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"Stoopid" Camera Engineering Flaws
#11
[quote name='larsrc' timestamp='1280415346' post='1391']

Fortunately, that's easy to fix with some white (or neon orange) paint. Also marks them as uniquely yours.



-Lars

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I was thinking of solutions along similar lines <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />.



Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
#12
[quote name='larsrc' timestamp='1280415346' post='1391']

Fortunately, that's easy to fix with some white (or neon orange) paint. Also marks them as uniquely yours.



-Lars

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Great idea! Thanks Lars and Wim.



Scott
#13
[quote name='Scott' timestamp='1280543143' post='1433']

Great idea! Thanks Lars and Wim.



Scott

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Hi Scott,



No need to thank me: I actually didn't add my solution yet, I only mentioned I was thinking along similar lines <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />. My thinking actually was using some bright coloured tape, like insulation tape, rather than paint, as paint is more difficult to remove than a piece of tape is, if the need arises. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />



Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
#14
[quote name='wim' timestamp='1280544386' post='1434']

Hi Scott,



No need to thank me: I actually didn't add my solution yet, I only mentioned I was thinking along similar lines <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />. My thinking actually was using some bright coloured tape, like insulation tape, rather than paint, as paint is more difficult to remove than a piece of tape is, if the need arises. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />



Kind regards, Wim

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How about a real elementary school feel! Stickers! And you can give lenses who perform well nicer stickers on their lens caps! That may be an incentive for lesser performing lenses to step up their efforts <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' /> .
#15
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1280561354' post='1435']

How about a real elementary school feel! Stickers! And you can give lenses who perform well nicer stickers on their lens caps! That may be an incentive for lesser performing lenses to step up their efforts <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' /> .

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Or more stickers for better performing lenses, little star stickers <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />.



Kind regards, Wim <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
#16
A more serious approach: stickers with focal length. Makes it easier to identify lenses when staring into the bag. At least as long as you don't accidently swap caps between lenses <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />



-- Markus
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#17
[quote name='mst' timestamp='1280742004' post='1449']

A more serious approach: stickers with focal length. Makes it easier to identify lenses when staring into the bag. At least as long as you don't accidently swap caps between lenses <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />



-- Markus

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Don't you put the same lens in the same spot in the bag all of the time? I do, and I can find my lenses in the darkest dark, just by touching the bag, or without really looking, for that matter ... <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />



Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
#18
[quote name='wim' timestamp='1280787352' post='1454']

Don't you put the same lens in the same spot in the bag all of the time?

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Nope. There are just too many lenses here for this approach. Mostly review lenses, but I (still) change my own lenses often (too often maybe).



In addition, I lately tend to use the smallest bag possible and try to take only those lenses with me that are required to get the job done.



-- Markus
Editor
opticallimits.com

#19
Hi Markus,

[quote name='mst' timestamp='1280872585' post='1475']

Nope. There are just too many lenses here for this approach. Mostly review lenses, but I (still) change my own lenses often (too often maybe).



In addition, I lately tend to use the smallest bag possible and try to take only those lenses with me that are required to get the job done.



-- Markus

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Ah, I forgot about the review lenses. And I feel quite happy with my current lens selection (17 to 400 mm), although I will probably add a few more specialty type lenses in the future <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />.



Personally, I find I always have at least the same three or four lenses and a few other items with me with me (17, 24, 50, 135, extender, extension tubes), in a bag I use for work (laptop and writing equipemnt also fits, although the photographic equipement makes up the bulk) and in order to always have photographic equipement with me. I used to carry three bags, which basically meant I left two bags in the car, missing too many opportunitoes as a result <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />.



The current setup works well for me, and as I have quite an assortment of bags (my wife continues teasing me with my bags - I have plenty more than she has <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />), when I go out for a specific photoshoot, I just pick the one I think will fit my need. Funnily enough, even in those bags I will always put certain lenses in certain pockets, always. It's automatic. Maybe I just suffer a little from OCD .<img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />



Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....
#20
[quote name='wim' timestamp='1280873746' post='1477']

The current setup works well for me, and as I have quite an assortment of bags (my wife continues teasing me with my bags - I have plenty more than she has <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />)

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This sounds so familiar <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />



However, the teasing is almost gone here after I got rid of a few bags earlier this year ... and my wife got a new one instead. I'm now down to only those bags I really use regularly. Well, almost <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='Big Grin' />



-- Markus
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