I posted pics of my first cheapass weather resistant camera cases a couple of weeks back. I've set up the next two for cameras and lenses. For the cases that have a spot for a camera body, I'll need to make compartments for the camera straps. For the third case, I'll need to make compartments for either a few lenses, and/or accessories like flashes. I figure that I'm about $160 into them for materials, $90 for the cases, $50 for the foam, and the rest is things like reflective tape, sales tax etc. I'm not counting tools that I used the project as an excuse to buy, like the $60 cordless multitool. https://photos.app.goo.gl/1JTA4jxGw4mniNQX9 The first case (orange) https://photos.app.goo.gl/qBJiJwnhtBrd4w658 has room for a body, and pretty much all of my "not huge" lenses that'll work on a "full frame" sensor. My DA35 macro does vignette a bit, but it's too handy and small not to include. The second case (blue) https://photos.app.goo.gl/9Un7aQKeLi8an3x97 has my "huge" lenses, the ones that are so big and heavy that they'd take the space of three other lenses in another case. The third case (green) https://photos.app.goo.gl/D3iXF4SRuaAskBZUA https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZCwh5KaydiieU4a59 Is nominally my APS case. It has my K-3, and my APS lenses (16-50, 18-270, 55-300), but since when I'm traveling I generally keep my long lens (bigma) on the K-3 and wider glass on the K-1, I set it up so that I can also carry the K-3 with either the bigma or the 70-200, so it'll be ready to go if I see an interesting critter I want to snap. I'll eventually cut compartments for other things, like flash accessories. I suspect that before too awful long I'll need to buy another chunk or two of foam and redo them as my needs change, and/or I learn more things that I didn't do quite right for my needs. I wouldn't use these cases when flying, but then I wouldn't ever check my cameras as baggage. They're a lot sturdier than the cloth camera bags I have been using, make at least an attempt at being water proof, and are a lot less expensive than Pelican cases. -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood

Well done, Larry. You've done great job! My goodness, you have a lot of kit. Happy New Year Alan C On 31-Dec-23 03:53 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > I posted pics of my first cheapass weather resistant camera cases a couple of weeks back. I've set up the next two for cameras and lenses. > > For the cases that have a spot for a camera body, I'll need to make compartments for the camera straps. For the third case, I'll need to make compartments for either a few lenses, and/or accessories like flashes. I figure that I'm about $160 into them for materials, $90 for the cases, $50 for the foam, and the rest is things like reflective tape, sales tax etc. I'm not counting tools that I used the project as an excuse to buy, like the $60 cordless multitool. > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/1JTA4jxGw4mniNQX9 > > The first case (orange) > https://photos.app.goo.gl/qBJiJwnhtBrd4w658 > has room for a body, and pretty much all of my "not huge" lenses that'll work on a "full frame" sensor. My DA35 macro does vignette a bit, but it's too handy and small not to include. > > The second case (blue) > https://photos.app.goo.gl/9Un7aQKeLi8an3x97 > has my "huge" lenses, the ones that are so big and heavy that they'd take the space of three other lenses in another case. > > The third case (green) > https://photos.app.goo.gl/D3iXF4SRuaAskBZUA > https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZCwh5KaydiieU4a59 > > Is nominally my APS case. It has my K-3, and my APS lenses (16-50, 18-270, 55-300), but since when I'm traveling I generally keep my long lens (bigma) on the K-3 and wider glass on the K-1, I set it up so that I can also carry the K-3 with either the bigma or the 70-200, so it'll be ready to go if I see an interesting critter I want to snap. > > I'll eventually cut compartments for other things, like flash accessories. I suspect that before too awful long I'll need to buy another chunk or two of foam and redo them as my needs change, and/or I learn more things that I didn't do quite right for my needs. > > I wouldn't use these cases when flying, but then I wouldn't ever check my cameras as baggage. They're a lot sturdier than the cloth camera bags I have been using, make at least an attempt at being water proof, and are a lot less expensive than Pelican cases. > > -- > Larry Colen > lrc@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

> On Dec 30, 2023, at 8:59 PM, Alan C <cole@lantic.net> wrote: > > Well done, Larry. You've done great job! Thanks. > My goodness, you have a lot of kit. It goes well with my lack of impulse control. > > Happy New Year Likewise -- Larry Colen lrc@red4est.com. sent from Mirkwood