From the course: Photography Foundations: Lenses
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Lens caps
It's beautiful day out here today and so I am on my walking around taking pictures and I've got my 24-105, which is my nice walk-around lens, because it gives me a good focal length range. Note that I have no lens cap on my lens. Now, what I am about say lot of people aren't going to agree with and your personal choice is just fine. I want to bring up just something for you to consider, which is, should you keep lens caps on your lenses? I keep lens caps on my lenses when I am in home and I am storing my lenses, but when I go out to shoot, I take the lens-cap off and I put it away. Like way away where I am not ever tempted to put it on the lens. Sometimes in fact I will even leave them at home. Because if I am out shooting in a street type situation or anytime where the situation might be changing rapidly and I need to move quickly to get the shot, I don't want to have to deal with the lens-cap. I have missed shots before because I pulled my camera out, thought "oh, lens-cap," and…
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Choosing a lens7m 11s
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Lenses for crop sensor cameras4m 25s
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Image quality4m 10s
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Lens features6m 42s
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Size and weight6m 29s
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Lens notes for Micro Four Thirds7m 6s
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Specialty lenses5m 9s
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Where to buy2m 54s
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Lens caps1m 28s
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