Lens cap solution?

[Edwin Herdman]

The TS-E 17mm cap is pretty decent as well, though it can grind some grit along the outside of the lens barrel. Just a cosmetic result. The string on that one is wide enough to put around most wrists, though that would be awkward. Of course, the design is no good for any lens that has a hood, since it wraps and balloons outward around the protruding front element and to the sides.

I think the string on the cap of the TS-E 17mm is a great idea, because the only time I use that lens is for landscape, so it's useful for hanging the cap on the tripod nobs. So whenever I move, I just grab the cap and put it back on the lens before I move to my next location.

Come to think of it, I've done that once or twice. Thanks for the reminder!

Clearly you're not married.

I get an arse-chewing if I leave a capped (both sides) lens on the top of the dresser ???

Whoa, getting personal there. I'm not exactly living in filth here, if that was your takeaway I'll allow this much: If the only kinds of women around were that bossy, I'd resolve to stay single.

 

[motorhead]

I bought a pack of centre pinch lens caps complete with the Canon logo and while I hasten to say that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the product at all, which is exactly as advertised, the security of the cap when on the lens seems lower than the normal Canon design.

I've carried on using the centre pinch caps because they were excellent value. If I loose one, or more, its not a catastrophy and I can keep the original cap in good condition with half an eye to possible resale potential in the future.

I've carefully examined the centre pinch caps and cannot see why they should be less secure unless its simply that the proper Canon caps have a greater area of the cap in sprung contact with the screw thread on the lens?

 

[dr croubie]

My mum's 50 year old asahi pentax spotmatic had a nice solution, tiny hole drilled through the lens cap, length of wire to a loop, held onto the body where the leather case had a screw attaching to the tripod mount.
Why did we go backwards from there?

personally, i just hold my lenscap between my right little-finger and the underneath of my 7d (no grip), middle- and ring-finger on the front, index-finger on the shutter, never lost a cap yet...

 

[liberace]

Try this. Not in production yet, but seems like a good solution. Thought of this thread the moment I saw it.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/293194835/camera-lens-cap-holder

 

[Viggo]

I drop mine in the bag when I change lenses. How hard is that? I always use hoods on my lenses, so I very often do not use any lens cap.

I seem to be the only person on the planet who like the Canon-caps much better than the other pinch-in-the-middel versions. Those often popped out of my grip and bounced off the front element. but the Canon caps I simply take on and off edge first, much easier to grip the whole cap side by side, than a small awkard grip in the middle....

 

[Rocky]

Try this. Not in production yet, but seems like a good solution. Thought of this thread the moment I saw it.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/293194835/camera-lens-cap-holder

I can foresee three potential problem with this product
1. You need multiple cap holder to be attached to the camera strap if you are using multiple lenses with differeent cap size.
2. With multple holder attached to the strap, the camera strap may be akward to be used.
3. With the lens cap dangling on the strap, It will have more chance to come loose without the photographer even knowing it.

 

[Rocky]

I seem to be the only person on the planet who like the Canon-caps much better than the other pinch-in-the-middel versions. Those often popped out of my grip and bounced off the front element. but the Canon caps I simply take on and off edge first, much easier to grip the whole cap side by side, than a small awkard grip in the middle....

I totally agree with you. When it bounce of the front element, it may scratch the lens. Also depends on the lens design, the center grip cap may have a chance to scratch the front element of the lens, especially the wide angle lenses( The mechanism of the center grip can lamost be flush with the bottom of the cap)

 

[robbiemccarthy]

I know this topic has probably been beaten to death, but I don't think I've seen this online yet:

I keep a cheap (like 2$ eBay brand) UV filter on the front of all my lenses while in my bag, and I don't use lens caps. That way I'm always ready for a shot, even if it means shooting with a mediocre filter. Better than nothing, quicker than a lens cap… When shooting something that I care about, I'll usually replace the cheap filter with a name brand filter. (mostly to please the professionals I know who INSIST on high dollar filters. I'm still undecided on that…) I've also dropped my nifty fifty on concrete from a few feet and shattered a filter with no visible loss in IQ. When I have a second, I swap my "lens cap" filters for a CP/ND/whatever and keep the cheapie in my filter case. Problem solved.

 

[motorhead]

For me the issue is not edge pressing versus centre pinching, but one of security when on. As a Nikon man for most of my life, I know they are more secure. As I have already said in a previous post here I bought some very nice centre pinch caps but they are actually worse at staying on than the original Canon caps.

So I assume the problem is more about basic design, with the Nikon caps simply having a larger area on grip on the lens? If so, it would seem to be an easy fix for Canon.