How do you store/carry your circular filters?

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Try as I might, I don't think there is a category for this one on the Photrio forums that fits as a general topic since people with 35mm, medium format, large forma and digital cameras all use filters. Since I have more 35mm filters than anything else, here I am!

I'm starting to amass a large supply of filters due to different camera lenses. Sure, I can keep them in their funky little Tiffen box or their Hoya circular plastic screw case but they are all oddly shaped and bulky. I'd rather put them into a nice case/caddy so they are compacted safe together, don't rattle around, consolidated and are portable. Then I can house all the product boxes elsewhere.

So, what are you using to store your circular filters? How many does it hold? Do you like it? Why or why not?
 

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In filter pouches, I have four, one each for 52mm (Nikon), for 39mm and 46mm (M Leica), one for the medium format I'm currently using often 67mm, and one for large format sizes. In amongst them I'll have the odd size for when odd lenses break the rules. The problem is nowadays good filter pouches seem to be getting scarcer but there's plenty of cheap ones about which have loose pockets and barely hold your filters in place. For storing filters I just put them in plastic containers marked for the different size ranges, 39 - 46, 52 - 58, etc.
 

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For the most part, I use filter wallets also, and organize with separate wallets by size. In my case... 49, 52, 67, B-60. The filter wallets are convenient because they are "grab and go". and can be bought with different capacities, as required. The only thing I don't like about the filter wallets is that it is challenging to mark them for size as most have no mechanism for annotating contents.

Smaller Series filters get stored individually in the old Kodak filter cases and collectively store those with appropriate adapters and hoods in zip-lock storage bags by size.

Redundant or seldom-used filters tend to get stored in their original filter cases in a box marked "Misc. Filters".
 

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I keep my filters in the cases they came in. All the lenses I carry with me are 52mm thread, so a handful of filters is all I need and they fit in the pouch of the camera bag. There are big telephotos, but they sit in the cupboard until taken out along with a large heavy tripod and so the filters in their cases also sitting in the cupboard is not an issue.
 

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I only have two sizes -- 55mm and 77mm. For each size, I stack them together and have front and rear metal caps. VERY compact.
 

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On an every day basis, I use those filter wallets. If they're travelling in luggage (and I'm taking many because I am indecisive), I put them in a hard lens case, all screwed together (with step up rings if need be). If there's a gap at the top, it's filled with a microfibre cloth packed in to avoid rattling and banging about.
The only exception is my ND400 - that's in its original case and goes in my carry on luggage, primarily because it's the only filter I bought new and am in no position to replace.
 

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I use filter pouches. A set for 35mm. A set for MF. A set for 4"x5",
 

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xkaes said:
I only have two sizes -- 55mm and 77mm. For each size, I stack them together and have front and rear metal caps. VERY compact.
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What kind of metal caps and where can you get them?
 

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I learned the hard way, not to stack threaded filters because over time they with bind up and be very difficult to separate. Bayonet filter can be stacked with no problems but both ends should be covered with caps.
 
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Sirius Glass said:
I learned the hard way, not to stack threaded filters because over time they with bind up and be very difficult to separate. Bayonet filter can be stacked with no problems but both ends should be covered with caps.
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I was thinking this just seemed like it this was too good to be true for a solution.

I'm all in for cases yet nobody has recommended a single particular brand/model.

The research continues...
 

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If you jam your filters together too tight, you've learned a lesson. The same thing will happen if you put the filter on a lens too tight.

But there are ways to unstick filters -- already addressed ad nauseam in other threads.
 

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"All of the above!"

I use wallets for some.
I have the metal caps to stack others -- a tiny smidge of candle wax worked into the threads and not going gorilla on torque seems to keep things from welding together, even the anodized aluminum ones.
I've dabbled with plastic boxes customized with cut out closed cell foam to make a carrier to contain a few Bay 1 filters for my TLR.

Edit: B&H has stack caps.
 
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The Miscellaneous Equipment sub-forum seems perfect, so that is where I'm moving this
 

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BrianShaw said:
For the most part, I use filter wallets also, and organize with separate wallets by size. In my case..
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Where do you find filter wallets for small filters, such as 39mm or 49mm. All the wallets I see for sale claim something like "fits all filters up to 82mm." That represents a lot of excess bulk and cloth for the contents.
 

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xkaes said:
If you jam your filters together too tight, you've learned a lesson. The same thing will happen if you put the filter on a lens too tight.

But there are ways to unstick filters -- already addressed ad nauseam in other threads.
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One does not have to over tighten the filters, they will do it by themselves. They get some sick enjoyment getting the owner frustrated.
 

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All in their individual cases, for both situations.
 

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I agree that it could take some searching to find anything right these days. I bought a cordura/velcro filter wallet from Jessops in the UK many years ago, it holds 6 x 67mm filters, and is really easy to use.
 

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Kodachromeguy said:
Where do you find filter wallets for small filters, such as 39mm or 49mm. All the wallets I see for sale claim something like "fits all filters up to 82mm." That represents a lot of excess bulk and cloth for the contents.
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I'd have to look to be sure but I think all of my filter wallets, from different manufacturers, are about the same size. The 49mm filters tend to rattle around and the 67mm/Bay-60 fill up the holder. I know some of my filter wallets are Tamrac and others are Tiffen and it wouldn't surprise me if some were some completely different brand.

This is what I look for (from a B&H product): 6-Pocket Filter Pouch (Up to 67mm)
 
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I modified a design and now I 3D print those sweet filter boxes.

58mm Filter Holder by Build-0-Matic

This is a remix of the excellent lens filter case by TheCrazyPrinter.I found that the logo that that's in the bottom slows down the printing, so I decided to remove it using MeshMixer.This design features some cutouts in the bottom part to help in grabbing the filters.There's also a small hole...
www.thingiverse.com
 
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