Lens caps
Nov 26, 2020 00:00:09 #
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Nov 26, 2020 09:14:18 #
zug55
Loc: Naivasha, Kenya, and Austin, Texas
B&H has off-brand lens caps. I got several Sensei caps for $4-$5. They work great.
Nov 26, 2020 11:47:47 #
bodiebill wrote:
Where can I get inexpensive snap on 40 & 42mm front lens caps?
B and H has a few 40mm snap on/slide on lens caps, but 42mm is going to be hard to find.
Nov 27, 2020 05:58:35 #
Nov 27, 2020 13:37:30 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
bodiebill wrote:
Where can I get inexpensive snap on 40 & 42mm front lens caps?
https://www.amazon.com/Lens-Cover-Keeper-Protector-Canon/dp/B00LGFSD16/ref=sr_1_15?dchild=1&keywords=40mm+snap+on+lens+cap&qid=1606501939&sr=8-15
Nov 27, 2020 14:40:54 #
SteveFranz
Loc: Durham, NC
For many years I struggled with the snap-on caps. Then I discovered the Sensei screw-on caps at B&H. In a word: WONERFUL! Secure and easy to use.
Nov 27, 2020 15:04:58 #
Tom Moore
Loc: Ojai, CA
I've had pretty good luck with Best Buy--sometimes closeouts as low as 2 or 3 dollars.
Nov 27, 2020 15:49:30 #
My lenses used to be all 77mm. I kept a spare lens cap in my bag after losing 2 caps on shoots.
Then came the new 24-70. 82mm. Have not gotten around to getting a spare yet.
Then came the new 24-70. 82mm. Have not gotten around to getting a spare yet.
Nov 27, 2020 16:18:33 #
mensch
Loc: SF Bay Area
Old school technical name for a lens cap was an "Eveready cap". I call them a "Neveready cap." Good for storage or transport only...
Nov 27, 2020 18:56:18 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
LWW wrote:
EBAY, AMAZON ... depends on your definition of inexpensive.
I get my lens caps through Ebay. I always buy generic but don't always get generic!In 2017 I was using my Tamron 28-75 at Badwater Basin in Death Valley. A gust of wind blew the lens cap out of my hands across the boardwalk. I walked over to where the lens cap lay and just before I could pick it up another gust of wind blew it between the slats near the edge of the boardwalk. I didn't want to get on the actual ground and destroy the ecosystem (other people were doing that!). So I waited until I got home and ordered a generic lens cap for my Tammy. I now have a Canon lens cap on my Tamron lens attached to a Nikon camera. BTW, a Tamron lens caps would have cost $10 on Ebay; I appreciate my Canon cap that cost $1, shipping included.
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