Stuck rear lens cap
May 25, 2014 10:44:23 #
jeep_daddy wrote:
Nikon lenses twist on the other way. To get it off turn to the right,.
A reason why you never see pros using both Canon and Nikon. This is one of the reasons I've stuck with Nikon since the late fifties.
May 25, 2014 10:51:05 #
dpullum wrote:
Had a 62 Chevie Pickup. Needed to check brakes, passenger side went fine, but the drivers side was as hard as that lens for the same reason. I had fought with that #$^@!x thing for an hour, heating red hot, cooling with oil to soak in, extended wrench.... and like a vision... I saw the "L" on the end of the bolt. Turning the nut clockwise the nut came off with ease. Live and learn.
The reason for the different threading rotation - some believe it is better to have the rotation of the thread to tighten as the wheel turns, thus as the wheel turns it won't unscrew in the thread direction and lose the nut and possibly lose the wheel. Knew a family in the 60's that told of a story, they saw a wheel whipping past them on an expressway. It was funny until they realized it was their wheel. It can and does happen.
Note: anything that is flammable usually has left handed threads too.
May 25, 2014 11:06:14 #
Ka2azman wrote:
Sorry for the second post - the first didn't seem to take, redid it and there it was when the second posted!
That happens. Sometimes I get two posts when I think I clicked only once. Did you know you can click on "Report Issue" and request removal of a duplicate?
May 25, 2014 11:27:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That's funny - and from a Canon shooter.
Remember when Chrysler used reverse threads on their lug nuts on one side of the car. I bet that caused lots of problems.
Remember when Chrysler used reverse threads on their lug nuts on one side of the car. I bet that caused lots of problems.
Yes, I remember. Someone else thought it was a Chevy truck that he was having problem with left handed lug studs, but I didn't say anything because you and I both know it was Chrysler that did that, not Chevy. LOL
I just seems wrong to install by twisting to the left and remove by twisting to the right. Remember "righty tighty and lefty loosy".
May 25, 2014 12:17:18 #
Can you say left handed thread? Righty tighty, lefty loosey only for a right handed thread..... Who knew, this was a learning experience for me (NIKON). I'll stick with CANON!
May 25, 2014 14:22:27 #
It should not be complicated. (5 pix attached)
Sigma figured it out.
Tokina got the right idea.
Even the older Nikon LF-1 caps knew we needed direction.
The newer Nikon LF-4. Is that arrow for tighty or loosey?
Nikon should visit Portland, OR. We can give some good directions here.
May 25, 2014 14:28:01 #
OddJobber wrote:
It should not be complicated. (5 pix attached)
Oh, it's so obvious! How could anyone miss that tiny stylized arrow, raised 1/50 mm above the lens cap? :D
May 25, 2014 14:38:03 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Actually Nikon has used that exact same mount since 1957, always turning clockwise even when they were making the lenses for Canons cameras. Canon chose to change the rotation direction when they finally started making their own lenses, just to be different.
:thumbup:
May 25, 2014 14:43:28 #
OddJobber wrote:
It should not be complicated. (5 pix attached)
It's not all that complicated now but before zoom lenses, you had to change lenses frequently and fast. Thus, you wanted all of them to go on and off the camera the same way.
May 25, 2014 15:24:50 #
I guess life just gets too complicated sometimes. LOL Toilet flush handles, most commonly mounted on the right, have reverse threads on the nuts that hold them. HOWEVER, should you find one mounted on the left, the threads tighten clockwise. Why do they drive on one side of the road in one country and the other side in another? Why was it for decades you had to use the "Start" menu to turn off a Windows computer?
I think it interesting to ask why Nikon has it backwards as it is the oldest and most common bayonet mount around and has NEVER changed!@#$% It could also be asked why some manufacturers used different direction of rotation on aperture rings, which I found to be even more frustrating.
I think it interesting to ask why Nikon has it backwards as it is the oldest and most common bayonet mount around and has NEVER changed!@#$% It could also be asked why some manufacturers used different direction of rotation on aperture rings, which I found to be even more frustrating.
May 25, 2014 15:42:30 #
wilikioti wrote:
It's not all that complicated now but before zoom lenses, you had to change lenses frequently and fast. Thus, you wanted all of them to go on and off the camera the same way.
It never has changed between zoom OR prime lenses. Unless and until YOU changed camera brands.
May 25, 2014 17:06:15 #
MT Shooter wrote:
It never has changed between zoom OR prime lenses. Unless and until YOU changed camera brands.
??? I think you missed my point.
May 25, 2014 17:12:19 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I was hoping to see the hacksaw solution!
Me too! The video please. :mrgreen:
May 25, 2014 19:36:36 #
jerryc41 wrote:
That's funny - and from a Canon shooter.
Remember when Chrysler used reverse threads on their lug nuts on one side of the car. I bet that caused lots of problems.
Remember when Chrysler used reverse threads on their lug nuts on one side of the car. I bet that caused lots of problems.
Yes, I do. ... and a few years ago we had a running gear under a feed grinder that needed to have the tire fixed before putting it on the farm sale. A few unsuccessful tries on the lug nuts reminded me that we'd made it from an old Plymouth axle! Those Chrysler products had right-hand lug nut threads on one side of the car and left-hand threads on the other side. I always wondered if that ever did any good.
May 25, 2014 19:39:13 #
Why was it for decades you had to use the "Start" menu to turn off a Windows computer?
Might be the same reason you go to your ignition key that started the car to turn it off. You go back to the point of start. Just a razzzz, no insult meant! Thought it had a bit humor, nothing else. Just trying to bring a smile to your face, well, ok a grin!
Might be the same reason you go to your ignition key that started the car to turn it off. You go back to the point of start. Just a razzzz, no insult meant! Thought it had a bit humor, nothing else. Just trying to bring a smile to your face, well, ok a grin!
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