>My favorite lens caps for 49mm diameter lenses are Spotmatic-era
>Pentax metal push-on caps - nominally 51mm. They are easy to slip on
>or off, and if they fall off accidently, you hear them fall (if you
>aren't on a carpet.) Also lenses with a filter on and one of these
>caps fits into its case without excessive strain on the hinge.
>
>Slip-on caps also work on my beater 50mm 1.4 Zuiko* whose filter ring
>is too damaged to take a clip-on cap.
>
>Did Olympus ever make metal slip-on caps in the FTL era?
>
Yes - got one somewhere! Bit loose but.
Prefer the plastic - grips better and you can screw off the filter with it
if you choose.
AndrewF
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