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Oct 25, 2017 21:32:36   #
Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England
 
If so, do you use the kind that goes around the lens, or the kind that's attached to a strap lug on your body? ...

If you don't use either kind ... what do you DO with your cap, when you're shooting?

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Oct 25, 2017 21:44:22   #
JR45 Loc: Montgomery County, TX
 
Put it in a pocket that has a closed flap.

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Oct 25, 2017 21:51:32   #
ELNikkor
 
in a pocket or camera bag

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Oct 25, 2017 21:52:30   #
ELNikkor
 
never tether. don't like things flapping around

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Oct 25, 2017 21:52:35   #
Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England
 
JR45 wrote:
Put it in a pocket that has a closed flap.


Here's the thing, though, JR ... ALL pockets, eventually, acquire lint (even those with closed flaps) ... so, unawares of the accumulated debris - you shove the cap back on your lens, and - Presto! ... next time you go to use it - you've acquired a deficiency!

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Oct 25, 2017 21:54:22   #
Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England
 
ELNikkor wrote:
never tether. don't like things flapping around


I have a great idea!!!

How about a slot in the camera base?

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Oct 25, 2017 22:04:46   #
mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)
 
What do you do Chris? And why?

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Oct 25, 2017 22:06:21   #
RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia
 
Chris T wrote:
If so, do you use the kind that goes around the lens, or the kind that's attached to a strap lug on your body? ...

If you don't use either kind ... what do you DO with your cap, when you're shooting?


Pocket, or camera bag.

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Oct 25, 2017 22:10:40   #
JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA
 
Chris T wrote:
I have a great idea!!!

How about a slot in the camera base?


How big do they make the slot? I have some big lenses.

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Oct 25, 2017 22:11:17   #
Steve DeMott Loc: St. Louis, Missouri (Oakville area)
 
ELNikkor wrote:
never tether. don't like things flapping around


Tried a tether that hung off the lens. Drove me crazy with it flapping around. I generally take the lens cap off when I go shooting and put it in my pocket. I don't replace it until I'm done shooting.

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Oct 25, 2017 22:14:59   #
Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI
 
I take it off and put it in a pocket. Before I put it back on, I blow on it to make sure there isn't anything riding along for fun.

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Oct 25, 2017 22:15:11   #
Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England
 
mcveed wrote:
What do you do Chris? And why?


Don ... it depends on the camera, and the lens I have attached ...

For instance, I will never use a tethered cap on a Macro lens, or any lens which employs any degree of macro capability ...

But, all of my bridges have their caps tethered to the camera strap lugs ... and I use tethered caps on some of my zooms ...

But not the UWA-Zs ... when I'm using a DSLR with a lens without a tethered cap, I just pop it into the bag (mostly Nikons) ...

Then it stays there, till I return to the car ... I only use the bags for transport into and out of the car ... very rarely do I carry a bag ...

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Oct 25, 2017 22:21:23   #
Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England
 
JimH123 wrote:
How big do they make the slot? I have some big lenses.


Sssssh! Jim ... I haven't acquired the patent on it, yet ....

Here's what I envision ... it would be on the end opposite the battery chamber, obviously ...

And would be open on both front and back ... in order to accommodate any size lens cap ...

And, it would be squeezed in place by an actuator in the slot ... tight enough to hold it for a while ... but easy to pull out, again ....

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Oct 25, 2017 22:25:50   #
Chris T Loc: from England across the pond to New England
 
RichardTaylor wrote:
Pocket, or camera bag.


Hey, Richard!!! ... How ya doing, Mate?

Yeah, but listen ... either, or ... doesn't quite do it for me ...

It's gotta be one or the other ... and pockets are known lint-causers ...

So, for me - if it ain't tethered ... it goes straight into the bag when I take the cam outta the car ...


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Oct 25, 2017 22:27:13   #
NoSocks Loc: quonochontaug, rhode island
 
Chris T wrote:
If so, do you use the kind that goes around the lens, or the kind that's attached to a strap lug on your body? ...

If you don't use either kind ... what do you DO with your cap, when you're shooting?


Put it in a back pocket and when I lose one, I use a spare.

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