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auto lens caps on small pancake zooms

Started May 14, 2014 | Discussions thread
MGJA
MGJA Regular Member • Posts: 477
Re: auto lens caps on small pancake zooms

shademaster wrote:

Seems like this is a critical missing feature for those of us wrangling kids with the other hand while shooting. I have an aftermarket auto cap for my EX2f. It works OK, but there is vignetting on wide shots depending on where the blades for the autocap are positioned, and it just seems generally flaky. I really like the idea of the portability/flexibility of the NX 16-50 pancake zoom (I'll live with the distortion on the wide end), but I really would have wanted a built-in cap.

It seems like most of the other mirrorless pancake zooms (sony 16-50, panny 12-32, olympus 14-42) have no built-in lens cap save the nikon1 10-30. And it seems like Nikon did a great thing there. Maybe it's easier since their image circle is so much smaller and the lens diameter is a smaller fraction of the mount diameter.

People claim that the auto-cap is just one more part to fail. I claim that these are consumer oriented lenses that enthusiasts will use when they are chasing after their kids with the other hand. I think these things would be much more user friendly if they had the auto caps built in.

Thoughts?

I used an aftermarket autocap for my EX-1 too. It was quite comfortable. With my MILC lenses walkaround lenses (NX 30, 20-50 and NEX 16-50) I just use a high quality B+W filter and leave the caps at home. The front elements are so small I don't feel particularly exposed, unlike with my 77mm DSLR lenses...

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