Camo Form® Protective Camouflage Wrap

[rubber_duckie]

Hello all,

I was thinking to buy this to protect my 70-200mm and also help to camo my lens while taking pix on the streets.
Anyone had used it, please kindly give me your feed back.


thanks...



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http://www.mcnett.com/Camo-Form-Protective-Camouflage-Wrap-P274.aspx

[Dave R.]

You might consider a product made specifically for camera lenses. The product can be found at many places including ebay, amazon, B&H, and Adorama.
http://www.lenscoat.com/

[Jon]

You might consider a product made specifically for camera lenses. The product can be found at many places including ebay, amazon, B&H, and Adorama.
http://www.lenscoat.com/And the POTN Shop (see link at the top of this and every page here).

[Mr_Bester]

Hello all,

I was thinking to buy this to protect my 70-200mm and also help to camo my lens while taking pix on the streets.
Anyone had used it, please kindly give me your feed back.


thanks...



http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4809/mcnc19412mdw.gif




http://www.mcnett.com/Camo-Form-Protective-Camouflage-Wrap-P274.aspx

I don't have the cash for the lenscoats, so I got some camo tape at the local "Uncle Sams" military outlet. It works fine on my 400 and on the pipe insulation on my tripod. It's not the same brand, but should be similar.

[JHunter]

You do realize that a camo lens will probably stand out even more than a white one on the street, right?

[perfeng702]

You do realize that a camo lens will probably stand out even more than a white one on the street, right?

depends on the type of camo? get that universal grey pattern instead of the woodland pattern. (if they have it)

[JHunter]

I still think a grey camo pattern will look out of place on a camera lens. If you really want to protect it / make it less visible, use black.

[hi-landr]

Greetings,
I have tried this product and found that it will not stay wrapped on the lens if you use a camera bag, putting it in and out of the bag starts to unravel and snag up the tape.
just my 2cents.:cry:

[Scott Elowitz]

Someone tried this stuff on another forum with not such good results see thread below.

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=590006

[SkipD]

Someone tried this stuff on another forum with not such good results see thread below.

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=590006Kinda funny that the first posts in both forums are essentially identical... :rolleyes:

I would NEVER cover my "white" Canon lenses with anything like this (including Lenscoat's products). The color is intended to help it reflect energy and keep the lens cooler. Wrapping the lens with something just for aesthetic reasons is silly because it will allow the lens to get hotter and possibly induce problems with the innards.

[Scott Elowitz]

I would NEVER cover my "white" Canon lenses with anything like this (including Lenscoat's products). The color is intended to help it reflect energy and keep the lens cooler. Wrapping the lens with something just for aesthetic reasons is silly because it will allow the lens to get hotter and possibly induce problems with the innards.

Skip you may choose to not cover your white lenses but you should know that there are numerous "white" Canon lenses that do not use fluorite elements which is the supposed "reason" Canon used a light color.

A cover like a LensCoat acts as a thermal barrier which keep your lens cooler in warm weather and warmer in cold weather and keeps the internal temperature more consistent. It also makes the lens much more comfortable to handle. Only over extended periods of time in very hot/sunny conditions would they attract and transfer enough heat from the darker color of the neoprene cover to change the internal temperature of the lens and then it would still most likely still be in spec for operating conditions although the photographer may not be.

Also anecdotally, over many years with thousands of photographers using LensCoats in very hot conditions (myself included) I am not aware of any lens issues related to "over heating" and my discussions with numerous Canon technicians in NJ, CA, and Japan reaffirm that.

While the theory of light colors reflecting light thus keeping cooler may have been an initial consideration when first developing fluorite L lenses, in practice, many (my self included) believe the attraction of the light color (standing out in a crowd) is probably what keeps them producing that color.

There are lots of good reasons for using a LensCoat type cover like weather protection, protection from bumps and scrapes preserving its resale value, breaking up the shape being less noticeable etc. and looking cool :wink:.

[Headshotzx]

Kinda funny that the first posts in both forums are essentially identical... :rolleyes:

He's known to post on two forums, as do I. Better to have sources from two forums than one, right?

[rubber_duckie]

You might consider a product made specifically for camera lenses. The product can be found at many places including ebay, amazon, B&H, and Adorama.
http://www.lenscoat.com/

Thanks..!!
IN this case may look at lenscoat instead...

And the POTN Shop (see link at the top of this and every page here).

thanks....will check it out

I don't have the cash for the lenscoats, so I got some camo tape at the local "Uncle Sams" military outlet. It works fine on my 400 and on the pipe insulation on my tripod. It's not the same brand, but should be similar.

Thank for the advice... now I have better understanding of this product.

[rubber_duckie]

Someone tried this stuff on another forum with not such good results see thread below.

http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=590006

Kinda funny that the first posts in both forums are essentially identical... :rolleyes:

I would NEVER cover my "white" Canon lenses with anything like this (including Lenscoat's products). The color is intended to help it reflect energy and keep the lens cooler. Wrapping the lens with something just for aesthetic reasons is silly because it will allow the lens to get hotter and possibly induce problems with the innards.

He's known to post on two forums, as do I. Better to have sources from two forums than one, right?

hee hee..:lol:... that is me...
yup... to have more source than one..... BTW thanks for the advice..

[rubber_duckie]

Skip you may choose to not cover your white lenses but you should know that there are numerous "white" Canon lenses that do not use fluorite elements which is the supposed "reason" Canon used a light color.

A cover like a LensCoat acts as a thermal barrier which keep your lens cooler in warm weather and warmer in cold weather and keeps the internal temperature more consistent. It also makes the lens much more comfortable to handle. Only over extended periods of time in very hot/sunny conditions would they attract and transfer enough heat from the darker color of the neoprene cover to change the internal temperature of the lens and then it would still most likely still be in spec for operating conditions although the photographer may not be.

Also anecdotally, over many years with thousands of photographers using LensCoats in very hot conditions (myself included) I am not aware of any lens issues related to "over heating" and my discussions with numerous Canon technicians in NJ, CA, and Japan reaffirm that.

While the theory of light colors reflecting light thus keeping cooler may have been an initial consideration when first developing fluorite L lenses, in practice, many (my self included) believe the attraction of the light color (standing out in a crowd) is probably what keeps them producing that color.

There are lots of good reasons for using a LensCoat type cover like weather protection, protection from bumps and scrapes preserving its resale value, breaking up the shape being less noticeable etc. and looking cool :wink:.

Thanks for the advice..!!!
Now I know why....;)

[JWright]

You might consider a product made specifically for camera lenses. The product can be found at many places including ebay, amazon, B&H, and Adorama.
http://www.lenscoat.com/

I bought a Lenscoat for my 100-400 and was a bit disappointed in it. Some of the parts required the use of double-sided tape to attach to the lens and the tape provided didn't stick very well. I finally took it off and stuffed it in a drawer. I don't shoot in the kind of environment that requires it anyway.

My wife picked me up a roll of the Camo-Form tape recently but I haven't tried it yet.