Real Mandolin players don't use capos, that is why I use the Shubb banjo, flat. This device saves me from learning a dozen or so more chord positions. So the capo goes on and I can stay with the music.
I have never seen an accomplished "real player" use one. You pull a capo out at a bluegrass jam and you can feel the stare downs.
I think us novice p[layers might want to learn some real basic chords and take them up the neck. But since my fat fingers are porpotional to the rest of my torso. The capo is the order of the day.
Mudjack