What do you do with your lens cap when shooting?

[MICKEY88]

I always wear a button down shirt, with pockets, lens cap goes in left pocket, easily retrieved and never lost..when I switch lenses the new cap goes in the pocket and the lens with hood goes into the vest pocket, at the end of the shoot when I'm returning all my gear to my back I put the caps back on the lenses...

 

[sk8ingmom]

Lens cap? LENS CAP? We don't need no stinkin' lens cap!

ME NEITHER! I discovered years ago that it was actually cheaper for me to just replace UV filters when they get scrathced up rather than buy a new lense cap every time I took it off the stinkin' camera and lost it!

 

[0bli0]

if i *did* use UV filters, they'd run me about 30 bucks for 77mm and over $100 for 105mm (ebay prices) vs. $2.95 for a nice quality lens cap i haven't lost or broken a lenscap in at least 5 years (touch wood!).

I have met a woman who keeps her cell phone in her bra... obviously recently, not one of those giant '80s cell phones that were the size of a brick.

hmm, i'm reminded of a Commodores song...

 

[Master Mason]

It either goes in the backpack..... first preference... or if I am just carrying the camera it goes in my pocket..... Ususally when I am just carrying the camera I have on cargo pants or cargo shorts... and I use the side pocket... that way I don't sit on it.

 

[Groucho]

Years of using the K-1000 mean that I can't get used to NOT having a lens cap. (It would run down the battery - used only for light metering - when you left the cap off.)

I currently have one of those Zenitar fish-eye lenses on its way from Russia... I'm curious to see if the larger cap still works OK with my cheap but very effective velcro solution. I'm really looking forward to playing with the lens, and to using it on the next WDW trip... fisheye WDW pics seem to be pretty rare.

I'd consider checking out the lens leashes, as a backup, but I've told myself that I am DONE spending money on camera stuff this year! Well, once I get the ball head for the monopod... and maybe a couple 2gb SD cards... but that's IT! Hopefully I can stick to that..

 

[0bli0]

Groucho - the lenscap on the Zenitar is pretty big and chunky, and you definitely don't want to lose it as it cannot be replaced. also, when you get it, you may need to make some manual adjustments to the focus range. PM me and i can help you with that.

i'm guessing the main reason there aren't too many fishy Disney photos because 15mm (Canon/Sigma) and 16mm (Zenitar) aren't very fishy on 1.6x cameras. i have both a zenitar and a Sigma and use the Sigma often. fishy images work best when you are up close to the scenery which you're trying to make look fishy. also things like parallel lines travelling through the centre of the image work well. open spaces and anything farther away than say a few metres are going to look merely like a wide angle image.

for this reason, i feel i've never had any decent looking Disney fisheye images.

here are two examples:

waiting at the HK Disney MTR station. looking across the station, it doesnt feel very fishy, but the wall on the left and power lines above do

this example isn't very good, but it does show the distance fall-off effectiveness. the lady on the left is only about 2 metres away, and the man is only about a metre away. you can also see the arm of someone who was closer than that so you get a good idea of the effectiveness up close vs more than 2 metres.

 

[vertigo235]

Back left pocket

 

[Groucho]

0bli0, fair points all around. I may have to investigate a lens leash for the Zenitar, I'll see how it seems when I get it. Or I may just pocket it. Not sure yet. I have heard about potential focus adjustments and how to do them, so I'm all set there.

I like the first photo, that's a nice use of the lens.

The Pentax has "only" a 1.5 crop vs 1.6, although realistically that won't make that big of a difference. I think I had read to expect maybe about 106' range instead of the 180' from a 35mm. If I want more, Pentax makes several fisheye lenses, the cheapest being a $500 10-17mm (minus $100 rebate) zoom that gives you 180' on the DSLR (if I'm reading it properly) but even at $400, that's a big jump in price over the Zenitar, and the autofocus probably isn't that important thanks to the large depth of field. I'm thinking that this'll just be a "fun" lens and I'm not so worried about it being absolutely perfect - people seem to love the Zenitar so I'm really looking forward to it.

I also have some ideas on combining the monopod with the fish-eye lens for some unusual angles and such... but I'm going to keep those quiet until I get a chance to try them out.

 

[0bli0]

excellent. i look forward to seeing your images!
remember the shots i took above are on a 1.3x body, and not the greatest examples.

some better ones that i have up on various sites are skateboarding, Muir Woods, melbourne night, and melbourne afternoon.