lens caps
Aug 8, 2018 16:03:40 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
billnikon wrote:
My lenses are stored in a dry cabinet until they ... (show quote)
Yeah, if you want to look like a schmuck have your lens cap on a string.
Aug 8, 2018 16:28:58 #
OhioJoe wrote:
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.
Always a lens keeper
Pockets are full of lint Abdullah’s dirt which gets on the glass...
Aug 8, 2018 16:36:30 #
I twist it around a finger on the hand that holds the lens steady. However, most attach to the lens cap with a little sticky dot, and the sticky part fails over time. Then just put in a pocket.
Aug 8, 2018 16:37:58 #
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I've never had the opportunity to consult
"some experts" in the lens cap field :-)
But I'll bet the farm, the oil wells, and all
my off-shore accounts, that the guys with
the strings are the verrrrry-verrrrrry most
junior among lens cap experts !
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Charlie'smom wrote:
......... the cap is in my pocket. Some experts don’t
believe you ever need a cap if you have a hood.
......... the cap is in my pocket. Some experts don’t
believe you ever need a cap if you have a hood.
I've never had the opportunity to consult
"some experts" in the lens cap field :-)
But I'll bet the farm, the oil wells, and all
my off-shore accounts, that the guys with
the strings are the verrrrry-verrrrrry most
junior among lens cap experts !
`
Aug 8, 2018 17:04:14 #
Peterff wrote:
I mostly agree with you, except for the eyeglasses thing under extreme circumstances, such as kayaking or spelunking where losing your eyeglasses could be endangering. Falling off a bar stool after too many martinis, not so much!!
An athletic safety eyewear strap, the ones that are worn like a headband might be more effective. For water sports and skydiving etc, there are prescription goggles. I'll have to remember to bring mine along next time I explore a cave. I don't drink alcoholic beverages but I have many other bad habits to compensate!
Cheers!
Aug 8, 2018 17:09:15 #
carl hervol
Loc: jacksonville florida
No there a pain in you know where I just put them in my pocket been doing it for 55 years never lost one yet. 
Aug 8, 2018 17:16:46 #
First time I have actually posted. This is akin to people who abuse "reply to all" in email, but I must say I'm astounded by the number of replies to this post. Observations:
Vast majority use the pocket approach.
Significant committed minority like the string approach.
Some confusion discussing front (mostly) and rear caps; a string would be a crazy approach to the latter?
I'm in the lens hood group. The only time I use the cap is (maybe) when I must reverse the hood for storage in Lowe Pro sling pack.
Vast majority use the pocket approach.
Significant committed minority like the string approach.
Some confusion discussing front (mostly) and rear caps; a string would be a crazy approach to the latter?
I'm in the lens hood group. The only time I use the cap is (maybe) when I must reverse the hood for storage in Lowe Pro sling pack.
Aug 8, 2018 17:37:20 #
I had one, but that was more than 25 years ago. When you zoom it flails around, really a pain. Either thrown in my bag or pocket, and that works for me just fine
Aug 8, 2018 17:44:24 #
leftj wrote:
Yeah, if you want to look like a schmuck have your lens cap on a string.
Do y'all know the English translation of the German and Yiddish words "Schmuck"! It does NOT mean an awkward, clumsy or fumbling person. Nor does not mean squashed, smashed, crushed or badly dented like a car after a bad accidents. I frequently hear it used in those contexts as in "That guy acts like a schmuck" or "He ran into a tree and schmucked his car"!
In German, "Schmuck" means Jewelry- so a person with a stringed lens cap looks like a necklace, a ring, a broach or a fancy timepiece??? In Yiddish "Schmuck" is a vulgar term for "penis" and is oftentimes used as a pejorative or derogatory word for a very unpleasant, extremely obnoxious and nasty man. I'll leave the rest to everyone's imagination. "Putz" is interchangeable in both language- not a word to use in "mixed company" or when Grandma is over for a visit.
You can alwasy count on the Hog for some linguistic education.
Aug 8, 2018 17:48:15 #
For another thread , how about- "Are lens caps gook kindling for a skylight filter fire?
Aug 8, 2018 17:54:51 #
mwsilvers
Loc: Central New Jersey
OhioJoe wrote:
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.
What do you attach the other end of the string to? Doesn't it dangle when you're shooting? That would drive me crazy. I've never needed one. I have never lost a lens cap, but have spares in my case in the unlikely event I ever do.
Aug 8, 2018 17:56:07 #
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I keep my schmuck on a string
and my lens cap in my pocket.
That putz the matter to bed for
me. YMMV
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I keep my schmuck on a string
and my lens cap in my pocket.
That putz the matter to bed for
me. YMMV
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Aug 8, 2018 18:06:48 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Do y'all know the English translation of the Germa... (show quote)
However we are not communicating in German or Yiddish.
Aug 8, 2018 18:07:47 #
In the bag when I take the camera out. Right in the same place the camera was in. When the camera goes back in, the lens cap goes on the lens. Perchance the lens is removed from the camera, the back end cap is removed from the body cap, the body cap is installed on to Thursday ldu and the ack end cap is installed onto the lens.
If I sit down with the objective cap in my pocket, there is a painful reminder that I need to put it where it belongs.
If I sit down with the objective cap in my pocket, there is a painful reminder that I need to put it where it belongs.
Aug 8, 2018 18:39:01 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
An athletic safety eyewear strap, the ones that are worn like a headband might be more effective. For water sports and skydiving etc, there are prescription goggles. I'll have to remember to bring mine along next time I explore a cave. I don't drink alcoholic beverages but I have many other bad habits to compensate!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Yes, the athletic (neoprene) safety straps are what I was referring to, and goggles for skiing etc. Also, life wouldn't be fun without a few bad habits, would it? Take care.
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