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kshapero
08-19-2007, 11:37
I am at the airport, getting ready to travel all over New England. The chintzy lens cap on my Sonnar falls off and cracks. It will not go back on. No choice. Glory be. How nice it was to have no choice but to not care about always remembering to put the cap on. I'm free. To hell with lens caps except fpr storage. Free at last.
Xmas
08-19-2007, 11:40
You wont take photos of it any more either?

Noel
kshapero
08-19-2007, 11:43
You wont take photos of it any more either?

Noel
Another added benefit!!
FrankS
08-19-2007, 11:50
I prefer filters to lenscaps usually.
markinlondon
08-19-2007, 11:56
I'm with Frank, a filter and a hood is a lot more useful.
FrankS
08-19-2007, 12:14
I do have a few lenses where the front element is so small, a filter is not needed for protection: Canon 28f3.5, Summaron 35f3.5, and Elmar 50 f3.5. But some front lens elements are finger magnets, like the CV40f1.4. Also, some lenses/coatings are so soft that they need to protected. (col. Summicron, Summarit, Summitar)
kshapero
08-19-2007, 12:38
Got my B+W UV MRC filter on my Sonnar, I'm set.
Bike Tourist
08-19-2007, 13:24
Now go the next step and play famous photojournalist who doesn't buy his own gear. To do this, remove all dividers from your camera bag. Then remove all front and rear lens caps and, of course, lens shades if you've been using them.

Now, just throw all the equipment into the bag loosely. It may be disconcerting to hear metal against metal (or glass) for awhile but you'll soon get used to it.

Now. Don't you feel liberated?
gb hill
08-19-2007, 13:39
Lens cap!!...is that all?...I thought you might have gotten the battery cover off of your Spotmatic. Well at least I see your back in the 4 digit club.;)
FrankS
08-19-2007, 13:46
From the thread title, I though he'd gotten a divorce. ;)
gb hill
08-19-2007, 13:50
Or maybe shaved his beard!:eek: But I doubt he would ever do that.
kshapero
08-19-2007, 14:07
Now go the next step and play famous photojournalist who doesn't buy his own gear. To do this, remove all dividers from your camera bag. Then remove all front and rear lens caps and, of course, lens shades if you've been using them.

Now, just throw all the equipment into the bag loosely. It may be disconcerting to hear metal against metal (or glass) for awhile but you'll soon get used to it.

Now. Don't you feel liberated?
Wow,I'm not up to that yet. Something to shoot for.
kshapero
08-19-2007, 14:08
Lens cap!!...is that all?...I thought you might have gotten the battery cover off of your Spotmatic. Well at least I see your back in the 4 digit club.;)
Bottom plate with battery assembly under three inches of vinegar.
kshapero
08-19-2007, 14:09
From the thread title, I though he'd gotten a divorce. ;)Wow, you guys really wish the best for me but after 35 years it ain't gonna happen. But thanks for thinking of me.:eek:
kshapero
08-19-2007, 14:11
Or maybe shaved his beard!:eek: But I doubt he would ever do that.
As we say in Kentucky ( I was actually born there): "That dog won't hunt." Not a chance.:cool::cool:
Morca007
08-19-2007, 15:11
Lens caps are a form of oppression!
Magus
08-20-2007, 03:05
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fishtek
08-20-2007, 13:10
Reminds me of a friend....A SERIOUS surf fisherman, he carried an old knock off of a large woman's handbag with 12-20 surf plugs in it, with no dividers, no way to keep 'em from forming a fairly threatening entanglement of pointy-hooked lures. He'd pull 'em all out, then drop them on a hard surface until they came apart...

His lures didn't last too long...


Now go the next step and play famous photojournalist who doesn't buy his own gear. To do this, remove all dividers from your camera bag. Then remove all front and rear lens caps and, of course, lens shades if you've been using them.

Now, just throw all the equipment into the bag loosely. It may be disconcerting to hear metal against metal (or glass) for awhile but you'll soon get used to it.

Now. Don't you feel liberated?
pesphoto
08-20-2007, 13:14
What's a lens cap?
kshapero
08-20-2007, 13:16
What's a lens cap?
Now you're talking. It's like in the 70's when women's lib took off. Burn those lens caps.
:eek::eek::eek::eek:
cmogi10
08-20-2007, 18:43
By the thread title I thought you had just gotten a Divorce or something...
RML
08-23-2007, 02:21
I am at the airport, getting ready to travel all over New England. The chintzy lens cap on my Sonnar falls off and cracks. It will not go back on. No choice. Glory be. How nice it was to have no choice but to not care about always remembering to put the cap on. I'm free. To hell with lens caps except fpr storage. Free at last.

Wait until evrything except that one camera gets stolen. Free at last! Free at last! :D