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New Camera Case!
Woot!
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.
I did the same thing for my video gear...
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...