Canon 100-400mmL, better lens cap

Being darn near 64 myself...am always looking for less clumsy ways to handle cameras, lenses, lens caps etc. Maybee a stickey thread?

When my 100-400 gets here, I will probably put on the lens hood and leave it on....and use something like a shower cap, baggie or whatever on the hood itself instead of using a lens cap.

....or homebrew some kind of flexable lens hood!

DVS_WiNdz wrote in post #4971684
Ah ha.. I found one.. I thought I've seen it someone had it at the POTN meet in NY, but forgot who.

http://cgi.ebay.com …ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcm​dZViewItem

Great... but now find one in the 77mm filter size as thats the size we need for most L zooms.

Well I guess ask and yee shall receive:

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Thanks guys. After I left here last night, I found a Tamron cap through Amazon.

Frankly, Canon should have their ass kicked for dropping the ball on the hood/ cap design on this lens, especially since some of their other lenses have onboard hood designs.

Even my old FD 200mm 2.8 has a very nice, twist out attached hood

I have always used the collapsible rubber hoods which completely solve the problem plus provide a 'bumper' for my lenses, something that has been handy more than once. That ridiculous hood that came with the 100-400 is stuffed in a cupboard somewhere.

Denton wrote in post #4971707
Being darn near 64 myself...am always looking for less clumsy ways to handle cameras, lenses, lens caps etc. Maybee a stickey thread?

When my 100-400 gets here, I will probably put on the lens hood and leave it on....and use something like a shower cap, baggie or whatever on the hood itself instead of using a lens cap.

....or homebrew some kind of flexable lens hood!

Check out the "Hood Hats" I mentioned above.

Mine says Ultrasonic

Hey Canon, you listening? We want this...

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Frankly, I've never seen a need for caps like this. The ones that come with the lenses are perfectly good.

I think this has a lot to do with my shooting style. I remove my lens caps at the beginning of a shooting session and I don't replace them until I'm completly finished. They usually reside in a pocket or the bag. I don't even put them back on the lens when I remove it from the camera. I like to have the gear ready to go in an instant. I missed too many opportunities over the years until I started shooting this way.

Last night, I was doing a bulb exposure - the kind where you keep the lens cap on and remove it every now and again to make a multiple exposed image.

It was cold. I had gloves on. And I would have killed for a center pinch cap.

perryge wrote in post #4972773
Last night, I was doing a bulb exposure - the kind where you keep the lens cap on and remove it every now and again to make a multiple exposed image.

It was cold. I had gloves on. And I would have killed for a center pinch cap.

In a situation, it's probably easier to remove the lens hood. It's dark so you don't have to worry about flare and the camera and lens are on a tripod.

JWright wrote in post #4972877
In a situation, it's probably easier to remove the lens hood. It's dark so you don't have to worry about flare and the camera and lens are on a tripod.

Haha that's actually what I ended up doing . I guess you have a point there.

JWright wrote in post #4972749
Frankly, I've never seen a need for caps like this. The ones that come with the lenses are perfectly good.

I think this has a lot to do with my shooting style. I remove my lens caps at the beginning of a shooting session and I don't replace them until I'm completly finished. They usually reside in a pocket or the bag. I don't even put them back on the lens when I remove it from the camera. I like to have the gear ready to go in an instant. I missed too many opportunities over the years until I started shooting this way.

To each his own. This discussion is not whether I perceive a problem, but how I can solve it. Leaving the cap off, for me, is not an option. This is the most expensive camera and lens I've ever owned. I've grown unstable and clumsy in my years, because of arthritis and osteo problems, as well as a permanently injured left leg.One thing I hope to avoid, is falling down, with an exposed lens, and sticking a piece of branch into the front.About 10 years ago, one of my jobs was climbing comm towers. I used to be very active, and it hasn't taken long to turn me into an "old guy." That doesn't mean that I'm going to crawl into my armchair. It pisses me off that the consumer goods suppliers completely ignore ergonomics.

h4rri wrote in post #4969890
The original [as you know] is pinched from the outside so obstructed by the hood. A 'centre pinch' unit has the 'buttons' about 1/2" apart in the centre and you squeeze them together to remove it. I would say, from my experiences with these, that it would be vastly easier than OEM ones.

Edit: found this with some decent photos;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk …egoryZ79002QQcm​dZViewItem

99 cents?! I paid over $5 for each for two of the same thing! The disappointment didn't stop there. While it does fit my 70-200 fine and preform just as I had hoped, the 24-70 still has the stock canon caps on. The shape of the outer element prevents the new cap from seating.