Take a look at the push on caps that B&H photo sells (typically used for
large format lenses). The Schneider ones are particularly nice. I don't know
what would be the correct size. I've got some on other lenses that might
give me an educated guess. I'll take a look tonight. Paul Van Tuyl aka
OlympusGuy ( paulvt@xxxxxxxxxxx )occasionally puts the push-on Zuiko caps up
for auction.
With a 180 degree view, the only kind of filter you can put in front of the
lens would be something shaped like a bowl extending back over the edges of
the barrel.
Good luck,
-jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Williams" <om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The 16/3.5 Zuiko came with a deep, plastic cap that pushed over the little
vestigal hood. There was one on Ebay recently that went for $40 or $50! A
couple of off-the-top-of-my-head ideas: 1. Try and find a junk plastic,
push-on cap at a camera fare. You could shim it with felt. 2. Find a
couple of junk filters that are a little larger than the outside diameter of
the lens, punch out the glass, thread them together, and glue some black
felt inside. Then use a standard lens cap. (That's what the 16mm Sigma
fisheye did, but they used a metal, push-on ring), 3. make a ring out of
thick black plastic that would hold a lens cap (much like idea #2, but more
crude).
>
> Skip
>
> >
> >Subject: [OM] 3rd Party Lens for OM
> > From: "Joseph Ascione" <jascione@xxxxxxxx>
> > In my acquisitions I
> >acquired the 16mm fisheye but it does not come with a front lens cover
> >or case. What do I do to protect that lens? Does one ever use any
> >other filters with the fisheye?=20
> >
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