[pure-silver] Re: transporting lenses

From: ROBERT KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 17:47:24 -0400 (AST)

It is a little hard to get to Europe and the Caribbean by driving!  LOL!!!  And
I always left the lenses on the lens boards.  All but the Cambo lens boards fit
in the 4X5 boxes.  And, yes, a good idea to stick the box into a ziplock
baggie.  I did that whenever going to outdoor locations.

On April 30, 2019 at 3:37 PM mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

    Well I won't be doing that kind of traveling.  With the hassles of
flying, I am going to drive where I go.  I also would rather leave the lens
on the lens board if I can.  I think the idea with grooves is one that I
think might work best for me.

    There is one thing I do know.  Inexpensive and large format just don't
belong in the same sentence.  Still not complaining just yet.

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Subject: [pure-silver] Re: transporting lenses
From: ROBERT KISS < bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ;>
Date: Tue, April 30, 2019 1:14 pm
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

For half a century I have recycled...my 100 sheet 4X5 film boxes.  Most of my
lens boards are small enough to fit in them so I wrap the lens on the board in
bubble wrap, rubber band it, put it in the 4X5 film box and snap a rubber band
around it and then place it in my camera case.  This has served me well
traveling by air to shoot in Paris, Munich, Milan, Florence and Tuscany, Rio,
Sao Paulo, LA and around the Caribbean.  My Cambo lens boards are bigger so I
just use larger boxes but same bubble wrap w/ rubber band in box with rubber
band.
     For my Mungo Jerry 360 Symmar for my 8X10, I wrap it in small bubble wrap
and place it (of course, on the lens board) in the original lens box; the lens
board just fits!. I use strong tape to close it.  I have only traveled to 4
countries with my 8X10!
                       CHEERS!

On April 30, 2019 at 11:19 AM mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

            My next step in this process is transporting the lenses.  I have
some pelican cases that look like would be good protection.  Right now I am
working with a lens that I don't want to damage, but if I have to damage one
it would be better to mess up this one than a more expensive one later.   A
couple of layers of foam, and might even be able to arrange them vertically
so you get every lens and lensboard I would ever expect to own in one case.

            Any thoughts?

            Some things I know I wont do.  Foam peanuts.  What a mess.
Bubble wrap doesn't seem like a good idea either.

            Mark

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