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Subject: Re: [OM] Camera P p p p p p p orrrrrrrrn
From: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:07:40 -0800
> From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> I see you put the non-Oly, center squeeze lens caps almost out of the frame. 
>> I've got them on
>> several lenses, including the M.ZD 14-150 and 75-300, for exactly the same 
>> reason.
>> 
>> The M.ZD caps are a nice homage to the third generation OM caps, and just as 
>> non-functional
>> with deep hoods.
> 
>     I won't use anything but centre-pinch lens caps.  Too many instances of 
> the side pinch types snagging on a strap and popping off, and the slip-on 
> types coming off in the bag.  Also, those centre-pinch types can be used when 
> you have a hood on, whereas the others cannot.

Agreed, but how many of us appreciate what an innovation even the side-pinch 
caps were, in a day when most caps were screw-on?

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:::: Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. -- Mohandas 
Ghandi
:::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::




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