new canon lens caps

[J.R.]

yes yes the generics are just as good, but if your gonna spend $2000 on a lens whats another $13 for the original

Only my hard earned money (which I don't earn from photography).

But then it is entirely possible that photos with the lens cap on will be remarkably better with the original than the generic ... now THAT's an upgrade!

 

[offshore13]

Nice, hope I can have those too specially for my 100L. But local Canon centers here in my country has no idea when it will arrive :-[

 

[miah]

I picked up a generic pinch-cap for my 100L, post 5D3 firmware 1.2.1 update. But now when I turn the camera on a warning flashes on the LCD: "Camera cannot communicate with lens cap, must remove at once." Which is a great unsung new feature of this firmware, since I was forever forgetting to remove my Canon-brand lens cap before shooting...

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi nda, what is the need behind upgrading, is it aesthetics, ergonomics or mechanics, eg like body, rear lens caps, where early ones are said to create more dust?
Cheers, Graham.

 

[rpt]

Hi nda, what is the need behind upgrading, is it aesthetics, ergonomics or mechanics, eg like body, rear lens caps, where early ones are said to create more dust?
Cheers, Graham.

You should know - it is a slow year for bodies

 

[nda]

Hi nda, what is the need behind upgrading, is it aesthetics, ergonomics or mechanics, eg like body, rear lens caps, where early ones are said to create more dust?
Cheers, Graham.

mainly ergonomics, i recently got the 70-200II which came with the new type lens cap> so much easier to use than the old type, some of my old sigma lenses had similar designs years ago and always thought the canon caps should be the same so when canon upgrade i replace them all, first world problem and..."it is a slow year for bodies"

 

[brett b]

Hi nda, what is the need behind upgrading, is it aesthetics, ergonomics or mechanics, eg like body, rear lens caps, where early ones are said to create more dust?
Cheers, Graham.

These are much easier to remove with hood attached. It's a pain in the #@& to reach inside the hood of a 70-200 and take the non-pinch lens cap off. Won't matter to most, but it has me cursing myself often.

 

[Loswr]

Hi nda, what is the need behind upgrading, is it aesthetics, ergonomics or mechanics, eg like body, rear lens caps, where early ones are said to create more dust?
Cheers, Graham.

These are much easier to remove with hood attached. It's a pain in the #@& to reach inside the hood of a 70-200 and take the non-pinch lens cap off. Won't matter to most, but it has me cursing myself often.

That's a much easier solution than the stack of 10 UV filters I've been using to get the side pinch cap closer to the hood opening...

 

[serendipidy]

Another solution is to let your fingernails grow real long

 

[kbmelb]

I bought 4 of the 72s for my primes, just because they are special to me. I wanted to treat my zooms like red-headed step children.

On top of that, they seem to have fixed the light leak on my 5D3. Now pics with the caps on are metered perfectly.

 

[rpt]

I love the humor on this thread. It is obviously a slow year for Canon bodies

 

[distant.star]

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Most folks seem unaware there is a model of the Swiss Army Knife that has a lens cap remover in it. There's a pincer device that folds out, slips down into the lens hood and pinches the cap off quicker than you can say Swiss Bank Account! I think the knife is the "Photographer" model -- less than $100.

 

[pdirestajr]

How is the dynamic range of the back of the lens cap? Any improvement with banding or light-leak issues?

 

[brett b]

Hi nda, what is the need behind upgrading, is it aesthetics, ergonomics or mechanics, eg like body, rear lens caps, where early ones are said to create more dust?
Cheers, Graham.

These are much easier to remove with hood attached. It's a pain in the #@& to reach inside the hood of a 70-200 and take the non-pinch lens cap off. Won't matter to most, but it has me cursing myself often.

That's a much easier solution than the stack of 10 UV filters I've been using to get the side pinch cap closer to the hood opening...

Hahaahaaa! I will have to give that a try!

 

[rpt]

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Most folks seem unaware there is a model of the Swiss Army Knife that has a lens cap remover in it. There's a pincer device that folds out, slips down into the lens hood and pinches the cap off quicker than you can say Swiss Bank Account! I think the knife is the "Photographer" model -- less than $100.

Yes, but you need to check it in if you are flying...

 

[distant.star]

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Most folks seem unaware there is a model of the Swiss Army Knife that has a lens cap remover in it. There's a pincer device that folds out, slips down into the lens hood and pinches the cap off quicker than you can say Swiss Bank Account! I think the knife is the "Photographer" model -- less than $100.

Yes, but you need to check it in if you are flying...

Not so -- a feature of that particular model is that it can only be seen by photographers. At least that's what I've heard. I don't have one myself.

 

[wsmith96]

forget the lens caps, I'm just drooling over the lenses in your pic. As you can see, mine are not as impressive as yours

 

[rpt]

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Most folks seem unaware there is a model of the Swiss Army Knife that has a lens cap remover in it. There's a pincer device that folds out, slips down into the lens hood and pinches the cap off quicker than you can say Swiss Bank Account! I think the knife is the "Photographer" model -- less than $100.

Yes, but you need to check it in if you are flying...

Not so -- a feature of that particular model is that it can only be seen by photographers. At least that's what I've heard. I don't have one myself.

Ah! So they are made of dark matter! I want two!

Edit: fixed the post for quote nesting

 

[LewisShermer]

forget the lens caps, I'm just drooling over the lenses in your pic. As you can see, mine are not as impressive as yours

forget the lenses, I'm just drooling over your curtains in your pic. As you can see, mine are not as impressive as yours

 

[wsmith96]

lol - it's actually a bed comforter.