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 04/13/2006 02:50:59 PM · #1
Sometimes things are so obvious that you just don't see it.

I have never understood how lenses always seem to have dirt and dust on them when you know you cleaned them before putting them away.

I just happened to look at the INSIDE of a lense cap.

When I shoot, the lense cap typically ends up in my pocket. I clean the lense with a brush before putting it away, but the cap has gotten filthy while in my pocket.

DOH!

Nobody has dirty pockets. Time to start cleaning the caps as well.
 04/13/2006 02:53:16 PM · #2
...and now Nobody knows better than you!
 04/13/2006 02:54:36 PM · #3
gotta get a life. gotta get a life. gotta get a life.......
 04/13/2006 02:55:40 PM · #4
Originally posted by Nobody:
gotta get a life. gotta get a life. gotta get a life.......


*Hmmmm..... I thought photography WAS life!*
 04/13/2006 03:06:56 PM · #5
One time my my 4 year old nephew was hanging on me messing with my pockets and later when I put my lens cap (the back one) in the pocket the used gum he'd left in my pocket got inside the cap and of course i didn't notice it... sigh.

Ended up stuck all over the inside of one of my lenses...
 04/13/2006 03:37:04 PM · #6
LOL

Good call...the shame is, we can't even credit pointing it out.

I guess we'll just attribute this advice to Nobody.

;)
 04/13/2006 03:44:35 PM · #7
I can't imagine putting a naked lens cap in my pocket, sheesh. I learned not to do that eons ago, back in the Pleistocene or something. Call me anal, but I carry around small ziplok baggies for this job :-)

R.
 04/13/2006 05:20:59 PM · #8
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I can't imagine putting a naked lens cap in my pocket, sheesh. I learned not to do that eons ago, back in the Pleistocene or something. Call me anal, but I carry around small ziplok baggies for this job :-)

R.


We're sorry to be so stupid, Mr. Music.

Sheesh.
 04/13/2006 05:34:46 PM · #9
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I can't imagine putting a naked lens cap in my pocket, sheesh. I learned not to do that eons ago, back in the Pleistocene or something. Call me anal, but I carry around small ziplok baggies for this job :-)

R.

Ok anal, I will consider taking up this habit too as it seems like a good idea :)

/e wonders if taking a picture of a naked lense cap would qualify for a nude shot

As a side note good thinking Nobody, I am new to this set to so had never thought much about it. Trust me I will now.
04/13/2006 05:44:56 PM · #10
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I can't imagine putting a naked lens cap in my pocket, sheesh. I learned not to do that eons ago, back in the Pleistocene or something. Call me anal, but I carry around small ziplok baggies for this job :-)

R.


That's all you do? I first wrap mine in a fresh papertowel- being certain to carefully fold and tuck in each corner. I then wrap that in aluminum foil, followed by carefully laminating the whole thing before placing it into not 1 but 2 ziplock baggies.

But I do wonder why I keep missing some fantasic shots.


04/13/2006 05:52:48 PM · #11
I normally wind up shooting when I'm wearing something without pockets, so my lens cap typically winds up getting tucked in my bra. Guess that's not a good alternative, either.
04/13/2006 05:59:20 PM · #12
I ALWAYS put lens caps in back left pocket - because keys are usually in back right pocket if I'm shooting somewhere without a purse - which is most everywhere.... never even thought to clean my lens caps. Thanks, Sam! Now I have more work! :P
 04/13/2006 06:23:04 PM · #13
Originally posted by laurielblack:
I normally wind up shooting when I'm wearing something without pockets, so my lens cap typically winds up getting tucked in my bra.

That's what I do, too - with the outside of the cap against my skin, does THAT help? :-)
 04/13/2006 06:23:29 PM · #14
Originally posted by laurielblack:
I normally wind up shooting when I'm wearing something without pockets, so my lens cap typically winds up getting tucked in my bra. Guess that's not a good alternative, either.

Hello, I would like to introduce myself...The name is Lenscap. LOL
 04/13/2006 06:26:20 PM · #15
Originally posted by Beetle:
Originally posted by laurielblack:
I normally wind up shooting when I'm wearing something without pockets, so my lens cap typically winds up getting tucked in my bra.

That's what I do, too - with the outside of the cap against my skin, does THAT help? :-)


Me too!
 04/13/2006 06:46:02 PM · #16
Now I'm going to start having dreams about being a lens cap. Great....
 04/13/2006 07:31:46 PM · #17
Originally posted by Nobody:
Now I'm going to start having dreams about being a lens cap. Great....


Nobody would make a good lens cap!
 04/14/2006 01:33:24 AM · #18
Originally posted by laurielblack:
I normally wind up shooting when I'm wearing something without pockets, so my lens cap typically winds up getting tucked in my bra. Guess that's not a good alternative, either.


So that's why cross-dressers cross-dress, so they've got somewhere to tuck lens caps?
 04/14/2006 01:43:43 AM · #19
Originally posted by nards656:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
I can't imagine putting a naked lens cap in my pocket, sheesh. I learned not to do that eons ago, back in the Pleistocene or something. Call me anal, but I carry around small ziplok baggies for this job :-)

R.


We're sorry to be so stupid, Mr. Music.

Sheesh.


I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way, really! Looking back, I can see that sounds pretty snide... Hell, it took me a BUNCH of filthy lens caps before I learned my lesson. I was actually trying to poke fun at how long 've been doing this, but the emphasis didn't come out right :-(

R.
 04/14/2006 04:44:53 AM · #20
I thought the whole idea of a cap with a strap is so it hangs?
 04/14/2006 05:00:41 AM · #21
The joyous world of SLR's, watching that perfect shot disentegrate while you try to find a place to keep your lens cap.

There are lens cap straps available I think, but they're not commonly used from what I've seen.
 04/14/2006 05:42:18 AM · #22
Originally posted by greatandsmall:
Originally posted by Beetle:
Originally posted by laurielblack:
I normally wind up shooting when I'm wearing something without pockets, so my lens cap typically winds up getting tucked in my bra.

That's what I do, too - with the outside of the cap against my skin, does THAT help? :-)


Me too!

You all have given me a brilliant idea on what to do with my wife's nursing bras when she's done with them...



Look for these on eBay in a few months! ;-)
 04/14/2006 05:49:51 AM · #23
ROTFLMAO. You'r a real cracker Art, will those come in several sizes?

for the lens caps I mean...
 04/14/2006 05:53:53 AM · #24
Originally posted by Refwhett:
will those come in several sizes?
for the lens caps I mean...

Yep. And I also have a line of men's underwear that you can store your telephoto lenses in a pouch right in the crotch. Convenient storage and impress the ladies at the same time!
 04/14/2006 06:26:34 AM · #25
Cool, place for a Bigma? sign me up.
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