Newbie lens cap question for all you experts!

[TigerLaw]

OK, just stepped up from a P&S to a bridge camera, the panasonic FZ35. Don't laugh, but this is my first camera w. a lens cap! I tied it on the string as instructed, but hate how it dangles and bounces around

So here's my question for all you disney photography pros - what do you do w. your lens cap - do you tie it down as the manual says or do you just leave it loose and take it off and on as needed. I guess the fear I have is losing it (not like its easily replacable I would guess) but I can already tell I am going to hate it just hanging there bouncing around all the time

Advice/suggestions anyone?!?

thanks in advance for the help!

 

[Suburbanmom]

I stick it in my pocket or my bag and hope I don't lose it. I've only lost 1 in the last 3+ years and bought a generic cap as a replacement. It doesn't fit as well as the original, but it does OK.

 

[VVFF]

OK, just stepped up from a P&S to a bridge camera, the panasonic FZ35. Don't laugh, but this is my first camera w. a lens cap! I tied it on the string as instructed, but hate how it dangles and bounces around

So here's my question for all you disney photography pros - what do you do w. your lens cap - do you tie it down as the manual says or do you just leave it loose and take it off and on as needed. I guess the fear I have is losing it (not like its easily replacable I would guess) but I can already tell I am going to hate it just hanging there bouncing around all the time

Advice/suggestions anyone?!?

thanks in advance for the help!

I use to leave it tied to my Canon S3 IS when I used that. Otherwise its a pain to put it some place when shooting. Even with my DSLR its annoying to have to take it off and put it in a pocket/bag when I want to shoot. You'll get used to it dangling there...no big deal.

 

[zackiedawg]

Stick it in a pocket when using the camera. As a guy, most of my pants have two back pockets, and I only ever use one, for my wallet. So using the other for a lens cap works for me - it's always available, and if I forget to put it back on the camera, I'm reminded of that any time I sit down and feel something where something usually isn't!

I hate dangling lens caps. Knock-on-wood, I haven't lost one yet. But they're not really all that hard to get new ones if you ever do.

 

[MICKEY88]

I always wear button down shirts, just so I havew a pocket for my lens caps.


when wearing my vest it goes in a secure pocket in the vest

 

[ssanders79]

Just goes in my pocket.

 

[Gianna'sPapa]

Pocket, I hate it dangling!

 

[kevrab]

Because I'm always losing caps I take a small piece of Velcro and attach it to the bottom of my camera. Put another piece on the lens cap and attach it when I'm shooting. Works like a charm.

 

[photo_chick]

I tuck it into my bra. It's always handy that way and I don't loose it. Of course that won't work for men. LOL

 

[C&B Young]

Because I'm always losing caps I take a small piece of Velcro and attach it to the bottom of my camera. Put another piece on the lens cap and attach it when I'm shooting. Works like a charm.

I used to employ this method too, except I put the velcro on my camera strap. Worked well for my bridge camera when there was just 1 lens cap to keep track of. Now that I mainly use DSLR's, though, I tend to employ the "Put lens cap in pocket, then when replacing cap check every pocket except the one the cap is in" approach.

 

[MICKEY88]

I tuck it into my bra. It's always handy that way and I don't loose it. Of course that won't work for men. LOL

hmm I wonder if my assistant would mind if I keep my lens cap in her bra...

 

[oogieboogieman]

hmm I wonder if my assistant would mind if I keep my lens cap in her bra...

So far this thread is WAY cooler than the one with Don and Downtown Disney!!!!


Oh yeah, about the lens cap, I just keep it in my wifes pocket.

 

[TigerLaw]

I think what I am going to do is just ask random females I see at the parks if they will hold the cap for me in their bras - hope my wife won't mind!

Thanks for the advice everyone (and a special thanks to photo check for her insightful comments)!

 

[spinetnglr]

I used to misplace lens caps all the time, although I have never permanently lost one and then I got in the habit of always putting it in my left pocket. I no longer temporarily misplace caps and always know right where it is.

 

[MarkBarbieri]

I pocket mine. It stays off from the to moment I take out the camera until the moment I put it back in the pack. Most of my lenses have the same size cap, so I have a couple of spares and usually bring one on each outing (along with an extra body cap and rear lens cap, which you don't have to worry about).

 

[MICKEY88]

So far this thread is WAY cooler than the one with Don and Downtown Disney!!!!


Oh yeah, about the lens cap, I just keep it in my wifes pocket.

this will soon be known as the photography/comedy board

 

[funkychunkymonkey]

back pocket, or wherever I happen to leave it... Ive had my camera less than a month and have lost my lens cap at least 8 or 9 times LOL. Hey has anyone ever washed one and sent it through the dryer? Does it break? Im just wondering before I do it (cause my pockets never get emptied.)

 

[photo_chick]

I think what I am going to do is just ask random females I see at the parks if they will hold the cap for me in their bras - hope my wife won't mind!

Thanks for the advice everyone (and a special thanks to photo check for her insightful comments)!

Always happy to help!

But seriously... when you're a woman with a camera wearing a dress and not carrying a bag or purse, where else are you supposed to put the lens cap? Guys take for granted the fact that 99% of their apparel has pockets.

 

[VVFF]

Always happy to help!

But seriously... when you're a woman with a camera wearing a dress and not carrying a bag or purse, where else are you supposed to put the lens cap? Guys take for granted the fact that 99% of their apparel has pockets.

My 17-55mm F2.8 takes a 77mm Cap which I think translates into a 36C.

 

[MICKEY88]

Ok, so I'm not the first to post an autographed pic of Disney Don,

but I do have the first pic of the proper way to secure your lens caps to avoid loss..