Where do you keep your cameras?

[LazyHammock]

The user MF and lenses are in a Tamrac backpack, The two user 35mms are in my Domke F6B with film, notebook, pen etc ready to go. There are a few older cameras which are looking pretty on my bookshelves and may never get used again - although I had my 1938 Voigtlander Brillant CLA'd and I love the results.
If I leave a camera with film in it I'll sometimes use the blue decorator's tape to identify the film.
Cheers,
Nick

 

[tajart]

i have a couple of bags readied for the grab and go, when i need to use a certain set-up. but my everyday carry bag is big enough to accomodate a variety of things- camera, a couple of lenses, cell, wallet, digital music and digital cam and, a moleskin...but the most dangerous thing is to have the camera in the bag once i've left the house.
i've used cabinets, shelves, safe deposit boxes for those not being used, but lately have come to prefer camera bags to keep them out of sight and free of dust....

 

[ErnestoJL]

Most of my cameras are in drawers under the computer table. A few others (those bigger than the drawer´s) are in shelves in my office and the one I use most (a Yashica Electro 35 GS(T)N), allways in my shoulder bag.

Ernesto

 

[rbiemer]

Hmm, do I really want to give this sensitive info away? (OK, OK, what I really mean is: Do I want to admit to the space I need for my "I'm not a collector" collection?😀 )
So. I live in a boarding house and have one (large) room to myself. And won't leave anything valuable in the general areas. I got two of those steel shelving units and one is for books and the other is for most of the photo junk. I did line the "photo" shelves. The top shelf(tall enough that I can't actually see all of it with out getting on a chair) is where all the Medium Format stuff is. Next shelf down is where my current shooters, lenses, etc are. The next one down from that(second up from the bottom)is where the stuff I use occasionally but not regularly is: K2 slr, an EOS my sister gave me, a few others. The bottom shelf is where the negs, prints, and CDs are. The camera that I am using day to day hangs by its strap with the small bag that supports it(lenses, film, filters, etc) both on a honking big brass hook by the door.
And then there are the cameras at my mom's house(she permanently "borrowed" my Olympus stylus so she gets to keep a few things as well). And I'm pretty sure there are one or two at my dad and stepmom's house.
On my desk is where which ever package is the latest is.
Oh crap, do I have a lot of this stuff!😱
And for everyone's info they are ALL right next to the big ol' mean, rabid, insecure skunk. Just the other side of the moat. Near the land mines.😛
Rob

 

[back alley]

nothing fancy...i have an old folding table in the basement, about 6 feet long i'd say.
half of it has on old fabric sheet on it, folded a few times-nice and thick.
i have 5 camera bags on the fabric. most of my gear is in the 2 main bags.
of the 3 the smaller bags, one is usually ready to go. i always keep a camera in my day bag and it gets transferred to the basement on friday night to join the other gear and be readied for weekend duty if needed.

 

[Marc-A.]

Beautiful set of cameras Rich.
I don't have as many cameras as you Rich but I let them all on the shelves of my bookcases. And I like them mixed with my books. See bellow a pic; you can guess an Holga on the bottom left corner; my FSU RF are on the upper shelf, and my SLR on the lower.
Marc

 

[JimG]

Rich, I keep my cameras on a shelf like yours BUT less then a month ago we had a 6.7 earthquake up here. I called home and asked my wife to describe the damage done to my cameras. (I pictured my studio floor strewn with tragically broken Leica parts.) Fortunately there was no damage and I'm now rethinking how I store my cameras. Jim

 

[Xmas]

50% of my Kievs (a lower % for the Ger & Jap kit) are in pieces in paper development trays 10x8" - intermediate & - 20x16" awaiting a new part or refurbish (e.g. 2x need ribbon). The remainder live in pre-packed camera bags for a trip or walk about - scattered like confetti.

Ive a bad habit of buying a scrap cam and refurbishing it as is seems like a nicer camera than the one I was fixing.

When I Dyson I always use a strong magnet on the house dust afterwards just in case a ferromagnetic part makes a bid for freedom. All the small parts are stuck to Gaffer tape in each trays.

I stick Avery label scraps to baseplates with current film and any problems notes as well as keeping a log book, to allow a trace back to a body e.g. for light leaks shutter problems etc. This trace is more difficult with soup your own in 6x tanks or chrome file posted off with a long turn around.

If it rains a grab a bag and go for a hill walk I should really fix a camera instead. My mum would sort me out if she visited.

P.S. The enlarger is a little Ru suitcase job that needs all its foam replaced, it lives in the studio flats cupboard.

Noel

 

[Marc-A.]

Rich, I keep my cameras on a shelf like yours BUT less then a month ago we had a 6.7 earthquake up here. I called home and asked my wife to describe the damage done to my cameras. (I pictured my studio floor strewn with tragically broken Leica parts.) Fortunately there was no damage and I'm now rethinking how I store my cameras. Jim

I feel sorry for what happened to you; it must be a terrible experience. Fortunately, it seems your wife and you haven't been hurt, that's the most important.
I hope when you called your wife, you asked first if she was safe and ok 😉
Nothing is better than a Leica, but a wife 😀
Marc

 

[Silva Lining]

I have a large wardrobe in our spare bedroom. The left hand side is for all developing equipment chemicals and film. The right hand side is for cameras. Top shelf is for accessories - next shelf for lenses (Those that are not mounted) Next two shelves are for 35mm - 1 shelf digital - Canon stuff - 1 shelf rangefinders. Finally the bottom shelf is for medium / large format.

I also keep about 8 of the nicest cameras on a shelf - kinda on display- but like a previous poster mentioned - I rotate them to make sure a film goes through them once in a while.

Finally my everyday shooters (M3 'cron and R3M) sit in my camera bag next to my office desk - ready to go!

 

[telenous]

nothing fancy...i have an old folding table in the basement...
...half of it has on old fabric sheet on it, folded a few times-nice and thick.

Perhaps I am spending too much time fondling my cameras and I expect everyone does the same. First time I read this it said "...I have an old fondling table in the basement...fondled a few times - nice and thick" 😱

Time to get me coffee methinks, it will help open the other eye too 😎

PS Where do I keep my cameras? Usually on the shelf of my library. Otherwise, here and there, you know.

 

[JimG]

I feel sorry for what happened to you; it must be a terrible experience. Fortunately, it seems your wife and you haven't been hurt, that's the most important.
I hope when you called your wife, you asked first if she was safe and ok 😉
Nothing is better than a Leica, but a wife 😀
Marc

Oh yea, after more then 25 years of marriage I knew enough to ask about the family first. But who's foolin' who? she knew I was calling about the cameras. She did however appreciate my tact in asking about her first. 😀

 

[lubitel]

some are in a drawer, some in a shoe-box, 2 on a shelf, some on top of a wardrobe, and 2 in a ... sock-drawer. dont laugh - its nice and cozy in there.

 

[Terence T]

Wish I had the luxury of leaving my cameras lying about. In the harsh humid climate here in Asia, I'm forced to keep em in humidity controlled cabinets. So far my collection number 3 x 100 liter cabinets, might be time for a fourth one soon.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Oh..and the cameras in the bedroom:

 

[mc_vancouver]

Bashing around in a bag. A plastic shopping bag. Kidding! In an unpadded camera bag, which I thought was very photojournalistic and all, but having had a few bashes here and there, would like to get something like those nice Artist and Artisan bags we get advertised here now and then. Something to hold two bodies, three lenses and a partridge without the pear tree.