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How to Keep Track of Your Disappearing Camera Lens Cap Using LEGOs!

A blue LEGO piece positioned on a black circular base alongside a black strip with circular openings.

Lens caps are one of those necessary evils that serve a very useful purpose while still creating tons of headaches for users—who hasn't lost at least a few? Sure, you can always buy a holder for it, or just shove it in your pocket, but if you have some LEGOs lying around from your distant youth, you can make your own in just a few minutes.

This ingenious solution comes from Flickr user RawSniper1, who attached LEGO pieces to his lens cap and camera strap to make a super simple DIY holder.

Camera lens cap with a blue LEGO piece on it.

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It looks like he used some small pieces of wire (or staples) to attach one LEGO piece to the strap, and the other can be glued onto the front of the lens cap. A five minute hack that's sure to save any unorganized photographer hours of searching for that cap that was just right there...

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