Combined camera lens cap and lens shade

A combined camera lens cap and lens shade comprising a hollow housing open at each end for attachment to a camera lens, a plurality of flaps hingedly secured to the periphery of the housing opposite the camera lens receiving end thereof, said flaps being interconnected along their adjacent margins by fold lines and swingable from a closed position overlying the end of the housing to which they are secured to an open position substantially coaxial with the said housing end, said flaps being of a size which will cover the housing end to which they are attached when in the closed position and means operatively coupled to at least one of the flaps comprising an elongated groove in the housing, a strip of flexible material secured at one end to said flap and slidably received at its other end within the groove to actuate the said flaps.