Storing lenses

[LeicaBraz]

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What's the recommended way of storing lenses for, say, over 6 months to a year?

Thanks

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[stuny]

I don't know what's recommended but I just keep them in their cases in one of my camera bags.

[BRJR]

I don't know what's recommended but I just keep them in their cases in one of my camera bags.

I believe they're best stored in a manner that will allow proper air circulation and exposure to light; a temperature and humidity range as recommended by the lens manufacturer or lens specifications, and that will otherwise help in preventing fungi growth. This alone, suggests photography lenses probably should not be stored in either their individual lens cases or camera bags/packs for extended periods.

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello LeicaBraz,

 

It is good to take them out and excersise them by doing everything they do 20 or so times @ least once a month.

 

Altho often simply collected and put in a climate and dust controlled cabinet these are machines designed and built to be used.

 

Yes, a lens sitting alone is a machine.

 

As such they benefit and are designed to maintain themselves thru use.

 

It is how lubricants are distributed and kept from settling.

 

Six months is not a deal breaker but it doesn't hurt to develop and maintain good habits in terms of keeping something which was designed to be used sometimes in less than optimal circumstances on a regular basis for generations.

 

Not part of the throw away society.

 

Good lenses are like people: While they don't like being taken apart and put back together unnecessarily @ the same time they are better off doing something as opposed to nothing.

 

You have Samoyeds here. They want to get up and go to work.

 

Think about it.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

[LeicaBraz]

Michael,

sound and logical advice. Will try however problem is spend lengthy periods (work) out of my base home and don't carry all my lenses with me. But sounds reasonable. Very humid climates probably the worse. Thanks.

[Rick]

Very important to store your lenses at my house.

[elgenper]

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Hello LeicaBraz,

 

It is good to take them out and excersise them by doing everything they do 20 or so times @ least once a month.

 

Altho often simply collected and put in a climate and dust controlled cabinet these are machines designed and built to be used.

 

Yes, a lens sitting alone is a machine.

 

As such they benefit and are designed to maintain themselves thru use.

 

It is how lubricants are distributed and kept from settling.

 

Six months is not a deal breaker but it doesn't hurt to develop and maintain good habits in terms of keeping something which was designed to be used sometimes in less than optimal circumstances on a regular basis for generations.

 

Not part of the throw away society.

 

Good lenses are like people: While they don't like being taken apart and put back together unnecessarily @ the same time they are better off doing something as opposed to nothing.

 

You have Samoyeds here. They want to get up and go to work.

 

Think about it.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

 

Excellent advice. I recall when I was actively collecting Leicas; there was a recurring ceremony when I took them all out and exercised their shutters. My wife made fun of me, predictably.....

 

Lenses without shutters are more tolerant, but some of the oldies I got with the collectibles hadn´t been used for decades, and often they were very stiff to focus.

 

That said, unless you do collect, don´t get more lenses than you actually want to use actively! It´s kind of against the Leica spirit () to have lots of gear.....

[Adarsha]

Very important to store your lenses at my house.

 

So funny, very tongue in cheek