Do you bother using lens caps during a shoot?

Just wondering of it's too much of a hassle to replace the lens caps everytime you switch lens during a shoot.

I ask this because several times when i'm switching lens on my camera, i have this feeling that one day i'm going to drop the lens because i'm fumbling with the lens caps.

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I mean front and back lens caps

Put the lens cap back on before you switch lens?

I put the lens cap on before the lens comes off the camera and don't take it off until the lens is on the camera. I don't have room in the bag to store the lenses with the hoods attached so I want them protected before they go in the bag.

I always put the back one back on, but if its a lens with a hood I never put on the front one, it just goes back in the bag or onto another camera.

Put lens on, take cap off, put hood on......... time to change lens........ hood off, cap on, remove lens. Same as others, my kit bags aren't big enough to take the hoods in position, so have to reverse them.

If one of my lenses goes in the bag, the cap goes on with it.

gary88 wrote in post #6289331
If one of my lenses goes in the bag, the cap goes on with it.

same here

The lens cap is usually in my back pocket, so I quickly put it back on when I replace lenses.

It depends whether is a permanent lens change or just a quick flip. I use UV's though, so I don't worry too much about scratching the front element. I ALWAYS put the rear cap on though.

timnosenzo wrote in post #6289377
It depends whether is a permanent lens change or just a quick flip. I use UV's though, so I don't worry too much about scratching the front element. I ALWAYS put the rear cap on though.

+1

/Per

Front cap never, as I dont use any (lenses stand on their hoods side by side in bag). Rear cap, depends on what Im shooting and if I plan to change back to the lens etc. But, I dont panic about having them on always.

only takes a moment

I vote yes, i really bother about the lens cap i don't wish that i lost anythings of my photography equipment.

Thanks for all the responses
I think I will put filters on my lens and just worry about the back cap when I need to switch back and forth.

Lens caps are the biggest PITA!

As a matter of fact, I left the cap to my Sigma 18-50 in a golf cart this morning, oh well