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You find out that you left the lens cap on when you pull your film out of the fixer. :laugh:
 

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A lesson I've just learned as I've recently gotten a GW680iii. I've stuck a tab of gaffer tape on the lens cap that comes just across the viewfinder so I don't make that mistake again !!
 

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I'm sure every rangefinder user has done it. For the first several rolls I shot with my Leica I had a blank frame or two because the lens cap was on. Thankfully I usually realized it right after I took the shot and was able to reshoot it in most cases. Still made me feel stupid :smile:
 

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I never did that perhaps because I don't use the RF that often and the RF camera I used most often is the Petri 7s. It has the selenium meter cell around the lens so if I keep the lens cap on the meter doesn't work. I guess if you use a meterless Leica you could do that.
 

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Have done that on occasion. Just did it a week ago. My newly acquired Plaubel Makina 67 came with Plaubel fitted lenscap. Changed to Nikon clip on lens cap that fits inside rim of lens. Just the opposite of Chan’s situation, because now lens cap is only visible if able to see front of lens. A firm photographic rule...this only happens with your best shots!
 

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I use protective filters instead of caps.

But to tell something new, not same old, same old as OP did, using contrast filters on color film is not uncommon with RF. :smile:
 

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Maybe I’m peculiar, but no matter the type of camera I inspect before using to ensure it will do what I want it to do... and that includes looking at the lens.
 
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A lesson I've just learned as I've recently gotten a GW680iii. I've stuck a tab of gaffer tape on the lens cap that comes just across the viewfinder so I don't make that mistake again !!
My mistake was on my GSW680. I'm going to steal your idea. I might right on the tape "Take the cap off you idiot".
 

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You find out that you left the lens cap on when you pull your film out of the fixer. :laugh:

TLRs can give you similar lessons about what filter you ACTUALLY had on at the time... Pro-tip: Deep red doesn't give the same effect as you expect out of a light yellow filter. Who knew?

But thankfully my TLR lens caps are one piece things for both lenses, so I've yet to actually totally black out an image. [But sadly the ones I do have don't want to fit well if I have a filter on the taking lens, which is annoying... but work with what we have I guess.]
 

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You find out that you left the lens cap on when you pull your film out of the fixer. :laugh:

I did that with my last roll but I realized what I had done when I was walking away from the shot, so I walked back and made the same exposure again. But I over-exposed the hell out of it. Sometimes you can't win. :smile:
 
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Hi Luckless and jawarden,
As for me, all the digital cameras and chimping has made me less careful. I also forget to advance the film on analog cameras now. But at least when I shoot digital, I shoot like I'm using film. My last trip to Yosemite, I have less than 36 exposures on my SD card. :laugh:
 

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Lenscap?

What’s that?
 

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Another thing I like about my Canonet. You'll know right away since the cell for the meter will be behind the cap.
 
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