now for the bad part. you leave the the cap sitting in the bottom of you bag like a cup and they act as collectors for dirt and crud and such. and you are spinning your lenses on and off of what literally becomes an ashtray.
sjms wrote:
now for the bad part. you leave the the cap sitting in the bottom of you bag like a cup and they act as collectors for dirt and crud and such. and you are spinning your lenses on and off of what literally becomes an ashtray.
The cap sits there for the time it take to replace the lens that you have just removed from your camera.
The other alternative was velco on your sleeve, or wrist, and do the swap right there.
Back in the day, when everyone carried their gear in hard-sided leather cases, some of the manufacturers were already offering something similar- metal mounts fastened to the bottom of the lens compartments - so you didn't even need rear lens caps.
louhand wrote:
The cap sits there for the time it take to replace the lens that you have just removed from your camera.
The other alternative was velco on your sleeve, or wrist, and do the swap right there.
and lots of movement going on in that pristinely clean slot. no dust not a speck of anything inside.
you are running under the assumption that people put their lenses in their bags front element up. thats heavy side up too. i do not. re acquiring my lens cap in my bag is like doing a docking manouver with the space station along with twisting to secure it. not an option with a flexible bag like the Domke J1 ir the Wired up 20 from TT.
i open my bag. while in the slot i unlock and remove the cap. remove lens from camera body put cap on that. drop it in its slot put new lens on.
