Lens Cap Replacements

[Joseph Kayne]

I lost a couple of lens caps. Where do order replacement caps? I have rodenstock, Nikkor and Schneider lenses... Thanks. Joe.

[Vaughn]

Camera stores have them. I checked your website to see where you are (looks to be USA) -- always good to include your location when asking such questions.

Check Freestyle, but not many:

http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_sea...2&q=lens+caps&

B&H has about 530 listed:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Le...7/N/4077634522

-- You just need to know the diameter.

[Gem Singer]

KEH has many previously owned lens caps listed on their website.

www.keh.com

[C. D. Keth]

I just take the lens to a camera show held locally. I can usually find one that fits with just a few minutes of digging through the bin and for 50 cents. Some camera shops have bins of stray lenscaps, too.

[adam satushek]

I like KEH for lens caps. Or if you want to get fancy you can have SK grimes custom mill them:

http://www.skgrimes.com/products/lens-caps

...ive always wanted to do that because I think the stock caps on Schneiders and Nikkors are not that great. My Rodenstock has pretty nice ones though.

[Jim Jones]

Consider metal screw-in caps for maximum protection. They don't get lost as easily as slip-on or snap-in caps.

[Jeff Keller]

For Schneider, call the your nearest office. Though not cheap, their prices for new caps might be lower than the alternatives.
https://www.schneideroptics.com/contact/contact.htm

jeff keller

[Keith Pitman]

. I like "snap cap" lens caps. I buy the Chinese counterfeit Nikon lenscaps on Ebay. They are inexpensive and I usually buy extras anticipating future losses.

[Frank Petronio]

B&H has a large listing of Schneider and B&W push-on caps, OEM quality, listed by diameter in mm. It takes a little guessing since the outside diameter of the lens barrel is a few mm larger than the filter thread. Some lenses are listed on the Schneider website with lenscap size. What I do is buy several and return the misses since B&H is good about returns.

Some of the screw-in and snap-in caps will touch the protruding lens elements of certain large format lenses, more than common 35mm lenses, so be careful. I agree, the lenscaps should be better quality.

[BrianShaw]

B&H has a large listing of Schneider...

... and as a matter of fact, the last time I contacted my local Schneider office to buy lens caps they suggested contacting B&H. It ends up that Schneider would have to special order from their New York location, yet B&H has most of them in stock all the time anyway. The Schneider folk are very nice, but the B&H folk can deliver much quicker and at about same prices.