BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

BudsOwl Loc: Upstate NY and New England

pgerardi Loc: Bethel Park, PA

Recently read that some Velcro & double sided tape to the bag. Take cap off cap off & stick it on bag. Seems logical but haven’t tried it

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

On a windy day that cap on a string can let the cap fly in front of the lens at awkward moments. I put the cap in my pocket, but I try to look it over to see whether it needs to be cleaned before going back on the lens.

Hammer Loc: London UK

I use the magnetic adaptors made by Xume , which I think is now owned or marketed by Manfrotto, I just pull them off and stick them in my pocket. Found the string thing awkward

hawleyrw Loc: Dayton, OH

Used to, didn’t like it. Pocket for me too

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

I do the pocket thing too. However, I have put adapters on any of my lenses that are NOT 77mm (which is my widest lens) so that ALL of my lenses use 77mm lens caps. Yes, I know that it makes it difficult if I want to put on a lens hood, but I only have 2 lenses that (currently) use a hood and they both happen to be 77.. so it's mostly good. The use of one size lens cap make is much simpler in the field.

11bravo

String, attached to the camera strap. When I take the cap off the lens, the cap fits in the loop of the camera strap. Never had a cap or string show up in a photo, and it doesn't dangle.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Except for compacts with a built-in cap, caps are a nuisance. I tend to leave mine off. I use a lens hood and a clear filter, so the lens has some protection.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Then I might blow on the back (camera) side of the cap before placing it back on the lens,
but usually just put it on the lens.

ggenova64

I have a lens strap that hardly ever used. I was upset when Canon tech cleaned the lens and broke the strap. I put the cap in the camera bag unless I forget, then it goes in back pocket.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Same here. So when I gotten used lenses with cords or strings attached to the lens cap, the first thing I do is pry-off the adhesive chord attachment.

Theresa Thompson

After I lost a dangling lens cap, I became a lens cap in the pocket amateur photographer🙂

LCD

I once bought a lens cap clip for my camera strap. But it didn't fit my wide strap. It was a shame because I'm always checking several pockets until I find the one I put it in.

dave.m

Some of the solutions above seem to need 3 hands?
I was once lucky enough to go on an off road photo safari in Africa (not one of the 'procession along a track'). Before joining, guide was absolutely adamant on a number of things: when among wild animals, anything over the side of vehicle is lost, even if you can see it; unexpected noise is likely to make wild animals nervous and potentially dangerous. My solution - which I still use if in a situation where irretrievable loss is possible - is a wrist strap, a lens cap on a string, the string with an elastic loop for over the lens, and velcro. A small piece of velcro on the cap, and another on the camera wrist strap. Remove cap, and stick on Velcro of wrist strap. In a bouncy, dusty, off road trip, no chance of loss of camera or cap (unless I went over the side as well), no rattles or swinging of the cap. Worked really well. If not likely to lose, just swap elastic/string cap and use a plain one.

For possible lens change I now use the Think tank belt system (providing you don't need more than 1 or 2 extra lenses. With camera on wrist or other strap can remove rear lens cap from lens in belt lens pouch, remove lens from camera body and add rear cap, with one hand on camera body put camera body on new lens still in pouch and lift out, place old lens in pouch. All with 2 hands :) Nothing touches the ground/ rattles/ or drops as either on strap or in pouch. Works really well for me in wet, dirty, or unsafe (for camera) conditions. Its also the reason I use screw in ND / CPL filters (while fully recognising the point raised above about different lens screw-in sizes.) I also use a tripod bag with strap long enough to go across my shoulder so it will stay behind my back until needed, keeping my hands free.

I used this setup in Iceland on the amazing 'Ice beach' in sub zero conditions. Much of my kit was in the bag left in the vehicle. Another photographer in another group had the 'full monty' backpack which he placed on the wet volcanic sand. While setting up his shot on the edge of the surf, a large breaker came in (we had been warned of these by our guide, who also advised 'look behind you and plan your escape route before you set up tripod'.) His group yelled a warning on which he ran back with tripod and camera in hand, tripped over an ice block under the water. Net result - expensive camera and tripod flying in the air as he fell, and everything he had including himself fully submerged, and the entire group had to leave urgently as he was then in danger with cold and wet.