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I hate the threaded thingy one can buy that (a) on one end is tied around the lens and (b) the other end glues to the lens cap. Other than this contraption, is there any other way to avoid losing the lens cap?
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Raj
 
I'm not obsessive about putting the cap back on after every shot. I'd rather have the camera ready for a unplanned photo opportunity. If I'm out walking around the woods, I just stick it in my pants pocket...I figure if I can avoid losing my keys, I can do the same with a lens cap.
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The original FZ1 came with a built-in cap-keeper that worked pretty well and didn't get in the way too much.



If you're handy and have access to a small drill, you could probably do the same thing to the OEM FZ50 cap.

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Re the drill -- I do have it but some materials can simply shatter instead of allowing me to drill a hole. Add to that my mechanical skills, and we are looking at a disaster:)
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I'm no fan of threading the lenscap on with a string either and having it dangle around while I'm shooting and moving the camera between vertical and horizontal views, but that leaves very few options other than just developing a habit of either dropping it into the bag where the camera usually sits or sticking it in a pocket and making sure to blow off any accumulated lint before putting it back on. More gunk gets on a lens from the cap picking up "stuff" while sitting in a pocket.

Anyone who's used a DSLR outfit with multiple, usually varied in size lens caps have either developed a system for keeping track of them or spent more money than they care to replacing them. I'd rather have a bag big enough to be able to hold the camera with the lens hood on and the cap off, facing down for ease of pulling it out instantly ready to shoot. You can then place the cap in a spot in the bag where it's easy to keep up with.
 
I got a cap keeper in the States last year on a skiing trip as I was worried I might drop the cap off the chair lift when photographing.

Its a little bit of string thing but its got a self adhesive cap on on end so no drilling the lens cap & a dog lead clip the other so you can un-clip it & remove the cap from the camera for longer shoots so its not dangling around. The clip goes on the camera strap luggs & the sticky pad goes on the front of the lens cap.
Cost less than 2 dollars in the local photo store.

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Get the cap from the FZ18 - same as FZ50's except keeper string built on. I use the pocket once I'm where I'm going, with either a UV filter and/or lens hood for protection..
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Good and cheap idea - I will look for it in the local store. Thanks!
Tony in UK said:
I got a cap keeper in the States last year on a skiing trip as I was
worried I might drop the cap off the chair lift when photographing.
Its a little bit of string thing but its got a self adhesive cap on
on end so no drilling the lens cap & a dog lead clip the other so you
can un-clip it & remove the cap from the camera for longer shoots so
its not dangling around. The clip goes on the camera strap luggs &
the sticky pad goes on the front of the lens cap.
Cost less than 2 dollars in the local photo store.

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Raj
 
... it sits in my camera bag's side pouch. With a B&W UV filter screwed-on, I see no need for hassling with the lens cap every time you want to shoot. Every so-often, I clean the filter glass. Never any problems.

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Gregm61 said:
I'd rather have a bag big enough to be able to hold the camera with the lens hood on and the cap off, facing down for ease of pulling it out instantly ready to shoot. You can then place the cap in a spot in the bag where it's easy to keep up with.
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It don't take a huge bag neither.. I holster mine in that same fashion & otherwise also just put the cap in my pocket... I don't own a pair of pants without pockets..
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1971_M5 said:
... it sits in my camera bag's side pouch. With a B&W UV filter
screwed-on, I see no need for hassling with the lens cap every time
you want to shoot. Every so-often, I clean the filter glass. Never
any problems.

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I have a filter on the FZ but do not want to have too many scratches on the filter. In fact, once the Hoya was not screwed on properly and when I took off the lens cap, the filter decided to accompany the lens cap.
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Raj
 
Wear pants or a jacket with pockets. That's how I do it with my dSLR lenses that I don't use strings for. ;) For me, things like that are just about habit and repetition. Once I do it for a while, it just becomes second nature to put it in my pocket. I have yet to lose a lens cap on any of my 5 lenses that I split between film and digital.

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1. What are you doing that would cause the filter to be "scratched" -- ?? I have never scratched a filer and I've been taking pictures with SLR-gear since the mid-1970's.

2. I take the UV filer off and put it back on every so often to use either the MCON or the Raynox. I have never had a problem with a fillter falling off. Seems faiyly elementary to properly screw a filter onto a lens.

So... looks like my suggestion won't help. Too bad because it is so convenient -- you just pull the camera out of the bag and turn it on. No fuss at all.

Good luck with your lens-cap odyssey.

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1971_M5 said:
... it sits in my camera bag's side pouch. With a B&W UV filter
screwed-on, I see no need for hassling with the lens cap every time
you want to shoot. Every so-often, I clean the filter glass. Never
any problems.
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Yup...There is no better lens cap than NO lens cap. The closest I have come to damaging a filter is when a dog jumped up an licked it! Sure glad that gooey mess was held back by the UV filter.
I didn't lose mine, its still in the box the camera came in.

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1971_M5 said:
1. What are you doing that would cause the filter to be "scratched"
-- ?? I have never scratched a filer and I've been taking pictures
with SLR-gear since the mid-1970's.
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This happened once during my trip to UK. I travel with my PC and use a protective notebook backpack. The camera & macro sit in the bag that that has a few smaller other items also. I guess during the plane journey to Europe, the filter screw somehow became loose- maybe it was the notebook's pressure on the camera when the bag was in the bulkhead. Does not happen normally. I do not baby the camera much and that is why -if possible - I need to probably use a lenscap in addition to the filter.

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Raj
 
I use this one from the same company......and I modify the lens hood to permit the use of this cap.......If I had to choose between a cap or a hood I would choose to use the hood and forget the cap.....But I do use both.
http://optechusa.com/product/detail/?PRODUCT_ID=13&PRODUCT_SUB_ID=&CATEGORY_ID=6

I also have a large telephoto lens for a DSLR that has a huge hood which I always use and a large cap........and I put a piece of velcro on the hood and on the cap and stick the cap to the hood.

Every experienced photographer I have ever talked to uses the same plan, which is to remove the cap and put it in a certain pocket and they never change that plan....when they want the cap its always in that pocket.
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Just trying to learn and it's slow going!
 
sorry for the image quality, I just took them in the only mirror I got at work

I put some velcro at the cap, and the other velcro part at the bottom of the camera.. cheap and easy baby ;)



and If I get annoyed by having the cap in the bottom, I also put some more velcro at the shoulder strap, so I can attach it there too.
 
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