Old lens caps

[IpseLux]

The lowly lens cap…. I’ve managed to keep quite a few vintage lenses a long time. Well, a few decades, at least.
But the lens caps are gone. Fortunately the UV filters screw on, and they’ve survived too.
So I started capping my best lenses with metal caps. Quite compact. Very protective. They stay put.
And yet, I’ve an admiration for the plastic ones. The lowly plastic lens cap.
Here’s an example, which I imagine came from right when Nikon switched names from Nippon Kogaku, to around the 80s as they started using the bright silver logo.
This one has a tiny little screw on top.
Any other older caps out there?
Let’s see them.
If they’ve survived all these years, they are worth showcasing and reminiscing.
Kind regards from East Tennessee.

 

[Paul Howell]

I tend to use the newer caps with the 2 clips that I found to stay on. I do have few metal caps along with plastic slip on caps, the plastics do not seem to stay on as well as the metal caps.

 

[4season]

I think this dates back to the late 1950s. 43mm size.

 

[4season]

 

[Les Sarile]

Lens caps - front & back, body caps, camera grips in whatever color you want it in

Pentax 3D printed accessories by Les DMess, on Flickr


I finally have a flash sync port cover - as well as VF COVER, for my Pentax LX!

Pentax LX VF cover5 by Les DMess, on Flickr