why do canon make their lens caps without the pinch bit?

[joescrivens]

Just curious, my sigma and tamron lenses both have the very usable pinch release which is invaluable when you have a lens hood on, why do canon lens caps not have this, it's pelt.

 

[HybridUK]

Yeah it gets quite annoying when you have to reach inside the hood and try fiddling with tiny catches.

No idea why, just their design i'm guessing.

 

[jockwav]

Cause they are tight?.

 

[joescrivens]

they suck

 

[Blackbird]

Because there's more room for the big CANON letters

 

[dod]

I never found it a problem to be honest :shrug:

 

[joescrivens]

I never found it a problem to be honest :shrug:

do you have really small fingers?

 

[mobilevirgin]

Use Nikon ones - its what I do

 

[dunganick]

This way you loose them, get scratched front elements and have to pay for repairs/new lens caps.

The Canon conspiracy theories...

 

[a1ex2001]

Because Canon are inhernently tight with stuff like this otherwise they would include lens hoods with all there lenses instead of making you fork out a ridiculous fee for them.

 

[dod]

do you have really small fingers?

no, it just seemed to work naturally, the Nikon seems more awkward

 

[joescrivens]

do nikon ones have the catch like the tamron and sigmas?

 

[Arkady]

Because they're not Nikon?

 

[Robbo]

its annoying isnt it! grr

 

[chris321]

Use Nikon ones - its what I do

What. The hell. Is that.

Get it off.

 

[Dave450]

Use Nikon ones - its what I do

Scary Mary!! :bang:

 

[saladin]

Use Nikon ones - its what I do

That's exactly what I do as well...lol

They're so much better it has to be said And I love the reaction I get from other Canon users

 

[joescrivens]

im totally doing that as well, canon lens caps suck man!!!

 

[mobilevirgin]

;-)

 

[we11ingon]

I suppose these are hong kong specials but they do the job just fine !
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/52mm-Lens-Cap-Center-Pinch-For-Canon-LC52-LC-52-UK-New_W0QQitemZ250546880829QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Photography_CameraLenses_Lens_caps_hoods_adaptors_ET?hash=item3a55c2013d

 

[Craft]

I got sick of trying to put the cap on and off with a lens hood on, so I got one the caps in the above post, although sourced from a UK seller.
Its actually fine quality wise, I was expecting something cheap and nasty, but its just as good as any other lens cap I've seen/used.

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

I just dont use lens caps, seems to a hell of a lot easier

 

[joescrivens]

Because they're not Nikon?

they are not sigma or tamron either but thats no excuse

 

[madmackem]

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.24251

Used dx quite a lot, great service, post can be slow though

 

[itsdavedotnet]

I just dont use lens caps, seems to a hell of a lot easier

this....