Thomas,
I like to keep lenses cased even in the bag. It protects them much more
and allows just carrying an extra lens occasionally. Back caps in
particular can fall off lenses as they seem to get loose with age and use.
I might be more concerned about fungus if they were kept cased in a high
humidity environment, but they are not . . . and all of them do see light
of day regularly.
Like Tom who has the 614 and 608, I have a Superlight 9 to hold almost
everything, a Superlight 4 and an ancient Tamrac half moon (about the size
of the Superlight 4). One of the two smaller ones will get repacked with
what's needed if I'm going to carry stuff any distance. The "9" loaded is
great to get everything into the car but too heavy to carry more than half
a kilometer, especially with a tripod slung over the other shoulder.
You can get replacement hard cases for all the currently made lenses that
come with hard cases (discontinued ones may not be available). New
replacement cases from Olympus are not inexpensive. I have poked around
some myself looking for hard cases for a couple lenses and been
disappointed by the Tamrac, Domke, etc. offerings. They just seem too big
compared to the compactness of the Zuiko lenses. Recently I did find
Billingham makes some lens pouches that seem more the size of the Zuiko
lenses although I have never looked at one. This might be an affordable
alternative at half or less than half the price Olympus wants for
replacement cases, especially for some of the larger lenses like the
300/4.5 and bigger. After that if you still want the original cases, they
occasionally show up as used accessory items and you can patiently wait
until you find the right ones.
Maybe someone can answer this question: is there a hard case for the 2X-A
and 1.4X-A teleconverters?
-- John
(who is still patiently looking for original Olympus 24/2, 18/3.5, and 2X-A
[if there ever was one] cases)
At 12:24 5/2/00 , Thomas wrote:
>Hiya,
>
>I just came to realize the need for finding a nice way of storing my
>lenses and other gear (as in: the closet is full of camera bags with
>gear, it takes too much space...). In a drawer would be perfect, however I
>am not too keen on having lenses (in particular) just laying around
>without protection (other than the front and rear caps, of course).
>
>I remember a long time ago when I bought my lenses, they were delivered in
>a leather (?) etui of some sort - hard, and with some protective foam
>inside. Sadly, I put those etuis in the the basement just prior to a fire
>(some bolt-head decided to light a fire in our basement a few
>years back......yes he was caught by the police later).
>
>Now, does anyone know where (if atall) I can buy such? Nevermind if they
>are not original, I am mostly looking for something durable and protective
>(and it is also ok if they are cheap) rather than something with a
>specific name on. Or should I opt for another solution?
>
>Assuming such lense boxes/etuis are available, then the next problem
>would be the camera bodies. How do you guys (maybe in particular
>Tom......I imagine that you out-body me by far) store the bodies which are
>not currently in use.
>
>In my wildest dreams I saw myself taking a drawer, and somehow making
>foamed division walls, leaving one room per body, one room per lens and
>rooms for the various small stuf (filters, TTL-cables etc) that makes up
>the gear. It would be easy to acces and keep in order, and probably
>protect well enuff. However I also would anticipate such to take forever
>to make, let alone cost a small fortune to realize.
>
>Currently, I have the gear in various camera bags, in a few watercases
>(duralbe plastic - you can park a truck on them, and they won't
>break) etc. Protective, sure, but also bulky and clumsy ("Where did I but
>the 85mm....", followed by opening every single bag to find it....) - and
>OM-gear is meant to be used, not to be stored.....
>
>So how do you gear fetichists (again you, Tom.... ;) store your prescious
>gear? Any advices are appreicated...
>
>
>--thomas
>(who is making room for new gear by organizing the old gear better, rather
>than selling out...)
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