mh2000
Well-known
ok, this will sound stupid to some... but the painted on logo on my Color-Skopar 50/2.5 really bugs me. Anyone clean theirs off? I just want a plain metal lens cap, either clean off the one I have or buy one that will fit... any ideas?
thanks!
thanks!
John Robertson
Well-known
Try Acetone ( nail polish remover ) if it is a silver one.
luketrash
Trying to find my range
I buy generic chinese spring loaded lens caps for all of my CV lenses and keep the expensive ones at home. This doesn't work with the 15mm or others of that design obviously, but a 3 dollar 43mm cap lives on my Nokton and a 39mm lives on my Heliar.
That way the resale value isn't ruined some day if I want to sell the lenses and I've lost or damaged the original caps.
That way the resale value isn't ruined some day if I want to sell the lenses and I've lost or damaged the original caps.
Pablito
coco frío
tape? sandpaper? nail polish? spray paint?
mh2000
Well-known
I was hoping someone had already done this 
My fear is that after Acetone, paint stripper etc. the silver cap will not look right... so I would have just ruined an otherwise nice cap.
I'm putting this lens on a IIIc, and while I think the lens is pretty enough, the painted on letters look kind of tacky to me... CV should really have paid the extra 20 cents to either machine engraved or embossed the name on the front cap like classic Canon and Leica etc. lense caps...
I'm really thilled with the lens otherwise.
My fear is that after Acetone, paint stripper etc. the silver cap will not look right... so I would have just ruined an otherwise nice cap.
I'm putting this lens on a IIIc, and while I think the lens is pretty enough, the painted on letters look kind of tacky to me... CV should really have paid the extra 20 cents to either machine engraved or embossed the name on the front cap like classic Canon and Leica etc. lense caps...
I'm really thilled with the lens otherwise.
itf
itchy trigger finger
The writing has worn off my silver voigtlander lens cap. I'm looking at the cap now and the remaining bits of text scratch off with a fingernail or buff off on my jeans. I'd just rub the cap on your jeans (well probably not yours, but my own) for a while while watching tv or whatever.
mh2000
Well-known
thank you for leaving my jeans alone! hahaha!
ok, great, so when the paint comes off the silver is left clean... no weirdness?
ok, great, so when the paint comes off the silver is left clean... no weirdness?
itf
itchy trigger finger
No, just plain silver like the rest.
EDIT: trying again, using the jeans is pretty slow, I think a bit of scratching with a fingernail is the way to go, followed with some buffing on jeans. Hahaha. Mine looks normal afterwards.
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infrequent
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i have tried this before on a phone...
take a sugar cube and wrap it in some clear plastic (saran wrap). use that to buff the paint off the silver.
a variation from instructables..
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-remove-Logos-from-your-PDA--cell-phone-wit/
take a sugar cube and wrap it in some clear plastic (saran wrap). use that to buff the paint off the silver.
a variation from instructables..
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-remove-Logos-from-your-PDA--cell-phone-wit/
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ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
What are lens caps for?