We’ve all been there.  You have your camera gear at hand and on your way to a birding hotspot when all of a sudden a bird unexpectedly flies overhead.  You scramble for your camera, rip off the lens cap and set it down somewhere and frantically try to get your shot.  Then you get so busy looking through the shots to see if any of them are good you forget to put the lens cap back.

Long after you’ve moved on, you realize the lens cap is gone and you aren’t sure where it went.  How annoying!

These nifty gadgets could solve that problem and at $5.99 for a pack of 5 are not expensive.

Even better, get a pack with spare lens caps – once you click on the link there are more sizes on the page.

One of the reasons I don’t take more photos is the sheer weight of my Canon DSLR and the 100-400mm lens!  It kills my neck and if I shift it to my shoulder, my back starts getting sore.  So I ordered one of these and it really does keep the weight more evenly distributed.