mamiya 6/7 - tip for remembering to take the lens cap off...

[chatanooga]

As a new user I have failed to do so once or twice already. However I've found a failsafe way to avoid this and offer a few extra benefits, using a little neoprene hood available from Optech USA. See the attached pic.

With the hood on you'll find their mini-size fits very snugly. More protection than the normal cap I would say. It comes over the focus ring so its really rather difficult to forget to take it off! There is a little loop so it can be easily attached to the camera body.
I don't see why it couldn't also be used as a lens pouch - with the rear cap in place you're pretty well protected.

 

[Sal Santamaura]

When I began shooting weddings part time with a brand new Rapid Omega 100 some 35 years ago, the person who was showing me the ropes advised: "As soon as you pick up that camera, throw away the lens cap." I did, and found his method an infallible way to avoid pressing a shutter release with the lens cap on.

Since then I've not actually discarded lens caps for the rangefinders I own, including Bronica 645RF, Fuji GW670III and Mamiya 7. Instead, I leave them in the cameras' orginal boxes in case someone to whom I eventually resell the cameras might want caps.

 

[Ridgeway]

Same here. I don't use a lens cap. I use a protection filter and a lens hood. No cap.

 

[david b]

green tape with tabs sticking off the side.