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We already know this glass. Type the series at the top and it tells you the hole and the case. Pick a count and add it to cart from the result.
Case Systems
Universal Vertical Lens Cases
Universal Vertical — built to a hole size, not to one lens set
What lenses are you carrying?
We already know this glass. Type the series — we tell you the hole and the case, and you add it to cart from here.
Built to a hole size, not to one lens set / three hole sizes / one to eight lenses
- 3-1/2″89 mmcompact barrels
- 4-1/4″108 mmmid-size primes
- 5″127 mmthe common cinema well
- 1–8lenses per casefrom $699.99
Know your hole size already? Jump to sizes and counts ↓ · Full lens table and engineering notes
Table of sizes and counts
Choose hole size and count.
Rows are how many you carry. Columns are the hole your barrels need.
Every price is the black shell, nickel hardware, twist-latch build — in stock, ships within 24 hours. 5 and 7 are the 6- and 8-hole bodies with a square accessory pocket in the spare position. Every case is 14″ tall inside and clears primes to 11-1/2″. Marked bodies run past a 24″ cart doorway — shipping cases for a plane or a truck. Prices shown live from the catalog.
Three hole sizes. No fourth.
Measure the widest point of the barrel — usually the focus ring.
That one number picks the column; the count is only how many you carry. Barrels wider than 5″ and named sets like Signature Prime, S8/i and Anamorphic/i are made to order in 14–21 days; zooms, box and ENG glass usually travel horizontal.
89 · 108 · 127 mm, to scale
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3-1/2″ 89 mm
Compact barrels
Vespid, Leitz M 0.8, Loxia.
See the 3-1/2″ column ↓ -
4-1/4″ 108 mm
The modern mid-size prime
Ultra Prime, Summicron-C, Thalia, Sigma FF, Supreme (most focals).
See the 4-1/4″ column ↓ -
5″ 127 mm
The common cinema prime well
Cooke S4/i and S7/i, Master Prime, Summilux-C, CN-R, Leitz Prime.
See the 5″ column ↓
Universal Vertical Lens Cases Guide
Universal Vertical is built to a hole size, not to one lens set. Three hole sizes. Pick how many lenses. Type your lens above and we tell you the hole and the case.
A custom-cut case stays dedicated to that lens set. Universal Vertical stays useful as your inventory changes. Innerspace builds both — this page is the universal one.
How to buy on this page
Hit the cell in the table
Every size and count sits in one table with live prices. Six lenses at 5″ is one glance and one click.
Cut to fit or horizontal
Barrels past 5″, named sets like Signature Prime, and anything the selector marks horizontal go to a quote — 14 to 21 business days with a dimensioned drawing.
What does not fit
Glass needing a pocket larger than 5 inches — ARRI Signature Prime, Cooke S8/i, Cooke Anamorphic/i, most rehoused vintage — is made to order, not unavailable. That is 14 to 21 business days with a dimensioned drawing in the quote. Zooms, box lenses and broadcast ENG glass ship lying down in a horizontal case; the vertical system is a prime-lens product. Ask for a build or call 818-767-3030.
The widest bodies — the 7- and 8-hole cases at 4-1/4″ and 5″ — run past a 24-inch cart doorway. Those are shipping cases, for getting expensive glass onto a plane or into a truck. Every other case fits through.
Universal or custom
Custom-cut
Maximum dedicated fit and organisation for a named kit: every lens, filter and accessory in its own pocket, labelled, in the order the AC wants it. The right answer when the set is settled.
Universal Vertical
Standardised, reusable infrastructure for changing inventories and fleets. Every configuration is a stock number, so a rental house buys the same case again in a year and gets the same case.
A custom-cut case stays dedicated to that lens set. Universal Vertical stays useful as your inventory changes. Same-day shipping is the second reason to buy one, not the first.
Inside the foam
- 14-inch interior height — clears any prime up to 11-1/2 inches long.
- Finger grips at 45° on every hole, so a lens comes out with one hand.
- 1-3/4-inch hard riser under the PL mount; soft circles level a mixed set of lengths.
- 2 inches to the wall, 1-1/2 between lenses, CNC-cut in North Hollywood.
- 1-5/8-inch desiccant holder in every interior.
- Square AKS pocket in the spare position of the 5- and 7-hole cases.
Measuring a lens yourself? Use the widest point of the barrel — usually the focus ring, not the front element. How to measure, with the full compatibility table.
Questions
Will my lens fit?
Type it into the selector at the top of this page. We look up your series and tell you the hole it takes — or say plainly that it is cut to fit or belongs in a horizontal case. If a focal in the series needs a different hole, the answer says so. The full lens table has every series and the per-focal notes.
My set mixes short and long primes. How do they all stay put?
Every case is 14 inches tall inside and clears primes up to 11-1/2 inches. Hard foam risers and soft foam circles sit under shorter lenses to bring each one up to the lid foam, so everything is held top and bottom regardless of focal length.
Why are there 5- and 7-hole cases but no 3-hole?
The 5- and 7-hole cases are the 6- and 8-hole bodies with a square accessory pocket cut in the spare position — filters, follow-focus motors, a light meter. For three lenses, most crews take the 4-hole and keep the spare as an accessory pocket the same way.
When does same-day shipping apply, and when is it a custom clock?
Every size and count is pre-made in black with nickel hardware and twist latches, held in stock, and ships within 24 hours — the same business day when ordered before the carrier cut-off. That is the build behind every price on this page. Cut-to-fit interiors, mixed-size interiors and holes over 5 inches are made to order at 14 to 21 business days.
What happens when I change glass?
Nothing — that is the point. The holes are standard sizes, not casts of one lens set, so the same case carries your next set too, as long as it needs the same hole size. Check the new series in the selector and re-stack the risers.
Building around unusual glass, or want the case matched to a set list? Request a custom build — 14 to 21 business days, dimensioned drawing included in the quote.