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500 PF lens cap
« on: December 05, 2022, 15:17:10 »
I lost my lens cap.  I notice two 95mm caps listed:

#4149 (B&H #NILC95)
#4271 (B&H #NILC95B)

They will likely both fit but any comments on which is sturdier/best fit/won't fall off/etc.

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Re: 500 PF lens cap
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2022, 00:06:47 »
I lost my lens cap.  I notice two 95mm caps listed:

#4149 (B&H #NILC95)
#4271 (B&H #NILC95B)

They will likely both fit but any comments on which is sturdier/best fit/won't fall off/etc.

I found only 1 reference in Europe i.e. LC-95. Have this lens since it’s inception; made about 35k pictures with; never lost a lens cap, despite sporty working environment.
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Re: 500 PF lens cap
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2022, 00:41:07 »
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Re: 500 PF lens cap
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2022, 21:57:24 »
I lost my lens cap.  I notice two 95mm caps listed:

#4149 (B&H #NILC95)
#4271 (B&H #NILC95B)

They will likely both fit but any comments on which is sturdier/best fit/won't fall off/etc.

Both caps have the same pinch mechanism.

The difference is the NIKON logo, which is coated with silver enamel in F-series caps (such as the LC-95), and is left in black in the Z-series cap (deep engraving, less visible, easier to lose in high grass or such, but less likely to be noticed by burglars). Some people even put a piece of black tape on the traditional LC-95

No difference in strength or ability to clip onto the lens threads.

If you're particularly unlucky and bump either cap against an obstacle at a particular angle, it will go flying even quite far away (the loaded springs act as a catapult).

Can be mitigated by always having a lens hood on, but then you would keep the cap in a pocket (cumbersome to remove the cap with the hood on).

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Re: 500 PF lens cap
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2022, 00:27:21 »
If you're particularly unlucky and bump either cap against an obstacle at a particular angle, it will go flying even quite far away (the loaded springs act as a catapult).

The very things happened a couple of times with my Sigma lens cap which has a very tactile pinch levers.  Now I use a Nikon lens cap with smoother levers.   8)
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