Let's talk storage (gear storage)

With quite the collection of stuff at this point, my home office is becoming a pile of unorganized stuff.

How do you guys store your gear at home?

Multiple bodies, lenses, go pros, gimbals, flashes, tripods, cables, etc...

What do you guys do?

2 camera backpacks. Safe, sturdy storage and ready to go at any time.

I have two F-Stop packs, and that's where a lot of my stuff ends up living. That or my bookshelves. It all feels unorganized.

This is a product photo. Wonderful Dry Cabinet.

I live in a country with high humidity so my camera kit lives in a dry cabinet like the one above. Grip (stands, umbrellas, poles etc are stacked in a corner but I am planning on sorting out some kind of wall mounted rack. All my small bits and pieces and cables live in plastic boxes in a wooden cabinet.

Home Depot. About $200

SCMedic wrote in post #18725072
How do you guys store your gear at home?

Multiple bodies, lenses, go pros, gimbals, flashes, tripods, cables, etc...

What do you guys do?

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My photography gear is mostly in three places:
. . . - my storage room
. . . - my living room
. . . - my car

I probably have a lot more gear than most photographers because with wildlife photography one ends up acquiring and using several different kinds of blinds, modified folding chairs, modified tents, a 12 foot orchard ladder, a dozen cans of spray paint to camouflage stuff with, various lengths of pipe to serve as tripod leg extensions for use on steep hillsides, camping equipment, bags and backpacks, tools and materials for making a floating blind (not completed yet), a kayak and a canoe and the anchors, life vests, paddles and camouflage covers that go with them, duck decoys, electronic predator callers, deer decoys, grouse decoys, heavy neoprene waders, lightweight stockingfoot waders and wading shoes, hip boots, camouflage parkas and bib-style overalls, bird feeding stations, perches, containers of cracked corn and birdseed, etc, etc, etc. . Most of this kind of stuff is in big piles in my storage room, with the exception of the orchard ladder, which is outside leaned against my house.

The gear that is more directly about taking pictures - the cameras, lenses, tripods, heads, accessories, flashes, batteries and chargers, etc. is primarily in my living room. . Some of it is on my sofa, but it's all toward the one end, so that there is still room for my friend to sit on the other end of the sofa when he comes over. . Then I have a 4' by 4' table next to the sofa, and the balance of that type of gear is both under the table and on top of the table. . It may look like a big ol' mess, but I know right where everything is and can usually find whatever I'm looking for within a minute or three.

During those times of year when I am out shooting a lot - like March, April, May, June, and October, I often keep the "main stuff" in my car - both on the front passenger seat and the back seat. . This would be my main body, my backup body, my two main lenses, my main tripod and gimbal head, the backup gimbal head, and the ball head. . When this stuff isn't out in the car it goes into the pile of stuff in the living room.

When I'm away on extended photo trips, if I am tent camping then all the gear stays in my car. . If I am staying in a motel then I try to get a room with two beds, and then I pile the photography gear onto the extra bed - that way I don't have to bend over to pick it up and put it down.


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pelican case for the majority.....have 2 separate bags, 1 for the 7d Mark II and 1 for the 5d Mark III. A lens is on each camera ready to take pictures. Odds and ends go into the bag if it is something that I frequently use (batteries, etc) everything else (lens) goes in the pelican case. Its a 1510 pelican.

tripod and monopod go in the closet.


Main concern....keep high and dry (dust).

Choderboy wrote in post #18725110
This is a product photo. Wonderful Dry Cabinet.

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That looks good. When I started the quest I wanted a glass door.

digital paradise wrote in post #18730094
That looks good. When I started the quest I wanted a glass door.

I now also have the only wide cabinet Wonderful make, the WD-086C.
I can fit 1D body with Sigma 500 f4 S and a 2X TC mounted.
Probably does not seem like it in this pic.

I have 2 cabinets now. 1 about 8 years old which I bought after running out of space in my first cabinet which I sold that to a friend and it's still working, so about 12 years life so far.
Conveniently the Australian Distributor is about 15 minute drive away from me. I was pleased to find that while some earlier models have been discontinued, there are several standard sizes for the heater units which install with 4 screws from the rear. The distributor will not sell cabinets (as an honest distributor should not) but he will sell just the heater unit if required.
I mentioned to him that I prefer to stick with my style of cabinet, with simple meter and dial rather than the Digital units which are now available.
He pointed out that while my style tend to run at + or - 8% humidity, the digitals are more precise. While that does not matter to me, he also mentioned the Digitals will go lower. One of his cabinets in the shop will go down to below 10% humidity which he said has been very good for recovering devices which have had water ingress. (I put a water logged phone in mine for a week and only had the cabinet at about 40% which worked.)

all components that have glass (lens, body, filters, etc) all goes into the Dry cabinet.
all electric components (battery, flashes, remote, etc) and all mechanical components (adapter rings, tripod, etc) are packed in pouches and bags .

digital paradise wrote in post #18729899
Home Depot. About $200

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Nice... I may look into one of these, thanks for sharing!

As it is now, here's my organization. I prefer ThinkTank products, as you can see:

Lenses & bodies in a ThinkTank Street Walker HD backpack, which sits flat on a table in my workroom, and pretty much serves as my "base of operations". Easy to take everything all at once, if need be.

Flashes and stuff in a ThinkTank Airport Essentials. Amazing backpack, basic yet super sturdy and well organized.

600mm in ThinkTank Glass Limo.