I was counting on making a few mistakes along the road, and so I did:

• I happened to mirror the 6cm top layer thus displaying tracks of the ugly red marker used for my first sketches. I can fix this by flipping all layers “horizontally”, but I don’t really have the energy for that right now
• I came to turn the drawing 180° so that the room for the camera lock that I had so thoughtfully cut, was on the wrong side. You can see my quickfix of this at the top of this image
• Not sure if I should make place for the SB-900′s accessories.

All and all, I’m pretty satisfied though. This is what went as it should:

• The lenses are all having their lens hoods on – practical.
• There is room for all of my lenses (well, the ones I care for anyways) and for more to come – be it more lenses or more flashes.

I wanted to keep all my lenses at one place, each lens having their own little spot. And so the idea grew that I’d create a customized lens suitcase using an empty suitcase and foam.

I found a metal suitcase for 250 DKK:


I measured it along with all of my lenses:

I went to my local foam expert (Skumbutikken) who cut me some foam slices in the right sizes. To be deep/shallow enough for all of my lenses, I needed 1x2cm bottom, 1x6cm top and 3x1cm thick layers in the middle. I have now finished cutting the top piece:

I chose to alter the layout of the lenses a bit because it seemed to me that I need a bit more margin in between.