The outside diameter of the serrated edge cap is small enough that the
built in lens hood of the tele's won't pop the cap off when you grab the
lens and the hood extends slightly.
-jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Lens Caps Trivia
> Well, I'm aware of THREE styles of lens caps. The first were very
thing and
> had a cool serrated edge. I've only seen a couple and only have one --
in a
> place of honor on the 90/2.
>
> The second was what you probably refer to as the first. Thin with a
little
> bit of a raised lip on the edge.
>
> The last are thicker, without the raised edge.
>
> Honestly, though, I can't see any difference in their holding
power....
>
> Tom
> who realizes how sad it is he can have an entire conversation about
lens
> caps.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "RickM" <zuiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:18 PM
> Subject: [OM] Lens Caps Trivia
>
>
> > Inspired by Tom's photo of his gear, i picked up a set of shelves
> yesterday
> > and am in the process of trying to organise my stuff... The bad
news is
> > that i need to go back and buy a second set of shelves... also
realised
> that
> > i have a lot more oly stuff than i thought i had, including
duplicate
> lenses
> > that i didn't know i had...
> >
> > Doing this, one thing i noticed and that's been bugging me for a
while
> > anyway, are the two different styles of lens caps. The earlier ones
are
> > thinner, the "olympus" lettering is smaller, and they don't decide
to pop
> > off the lens by themselves. With the earlier ones i never worried
about a
> > lens cap coming off by itself even if the lens was bouncing around
in a
> bag
> > so never bothered with filters, but with the newer ones, they even
come
> off
> > while attached to a camera in a case.
> >
> > Anyone have any idea why they replaced a good product with an
inferior
> one,
> > and when?
> >
> > RickM
> >
> >
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