new canon lens caps

[Chosenbydestiny]

I like this thread. ^_^






..... No trolls.

 

[LewisShermer]

it might be a good thread to start: take a photo of all your best equipment on the worst background with the worst camera you can find in the worst lighting possible. That's always the problem, isn't it? If you want to take a photo of all your good stuff then you've got nothing good to shoot it with... I'll do that when I get home.

well done me ;D

 

[wsmith96]

At least it was nice of him to notice the curtains...most men wouldn't. ;D

 

[Loswr]

If you want to take a photo of all your good stuff then you've got nothing good to shoot it with... I'll do that when I get home.

You just have to get creative. Window light, 1 s exposure at f/8 with S100 on self timer into a mirror, image horizontally flipped in post.

 

[serendipidy]

You are always so clever and innovative ;D

 

[sandymandy]

At least it was nice of him to notice the curtains...most men wouldn't. ;D

You really dont got the nifty fifty?

 

[nda]

it might be a good thread to start: take a photo of all your best equipment on the worst background with the worst camera you can find in the worst lighting possible. That's always the problem, isn't it? If you want to take a photo of all your good stuff then you've got nothing good to shoot it with... I'll do that when I get home.

well done me ;D

ok, this is the worst background i could find with my best gear taken with my worst camera(nokia E63)

 

[LewisShermer]

A very intrusive red carpet with phone camera (flash on) and instagrammed...

 

[RGF]

finally got'em

now that you have had the new lens caps for a while, what are the advantages? disadvantages?

 

[rpt]

finally got'em

now that you have had the new lens caps for a while, what are the advantages? disadvantages?

I thought that the high points were:
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[*]No need to grow nails to extreme lengths
[*]A picture with that cap on shows up black - however, I am willing to bet that the circular cap shows up rectangular...
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[nda]

finally got'em

now that you have had the new lens caps for a while, what are the advantages? disadvantages?

no disadvantages, the advantage is getting the cap on/off with lens hood attached(center pinch), they are also much better build quality than the old caps, better mechanism, thicker and the moving parts that attach to the lens have more surface area(about 1/2 of the cap attaches to the lens, the old caps about 1/5).

 

[bseitz234]

however, I am willing to bet that the circular cap shows up rectangular...

I bet if you used the 8-15 set to 8mm, you'd get a blacker black circle in the middle, and the vignette would look gray...

 

[rpt]

however, I am willing to bet that the circular cap shows up rectangular...

I bet if you used the 8-15 set to 8mm, you'd get a blacker black circle in the middle, and the vignette would look gray...

That could be, but it is a corner case - boundary condition - whatever...
Sure is a slow year for DSLR bodies isn't it?

 

[Don Haines]

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!

Rodger from "Lens Rentals" tried it with 50 filters... some vignetting may occur on wide angle lenses...

 

[Don Haines]

finally got'em

now that you have had the new lens caps for a while, what are the advantages? disadvantages?

no disadvantages, the advantage is getting the cap on/off with lens hood attached(center pinch), they are also much better build quality than the old caps, better mechanism, thicker and the moving parts that attach to the lens have more surface area(about 1/2 of the cap attaches to the lens, the old caps about 1/5).

Complete agreement. I had lost the lens cap from my 70-200 so it was replaced with an Olympus lens cap (Hey, at least it wasn't Nikon ), and today re-replaced with a new Canon lens cap. The new lens cap stays in place MUCH better than the old one ( the lost one....) and it is easily taken off or put back on with the lens hood in place.

 

[serendipidy]

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!

Rodger from "Lens Rentals" tried it with 50 filters... some vignetting may occur on wide angle lenses...

LOL ;D...bet the flare is really bad too.

 

[shotmarker]

Where can I get white ones? If you know, can you post a link for me? Thanks

 

[rpt]

Where can I get white ones? If you know, can you post a link for me? Thanks

LOL! Like the white lenses, they will be expensive

 

[RGF]

I think I will add lens caps to my holiday gift list. At least these are affordable.

 

[RGF]

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!

Rodger from "Lens Rentals" tried it with 50 filters... some vignetting may occur on wide angle lenses...

Roger did you try to shot with all those filters. Any flare? How much light did you lose - 10 stops?