DougK
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HELP! I'm desperately trying to find a lens cap and or UV filter suitable for my Trip 35 :bang: . Matt Denton's website says that a 45mm slip-on or a 43.5mm screw-in filter/cap will work, but I'm having a horrible time finding one, even with the mighty Google on my side. Can anyone here suggest a source for these elusive beasts? I even tried eBay, but didn't have much luck there. I would really, really like to find one so that I can feel comfortable using this as my everyday take-along /leave-in-the car camera without fretting over scratching up the lens, even though it is pretty well recessed.
Thanks in advance everyone,
Doug K.
Thanks in advance everyone,
Doug K.
I have taken to inserting foam strips inside of the more common lens caps to "downsize" them for hard to find lenses. I have also started using teflon tape, like that used for faucet fittings, to thicken filters. You could try the more common 43mm filter size, some teflon tape around the threads, and onto the 43.5mm Olympus.
FrankS
Registered User
At the moment I'm using a slip-on lens cap (over a lens shade) made to fit the shade's diameter with a strip of suede glued on the inside diameter of the cap.
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Rich Silfver
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Two places that I'm almost sure could help you out are (emails):
1) info@vintagecameras.co.uk
2) service@lutoncameras.co.uk
This may also be an option for you but not sure about fit: http://www.2filter.com/prices/products/schcaps.html
And...for some great sites for classic camera equipment (ssshh..): http://www.ukcamera.com/collect/
I do believe I have the original olympus cap and hood - but not giving them up
1) info@vintagecameras.co.uk
2) service@lutoncameras.co.uk
This may also be an option for you but not sure about fit: http://www.2filter.com/prices/products/schcaps.html
And...for some great sites for classic camera equipment (ssshh..): http://www.ukcamera.com/collect/
I do believe I have the original olympus cap and hood - but not giving them up
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is that the one at camera hunter?
yeah, i saw that too.
lol!
joe
yeah, i saw that too.
lol!
joe
DougK
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I knew I was coming to the right place to ask the question...
Thank you all for your kind suggestions! Joe, you had the winning suggestion, that was exactly what I was looking for and I snapped it up posthaste!
Doug K.
Thank you all for your kind suggestions! Joe, you had the winning suggestion, that was exactly what I was looking for and I snapped it up posthaste!
Doug K.
DougK
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Oh yeah, and thanks Rich, I wound up grabbing the lens hood too
Doug K.
Doug K.
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glad to be of service.
and as a small side note - for the sake of rff history - i note that this is my 2000th post!!
joe
and as a small side note - for the sake of rff history - i note that this is my 2000th post!!
joe
peter_n
Veteran
Joe breathes truly rarified air...
Joe breathes truly rarified air...
CONGRATULATIONS Joe!!
Doug K: You tried eBay? There's a slew of 43.5mm stuff there...
Maybe you mis-typed?
Joe breathes truly rarified air...
CONGRATULATIONS Joe!!
Doug K: You tried eBay? There's a slew of 43.5mm stuff there...
Maybe you mis-typed?
DougK
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Peter,
Yeah, I probably did mis-type, although I could have sworn I hadn't seen anything there before and I'm usually good at searching for this stuff... maybe I caught slow spots in between auctions or something, I dunno... anyway, all is now well in my world. Maybe we should pass Joe an oxygen mask though, he's at a pretty significant altitude
Doug K.
Yeah, I probably did mis-type, although I could have sworn I hadn't seen anything there before and I'm usually good at searching for this stuff... maybe I caught slow spots in between auctions or something, I dunno... anyway, all is now well in my world. Maybe we should pass Joe an oxygen mask though, he's at a pretty significant altitude
Doug K.
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doug k,
i think ebay's search engine is not always up to snuff.
sometimes i get a hit and sometimes nothing.
ya just gotta know where to look.
joe
i think ebay's search engine is not always up to snuff.
sometimes i get a hit and sometimes nothing.
ya just gotta know where to look.
joe
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wlewisiii
Guest
Typos. That's a real thing to look for. Think what you want, then check all they typos for it.
You'd be surprised what can come up...
William
You'd be surprised what can come up...
William
denishr
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Awww, c'mon guys, where's your resourcefulness?
I mean, if you were camera fondlers, and wanted to have everything original, then OK - by all means, look for the originals.
But, if your only goal is to have a functional part, i.e. lens cap, hood, etc., you can make it yourselves!
The attached photo shows solutions to my problems - pill bottle caps which I use as lens caps for my Leica and Russian lenses. With a little effort, you can also make a rear lens cap - the translucent one shown on the Elmar C (black) lens in the photo is from a deodorant spray, and something like that could easily be used to protect the Jupiter 12 rear element....
The black "tube" in lower right is a lens shade for the same 90/4 Elmar lens (works great!), from the same pill bottle - just spray-painted in black to reduce reflections.
Denis
I mean, if you were camera fondlers, and wanted to have everything original, then OK - by all means, look for the originals.
But, if your only goal is to have a functional part, i.e. lens cap, hood, etc., you can make it yourselves!
The attached photo shows solutions to my problems - pill bottle caps which I use as lens caps for my Leica and Russian lenses. With a little effort, you can also make a rear lens cap - the translucent one shown on the Elmar C (black) lens in the photo is from a deodorant spray, and something like that could easily be used to protect the Jupiter 12 rear element....
The black "tube" in lower right is a lens shade for the same 90/4 Elmar lens (works great!), from the same pill bottle - just spray-painted in black to reduce reflections.
Denis
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Pherdinand
the snow must go on
Most if not all photo stores (at least here in NL) have junk boxes with lots of lens caps and some hoods, flash cables, filters etc. I'd try there first.
oftheherd
Veteran
Wow denishr, neat! Thanks.
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pshinkaw
Guest
This place has a lot of adapters. You can adapt the 43.5 to a more common size, including Series filters. They are very good, and ship fast.
http://www.2filter.com/
-Paul
http://www.2filter.com/
-Paul
DougK
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Neat ideas, Denis! I' was considering doing something like that except I don't have anything close to the right size (I've used the PVC pipe lens shade thing before, though, works great).
Doug K.
Doug K.
pshinkaw said:
You never know what you will find when you do a search.
This place is right around the corner (well, a couple towns over) from where I live. I think I will take a ride and report back to the gang.