A story about a lens cap

[J.Nordvik]

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Last Friday I took some lenses and cameras for a photoshoot in Todalen, Norway. There was a lot of changes of lenses. When I got home I missed the lens cap for my 21mm. My. parents have a second home nearby, so I send my father a picture from where I thought I lost the lens cap (the attachment) and a SMS. Today he called to tell me he have found the cap. What are the odds? Very happy now. 

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[ianman]

Cool dad !!!

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[J.Nordvik]

My father will forever remind me about this for the rest of our lives. Better if I had shut still about it and bought a new cap. 

If anyone is interested here are some pictures I took Friday. First one is with a 50mm Planar ZM on a M10:

 

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3,4/180mm Apo-Telyt on a M10:

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3,4/180mm Apo-Telyt on a M10 & 2x Apo Extender.

 

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TL + Apo-Telyt 3,4/180mm with App Extender:

 

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A crop from the same picture using Adobe Super Resolution. It is 7km away.

This is good enough for me. But is a modern 400mm from Canon or Nikon any better?

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30 minutes ago, J.Nordvik said:

A crop from the same picture using Adobe Super Resolution. It is 7km away.

This is good enough for me. But is a modern 400mm from Canon or Nikon any better?

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Yes, by a lot. Atmospheric haze can degrade an image over long distances but generally speaking the extender also degrades the image as well and a 400mm lens will perform better than the image from a 180mm lens + extender.

But a good story about your lens cap, glad you got it back. But Leica lenses are tough and if you have a camera bag large enough to have each lens in its own compartment lens caps aren't necessary, just leave them at home. 

[gbealnz]

Or, a different take on Steve's advice, buy the cheap and nasty equivalent, no name pinch caps that fit the filter size of the lens, and keep the genuine arm and a leg Leica ones safe.

When I had an X-Pan, with the three lenses, and unobtainium caps, I stashed them and used cheap 49 and 58mm caps.

[rtai]

These hood caps are easy to lose and expensive to replace. And worse if the lens has been discontinued like the 24mm Summilux you can’t even find a replacement cap with ease. The best thing to do is to leave the caps at home.

[Ken Abrahams]

I purchased 21 SEM lens cap recently, it doesn't list the specific lens but another lens (I forget which) has the same design and size. $60 for a piece of plastic is a bit steep but glad to have the original Leica one. I can't say the same for the 35 Summicron ASPH cap however, this one is not available anywhere. 

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On 7/7/2021 at 9:36 PM, Ken Abrahams said:

I purchased 21 SEM lens cap recently, it doesn't list the specific lens but another lens (I forget which) has the same design and size. $60 for a piece of plastic is a bit steep but glad to have the original Leica one. I can't say the same for the 35 Summicron ASPH cap however, this one is not available anywhere. 

I agree Leica lens caps and hoods are expensive, but have you priced a Voigtlander hood? $100+ USD for a Voigtlander vented hood. For once, I find Leica completely tolerable in price.