Camera check out procedures - posted 12/5/23

This morning when I looked in the camera lockers I found the following issues:

Camera Kit #22 is missing and not checked out

1 8mm fisheye lens was in a storage container for a 10-20 mm lens

1 8mm lens was checked out to Austin, I suppose that was the one in the storage container

1 8 mm fisheye lens is missing and not checked out

Mars has a 50mm 1.2 checked out, but it is actually in the locked in the right place

Slyder and Austin both have a 24-70mm 2.8 ($1500) checked out, but there is one in the locker - no idea who has it

1 Canon 70-200 2.8 ($1800) is missing and not checked out

Camera kit #37 (Slyder checked out) is sitting in the back of the room and is complete

Camera kit's #33 (Nick checked out) and #35 (Austin checked out) are empty and are in the shelves outside of the lockers

There were 2 lenses on the wrong shelves. 

There was one lens (50 1.2 - $2800) that was put into the storage container sideways and was laying funny on the shelf. It was not close to the edge but it was still something that could have rolled or fallen off the shelf if someone had bumped the wall or slammed the doors somehow.

This happens nearly every single day.

We need to do a better job of making sure we are tracking who has what equipment and where it is at any given time. It takes 2 minutes to properly check things in and out. If you need help learning where equipment belongs or how to store it properly, please ask me. I have been and continue to be frustrated with how the camera equipment is being handled by newspaper students. Please do better!!