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Re: [OM] Back-to-back rear lens caps?

Subject: Re: [OM] Back-to-back rear lens caps?
From: Frank van Lindert <lindertv@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 09:40:23 +0200
On Fri, 6 Oct 2000 07:23:39 +1100, Andrew Fildes
<afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>>Ray Moth wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone heard of anything similar that could be used for holding a pair of
>>> OM lenses?
>>
>
>I've seen the Leica piggy-back rear lens cap and it's a neat idea for
>storing compact lenses like Oly wide angles. Easy to make. Get a couple of
>cheap, generic caps - Tamron adaptall ones are good because they are quite
>deep - and you can usually find them in dealers junk bins. Saw off the
>closed ends and then sand them down flat. Then join the two open rings
>together at the sawn ends with epoxy or an appropriate plastics adhesive.
>You can now mount two lenses back to back and save space in the bag. Of
>course, you don't have to saw off the ends - if using the more compact
>original caps, just sand off the end to get a nice, flat surface.
>Andrew

Astonishing to see how many people have come to the same kind of
solution of one problem, but how they all do it a little differently. 
I too... I use Velcro tape (one side adhesive) to attach two rear caps
to each other. Nice but unintended side-effect: the caps with the
right part of the Velcro will also adhere to the interior of my photo
bag. And the Velcro can always be removed later, without any damage to
the cap.

BTW, my Olympus rear caps often get a bit loose, tending to come off
too easily and leave the lens' rear glass unprotected - which means
they are worthless. This happens in particular when they get older and
a bit worn on the inside. 
In those case I apply a _very_ thin layer of epoxy to the whole inner
wall of the cap (not the bottom), let dry thoroughly (!), and it will
fit tightly for the next few years to come.

I used to use bits of tape for this, but things got messy that way.

Frank van Lindert
Utrecht NL.

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