how do you store and organize your extra equipment

**Mark Sawyer** · 21-Jun-2018, 11:41

With great collections of large format equipment comes great disarray. And borderline mental illness...

**Liquid Artist** · 21-Jun-2018, 13:02

Originally Posted by Mark Sawyer

And borderline mental illness...

I think I have had that part covered since I was in diapers.

**bomzi** · 17-Jul-2018, 20:42

Clear plastic storage boxes in a range of sizes works for me.
I group equipment by format and type: slr, dslr, medium format, 4x5, tripod stuff, flashes, filters, other random junk.

**Duolab123** · 18-Jul-2018, 08:39

I try not to use my darkroom to store excess equipment. I definitely have way too much stuff. 2nd utility room is full of darkroom stuff. I run dehumidifier and AC. Dehumidifier is in darkroom, it gets a workout during processing runs.
All my camera stuff is stored in air conditioned spare rooms.
I don't mind the heat and humidity, but I won't make my equipment suffer.

**BradS** · 18-Jul-2018, 10:02

I guess I don't have enough LF stuff. I keep all my camera gear, both large and small format, in a dresser from a child's (now grown up and moved out) former bedroom.

**Liquid Artist** · 18-Jul-2018, 20:00

One of us must be doing something Brad,
My 8x10 gear won't all fit in a childs dresser, and I just started shooting 8x10 not even a month ago.

**Bruce Barlow** · 19-Jul-2018, 03:32

I have chrome wire shelving, 24x72 with three shelves and a slab of butcher block on top. Equipment is mostly in cooler bags, ready to go. 8x10 lenses are in plastic Tupperware-ish containers stacked in bags. Film holders are loaded and in cooler bags. 4x5 Wista is in a full kit in its white Zone VI bag. Extra 35mm lenses and miscellaneous junk is in a big plastic bin with no lid. Everything is ready to go at a moment's notice, insulated from big temperature changes.

That said, if my house has major temperature changes, I think I have bigger problems than whether my camera equipment is comfy.