I've never had good luck with the generic caps as they tend to fall off too easily, I've pretty much settled on replacing all my lenscaps slowly with Tamron caps, which allow easy removal with a bayonet hood mounted for all sizes othern than 49mm.
-Adam Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > LOL ... slip on caps are, for me, almost always "slip off" caps. I > always find them dropped off in my bag or lost entirely. I replace > slip on caps, such as delivered with the FA77 and DA21, with generic > clip on plastic caps that I buy for $6 each at the local camera shop. > Much more secure. ;-) > > For the DA14, I wanted a stretch sock that fits over the very wide > lens hood so I could keep the hood on the lens when I stuffed it back > into the bag without risking that huge front element. OpTech produces > the 'hood hats' in several sizes, this is a representative one: > <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? > O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=221936&is=REG&addedTroughType=search> > or > http://tinyurl.com/ydbcyq > > I can't remember the diameter that I bought offhand but it works > perfectly: stretches over the lens hood and stays securely in place. > I used to use a smaller one with the FA28-105 lens and its tulip hood > as well since the hood was again pretty shallow. > > Godfrey > > On Oct 23, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > >>True ... and I've used a few when need be. But they can be spendy and >>sometimes hard to come by. The supermarket approach is a lot less >>expensive. However, the bottom line is that there are numerous >>alternatives to the more typically used lens cap. BTW, even Pentax >>made >>some slip on caps a while back, although I've only seen them for >>lenses >>that took 49-mm and 52-mm lenses. >> >> >>>Schneider makes slip-on lens caps in a lot of sizes. >>>You can order them off their website. Also a google >>>search for slip-on and push-on lens caps will find >>>some others. I have seen Tupperware lids used. > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
