C-7070 Lens Cap

twidotwido Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
edited January 2, 2006 in Cameras
I love my D-70s but for casual carrying around, my Olympus is the ticket. I do have one resentment tho, that lens cap with the tether. I've taken more inadvertant pics of the thing dangling down in front of me and then have to reshoot and make sure I gots it. There are more serious pains in life but the engineers at Olympus could have given it a scoche more thought. I could use it w/o the tether but then it would be gonners for sure 'cuz I have a uv on the front which keeps the cap juuusst on there.

So, does anyone out there experience this simular dilemma?
Thanks, Dick

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited November 23, 2005
    Most SLR lenses have lens caps that spring clip or friction fit to the lens, and I just remove it to shoot, and stick it in my pocket until needed again. Yes, loss is a possibility with this system, but it seems to work for a lot of folks.

    Could you lengthen the tether perhaps? I had a tethered lens cap on a CoolPix 995 a while back, and I attached the tether to the camera strap rather than the camera itself to avoid the "shooting the lens cap" syndrome.
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  • twidotwido Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited November 24, 2005
    pathfinder wrote:
    Most SLR lenses have lens caps that spring clip or friction fit to the lens, and I just remove it to shoot, and stick it in my pocket until needed again. Yes, loss is a possibility with this system, but it seems to work for a lot of folks.

    Could you lengthen the tether perhaps? I had a tethered lens cap on a CoolPix 995 a while back, and I attached the tether to the camera strap rather than the camera itself to avoid the "shooting the lens cap" syndrome.

    That's a thought, thanks: put it on the strap, not the camera. The real problem though is keeping the cap on when I have the UV (or polarizer) on. A solution would be IMO, an slr type cap as you mentioned.
    I hate to beat a horse, or in this case, a pony, but I just wondered how and if anyone else has had this annoyance.
    Thanks,
    Dick
  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,708 moderator
    edited November 24, 2005
    twido wrote:
    That's a thought, thanks: put it on the strap, not the camera. The real problem though is keeping the cap on when I have the UV (or polarizer) on. A solution would be IMO, an slr type cap as you mentioned.
    I hate to beat a horse, or in this case, a pony, but I just wondered how and if anyone else has had this annoyance.
    Thanks,
    Dick
    When I have a filter on the lens, I really don't worry about the lens caps too much. The lens IS protected by the filter. I

    f the filter gets too dusty or fingerprinted, I'll either brush it off with a lens brush, or clean it wil a lens cleaning cloth.

    I try not to get to disturbed by a little dust on a filter. I may not have the lens cap on the lens all day long, when shooting through a filter. I'm rather laid back about lens cleaning - only when it is really needed. I know some folks are much more careful about this than me, and that's ok. It's just not mexzicon_smile_cool.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited November 24, 2005
    Lens cap
    When I recently moved from a fixed-lens camera to DSLR, one of my very first questions (you can find it here at dgrin:-) was "what to do with the lens cap".

    Many pitched in, all saying essentially one and the same thing: that what the pockets in your shirt, jeans or photographer's west are for.

    After just a few shooting sessions I found this advise to be accurate, true and useful.
    Just like you described, I have some occasions with my fixed lens cam when I was shooting downward and the darn cap swung into the frame. Now, without the strap, I simply take it off, put it in my pocket (shirt chest one, if I have it; left back jeans one otherwise), and proceed with the shooting. Very easy and natural process once you do it a few times.

    HTH
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • twidotwido Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited January 2, 2006
    Lens Cap-Solved
    I bought an Olympus "LC-41" at B&H and it works good enough. It clips on like a normal cap and is reasonably secure on the UV.

    A side note, I don't want to use the C-7070WZ too much, as a casual P&S that is, since the new discontinued price is 3 times what I paid at B&H 6 mo. ago.
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