andybarton Posted December 7, 2010 Share #21 Posted December 7, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) What if you don't keep the camera in a bag? Not everyone uses a camera bag - I usually don't when I have my Ms with me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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menos I M6 Posted December 7, 2010 Share #22 Posted December 7, 2010 What if you don't keep the camera in a bag? Not everyone uses a camera bag - I usually don't when I have my Ms with me. If I would have to go without a bag and a camera as a standard, then I indeed would think about using B+W clear MRC protection filters + lens hood, to go permanently on the used lens and sacrifice the occasional flare or ghost. I am used, to have a bag with me (I have a full wardrobe full of messenger bags, satchels and alike in any size and kind, to fit all purposes and have really all the time a bag with me). I would not know, where to put my personal stuff (phone, wallet, keys, pencils, notebook, camera, …). I hate having full pockets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted December 7, 2010 Share #23 Posted December 7, 2010 Smart Leica users over here are only ever seen out and about in something like this. Plenty of pockets for all the ephemera Leica owners' special jacket I actually still wear my Grandfather's Harris Tweed jacket - I just can't wear it out (if you see what I mean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootist Posted December 7, 2010 Share #24 Posted December 7, 2010 Just what exactly did you expect? Try leaving it in the bag, where it belongs. Right. Put a lens on a camera, any camera, and put it around your body, shoulder/neck/bandoleer, and take the lens cap off and put it in a pocket or the bag. When you take the camera off your person to put away or the lens off the camera to put another on put the lens cap on. But hey thats just the way I do it. But I haven't lost any lens caps. Very hard to take any images with the lens cap on. Of course I don't carry a camera for bling either. If I'm carrying it I intend to use it. Sorry if this sounds a little rude but hey really what is with all these lost lens caps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 7, 2010 Share #25 Posted December 7, 2010 What if you don't keep the camera in a bag? Not everyone uses a camera bag - I usually don't when I have my Ms with me. Nobody's perfect! (HCB) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/135341-leica-lens-caps-how-could-this-be/?do=findComment&comment=1524428'>More sharing options...
andybarton Posted December 7, 2010 Share #26 Posted December 7, 2010 See... if a tweed jacket is good enough for him... I draw a line at Tattersall check shirts though (except for dressing up purposes). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 7, 2010 Share #27 Posted December 7, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) HCB used to attach his cap to the body. The Digilux 1 was designed for that BTW. Good idea IMO. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/135341-leica-lens-caps-how-could-this-be/?do=findComment&comment=1524460'>More sharing options...
andybarton Posted December 7, 2010 Share #28 Posted December 7, 2010 You forget just how ugly that Digilux 1 was, don't you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted December 7, 2010 Share #29 Posted December 7, 2010 Surely the cap is there to protect the lens while it is in the camera bag with other lenses and maybe the camera. As soon as you remove the camera you fit the hood to the chosen lens and then fit it to the camera. Why would anyone then wish to walk the street with a cap fitted? If it rains or is bad weather then I personally would return the camera with lens and cap fitted to the bag. I am clearly missing something here. I guess it depends on how you use your camera. The lenses I use have the hoods either as a permanent part of the lens (the 75 Cron and the 50 Lux), or they are fitted, but stay attached all the time (35 Cron and 21 Lux) - so the lens cap stays on the hood or the front of the lens all the time. When I'm taking pictures, I chose the lens I'm most likely to want, and I fit it to the camera with the hood and cap on. I then take the cap off when I'm taking pictures and put it in my pocket. The hood them protects the front element. If I'm pausing in my photo taking, but not finishing, the cap goes on, but the camera (with chosen lens) stays on my shoulder. So it is not a choice between hood or cap. Why would anyone take the hood off? I never use the lens cap on my 35 Cron because I never take the hood off. If it rains, I certainly wouldn't take the hood off to then put the cap on. I'd either put the camera under my coat, or back in the bag (if I had it with me). Otherwise I use the rubber cap which goes over the hood. I do agree that if I'm taking pictures, the lens cap stays in my pocket, and I rely on the hood to protect the front element. But if I'm not taking a picture, and it's not raining, I want to be ready to take a picture (or I've left my bag in the car, at home or in the hotel), I have the lens cap on. I think this is what the OP was talking about. Over the years, I've lost a lot of Nikon caps as it takes so little for them to flick off, and they're brittle. The Leica ones seem a better fit to me, and perhaps more robust. Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 7, 2010 Share #30 Posted December 7, 2010 You forget just how ugly that Digilux 1 was, don't you? I love it! But your LC5... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted December 7, 2010 Share #31 Posted December 7, 2010 I actually picked that up and had a look at it the other day At least it wasn't trying to look like something it wasn't Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 7, 2010 Share #32 Posted December 7, 2010 Agree. A true Pana. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted December 7, 2010 Share #33 Posted December 7, 2010 As opposed to...? Let's agree to disagree on this one. Without the LC5 (Leica UK couldn't get me a Digilux 1 in time for a 2002 holiday in Florida, which is what I really wanted, but Panasonic could) I might never have bought my M2, M7, R4, R8, DMR... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted December 7, 2010 Share #34 Posted December 7, 2010 I was just kidding my friend. Good memories from the old forum anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted December 7, 2010 Share #35 Posted December 7, 2010 Happy days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigSplash Posted December 9, 2010 Share #36 Posted December 9, 2010 I guess it depends on how you use your camera. The lenses I use have the hoods either as a permanent part of the lens (the 75 Cron and the 50 Lux), or they are fitted, but stay attached all the time (35 Cron and 21 Lux) - so the lens cap stays on the hood or the front of the lens all the time. When I'm taking pictures, I chose the lens I'm most likely to want, and I fit it to the camera with the hood and cap on. I then take the cap off when I'm taking pictures and put it in my pocket. The hood them protects the front element. If I'm pausing in my photo taking, but not finishing, the cap goes on, but the camera (with chosen lens) stays on my shoulder. So it is not a choice between hood or cap. Why would anyone take the hood off? I never use the lens cap on my 35 Cron because I never take the hood off. If it rains, I certainly wouldn't take the hood off to then put the cap on. I'd either put the camera under my coat, or back in the bag (if I had it with me). Otherwise I use the rubber cap which goes over the hood. I do agree that if I'm taking pictures, the lens cap stays in my pocket, and I rely on the hood to protect the front element. But if I'm not taking a picture, and it's not raining, I want to be ready to take a picture (or I've left my bag in the car, at home or in the hotel), I have the lens cap on. I think this is what the OP was talking about. Over the years, I've lost a lot of Nikon caps as it takes so little for them to flick off, and they're brittle. The Leica ones seem a better fit to me, and perhaps more robust. Cheers John If this approach works for you ...great . Last week in my experience I managed to prang a 35mm lens filter such that it is now not removable (by me) from the actual lens. I achieved this and am usually fastidious when I look after my Leica kit. I think when it comes to looking after my Leica kit I really try my best to keep it in a protective environment....so I am upset by my pranged filter. That said other Leica fans see a well used Leica body with the brass showing as something beautiful and more valuable than a pristine unblemished M body . My view is with my philosophy to look after the kit to the maximum, but actually use the kit to the full. That means a camera bag, a few lenses selected for the event, and camera + a single lens ready for that photographic moment. I would not walk about with unprotected Leica M digital kit in the rain, but would be less apprehensive with M film Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted December 9, 2010 Share #37 Posted December 9, 2010 My view is with my philosophy to look after the kit to the maximum, but actually use the kit to the full. That means a camera bag, a few lenses selected for the event, and camera + a single lens ready for that photographic moment. I would not walk about with unprotected Leica M digital kit in the rain, but would be less apprehensive with M film +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiILX1 Posted November 6, 2011 Share #38 Posted November 6, 2011 I do two things for my lens caps on my M2. First I always have one leather lens case around my belt with the other lens I'm not using- 50 or 90. They are both collapsible, and the original hoods reverse. The one lens cap I put on the reversed hood, and the hood for the other lens protects it pretty well without a cap while I have it out. Never had a problem. Plus I have a uva filter on the front of the lens in case there ever was a problem. But before I got the lens hood assembly for my X1 I simply had a little pouch that came with one of my bags (picture attached). I can clip it to my belt or put a bag strap through it so that it rests on my shoulder. You could use a cell phone shoulder pouch for that. That way it has it's place and it's always within reach. I use the pouch for a light meter now that I have hoods on all my lenses. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/135341-leica-lens-caps-how-could-this-be/?do=findComment&comment=1836040'>More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 6, 2011 Share #39 Posted November 6, 2011 I lost 14043 too ..now I leave it in the bag when I take out the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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