I have to agree w/Greg -- it sounds exactly like the metal cap that
came on the 50mm screw-mount lens for the Olympus FTL.
> Thanks to all who offered ideas on the heritage/use of this lens cap,
> particularly Mike, who provided a link to a photo of lots of Olympus
> caps... unfortunately, I don't think it matches any of the suggestions. I
> wasn't too complete in the description... here goes again! First of all,
> the front of the cap has a "silver nose" - a circle of polished metal.
> Second, the "OLYMPUS" in the center is also polished metal, and actually
is
> raised above the surface... the inside of the cap is embossed with both
the
> ring and "OLYMPUS". As I mentioned, it does not look like either Mike's
> image or the eSIF image of Olympus caps. I had thought briefly that it
> might have fit one of the IS series, or perhaps the S.Zuiko 70~210 which
is
> perhaps the only OM lens that takes a 52mm filter and might take a 55mm
> slip on cap... if the story that this is a Cosina lens, it might make
sense
> that Olympus could have had Cosina stamp out a lens-specific cap different
> in design from the standard Olympus set...
>
> So, any further ideas?
>
> Curt
>
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