a shipping container, but I think it's quite nice the way it is. I'd like to get a strip of half inch foam to put under the lower camera body to give it a little more vibration resistance, I'll probably be doing some modification on it later.
It doesn't hold all of my gear, but it certainly holds a lot and most of what I usually shoot with.
It has: one 35mm Canon Eos Elan 7e body, one Canon Eos Digital Rebel body, a 35-105 zoom, a 28-300 zoom, and the Digital Rebel's 18-55 zoom, all lenses have skylight filters. A Minolta IVf flash meter, a sync cable for a Speedotron (studio flash) power pack, a circular polarizing filter, a skylight filter (for use with Vasoline to produce soft focus), some cleaning supplies, several rolls of professional portrait film, and a roll of painter's tape (easy to remove, doesn't leave residue).
The case is actually a tool case that I got at Lowe's Home Improvement for $25!
It's great for having everything organized and together to take for a shoot. The case came with a tool insert for the lid that was discarded, the dividers as shown in the picture, and a big block of foam that has these half inch rectangles that you can pull out to make custom fits for whatever. I decided to use the inserts and put the foam in the top of the case (mainly because I'm lazy and didn't want to bother, plus, this way I can rearrange it without having wasted a block of foam). The foam thickness overlaps the lid edge by a good half inch and does a nice job of holding down all the gear inside. I wouldn't use it as a shipping container, but I think it's quite nice the way it is. I'd like to get a strip of half inch foam to put under the lower camera body to give it a little more vibration resistance, I'll probably be doing some modification on it later.
It doesn't hold all of my gear, but it certainly holds a lot and most of what I usually shoot with.
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I did the same thing for my video gear...
Date: 2006-04-06 06:29 am (UTC)Excellent cases... cheap and very VERY tough.
Also, it's good not to advertise your expensive gear to potential thieves looking for expensive cases. :-)
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Re: I did the same thing for my video gear...
Date: 2006-04-06 06:40 am (UTC)