SonyBug

After loosing many caps from being knocked off the camera, I decided to tether every one to the lens. Works for me. Oh, and why protect the front of the lens? After scratching several lens filters, I decided to protect the fronts. I know a camera is a tool, but I want to take care of mine.

twillsol Loc: St. Louis, MO

[quote=OhioJoe]Does anyone use a string to hold their lens cap when shooting or anything else to hold the cap outside of your pocket? I feel safer with the string holding the cap.[/qu

Either in my pocket or stored somewhere else, but NEVER dangling from my camera.

balticvid Loc: Queens now NJ

Me to....In my pocket

BlueMorel Loc: Southwest Michigan

Tried the string thing, just irritated me. Cap goes in my pocket to keep the dust off it while shooting (and so I can find it later).

awis01

I do the pocket thing as well. I don't like having the cap on a string bouncing around when I'm shooting.

diggerdave

I made my own with some black chord and elastic strap. Works great. I make them for my camera and my binoculars.

broncomaniac Loc: Lynchburg, VA

I used them initially but have done away with all cap keepers because I found them both unreliable and cumbersome.

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

I used to. It was OK unless it was windy; then I got a few pics of cap blowin’ in the wind. Pocket for me.

Jodevoy

Having lost several caps, I tried using the string but learned that if you set up with a tripod the wind can catch the lens cap, spinning it around. This movement, sometimes ever so slight, can result in blurry, less than sharp photos. The blur potential got me to change my ways. I now put them in my pocket - haven’t lost so many lately. Still have to be careful not to have anything with lint in that pocket (tissues, etc) at the same time.

cdayton

On my P900 and D5200, I use elastic bands that attach to the caps and circle the lens barrel to prevent accidental loss but remove and pocket for the duration of shooting. Also, nice when a quick shot opportunity arises and you can abide the brief dangle. I haven’t found a comparable cover for my Sony a6000 but looking.

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

If I am going to shoot for the day I leave it on my desk at home. Putting it in a dusty pocket is not a good idea and I have the camera ready all the way home.

Haymaker

Most of my lenses don't have caps with tethers, so into the pocket with them. For the couple that do, I slip the strap onto my right wrist to keep them out of the way.

ggenova64

How do you remove the adhesive?

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

I can't believe I am writing about lens caps and that there is so many othere folks posting about them! Lens caps are, however, part of our equipment and the do have an important protective function. So...here's Murphy's Law of lens caps.

A tethered lens cap, that is, a lens cap on a string will NEVER get in your way, end up in front of your lens, get tangled up with synchronization or release cords and mess up a once-in-a lifetime picture opportunity until that once-in-a lifetime- picture materializes right before your eyes and you screw it up with that lens cap string! There is also the possibility that you will become so flustered that, in an attempt to untangle the mess or to get that $^&*(*$^&$ string out of the way, you will yank on it and dislodge the synch contact or some othere vital part of your camera and sustain a horrible repair cost!

Lens caps can be the bain of a photographer's existence. So..you put them in your pocket! Unless you have clinically clean pockets- guess what? You can transfer grit, sand, dirt and fluff directly to your lens! Remember the guy you put a 9 volt battery in his pocket with his pocket change and set fire to his private parts! Don't' put anythg in your pockets except money!

My policy- Lens caps are "packing material". I keep them clean and use them AFTER shoots to transport the equipment. During shoots I don't want to fumble with them having to take them on and off lenses. So... I keep my compartmented camera bags vacuum cleaner clean and nicely padded and pull the lenses in and out as needed. If I am working in a hazardous environment like industrial sites, beaches, etc. I try to work with multiple bodies and avoid lens changes in nasty conditions. In downright "hostile conditions" with food splatter, welding debris, sawdust, etc- I might "break the law" and use a filter!

Of, course, having original lens caps is cool when you want to resell your gear or trade it in. Personally, I don't worry about that because I usually keep my gear until it disintegrates and nowadays, what with so much rapid advancements in technology and built in obsolescence, I no longer expect much resale value.

I don't even like those strings folks use for their eyeglasses. I am sure one day someone is gonna accidently garrote or strangle themselves to death one of those things. Combined with a lens cap string, we are talking "boobeytrap"!

Sorry folks, "sarcasm" is my second language- it's in my DNA on my grandmother's side and I do have a morbid sense of humor !

Regards, Ed

Elsiss Loc: Bayside, NY, Boynton Beach, Fl.

Never- Always goes in my pocket or backpack