bonino
Member
Hi, im having trouble with the lens cap provided with my fed 2, its not sécure at all and i used my ready leather cass as to not lose it but i just got the peak design leash for my birthday so i want to use that instead.
Problem is the cap falls with the slightest movement, it even falls on its own sometimes, im worried about burning a pinhole and also of losing it since its an original i think and i like to have everything original even if i use another one and have the original in a drawer. Do you have advice on a cheap fix ?
I thought of taping the inside of the cap to make it tighter but the tape will bunch up with use
Using a cap like cartier bresson with a tiny string attached but its not the prettiest.
And using a filter to put a "normal" cap like nikon with Springs to keep it secure, but it also deteriorates the natural look of the industar since i cant see the writings, keep in mind that its not THAT important to me to have a pretty camera, if no other solutions are better then im going with less pretty but better solution.
Do you have recommendations or a go to method to relatively cheaply secure the cap ? Or is for exemple the metal fed cap or another one a good fit for my lens ?
Lens : industar 26m rigid.
Cap i got: black plastic one with a logo of a light ray through a Lens.
Problem is the cap falls with the slightest movement, it even falls on its own sometimes, im worried about burning a pinhole and also of losing it since its an original i think and i like to have everything original even if i use another one and have the original in a drawer. Do you have advice on a cheap fix ?
I thought of taping the inside of the cap to make it tighter but the tape will bunch up with use
Using a cap like cartier bresson with a tiny string attached but its not the prettiest.
And using a filter to put a "normal" cap like nikon with Springs to keep it secure, but it also deteriorates the natural look of the industar since i cant see the writings, keep in mind that its not THAT important to me to have a pretty camera, if no other solutions are better then im going with less pretty but better solution.
Do you have recommendations or a go to method to relatively cheaply secure the cap ? Or is for exemple the metal fed cap or another one a good fit for my lens ?
Lens : industar 26m rigid.
Cap i got: black plastic one with a logo of a light ray through a Lens.
Coldkennels
Barnack-toting Brit.
The Industar 26m uses a standard 40.5mm filter, so a 40.5mm snap-in cap will fit. They're cheap as chips on eBay.Do you have recommendations or a go to method to relatively cheaply secure the cap ? Or is for exemple the metal fed cap or another one a good fit for my lens ?
Lens : industar 26m rigid.
Cap i got: black plastic one with a logo of a light ray through a Lens.
If you want to use the original cap, you'd have to give it more "grip", and there's no way of doing that which is particularly pretty. I think I'd opt for some adhesive-backed felt between the plastic "spurs" which are supposed to hold the cap in place via friction.
All in all, the cheap snap-in cap is the easier option...
...however. All the Soviet lenses benefit greatly from a hood. I've owned this exact hood for something like 15 years; it has a thread on the front to hold a 52mm snap-in cap, and I'm still using it on various Zeiss or Soviet lenses with that 40.5mm thread instead of a regular lens cap to this day.
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bonino
Member
Okay thanks, definitely gonna look up stuff about hoods, and i didnt think a nornal lens cap would fit as the bit of metal where the original cap sits is hanging over the threads, so im gonna buy some chinese ones to try that.
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(10 Pcs) 40.5mm Snap-On Lens Cap for Canon Nikon Sony Pentax Fujifilm Lense | eBay
For example: Ø40.5 = 40.5mm lens thread size. We really appreciate that.
www.ebay.com
These work, less than $1 each in a lot of 10.
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