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    Re: Where to get lens caps

    This kind of thing will totally be 3d printable. Have you checked thingiverse or similar?

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    Re: Where to get lens caps

    I buy caps off eBay, advertised here in the Uk as "Lens Cap End Cover Binocular Monocular Camera Spotting Scope Microscope Eyepiece". A mouthfull but they do the job and come in loads of sizes. Especially useful for protecting my brass lenses.
    regards, Tony

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    Re: Where to get lens caps

    For some of my LF lenses I've found that PVC pipe caps with a little felt glued inside make good caps.

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    Re: Where to get lens caps

    Ebay is fine for getting used push-on caps of various sizes - I just bought two for a Rodenstock lens I'd bought without caps.
    3D-printed materials are too rigid and not very good for the job.

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    Re: Where to get lens caps

    Quote Originally Posted by ajmiller View Post
    I buy caps off eBay, advertised here in the Uk as "Lens Cap End Cover Binocular Monocular Camera Spotting Scope Microscope Eyepiece". A mouthfull but they do the job and come in loads of sizes. Especially useful for protecting my brass lenses.
    Thank you for that hint/link!

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    Re: Where to get lens caps

    For my brass lenses which came without caps I made a new ones using a hardpaper and ink. I think it is a suitable fit for such lenses. For a modern lens I would try something else, just like ajmiller suggested above.
    As a back lens cover for my Mamiya TLR lenses I found that bottle caps from 5l deionized water bottle(here in Czech Rep.) are perfect match. Nothing fancy, but it works just fine.

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    EBay came through ,waiting for. Them to arrive

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    Re: Where to get lens caps

    Linhof Studio UK sell original Rodenstock and Schneider-Kreuznach lens caps.

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    Re: Where to get lens caps

    http://lungov.com/wagner/DIYLensCap.html

    Just one of a number of online references to make lens caps.
    ” Never attribute to inspiration that which can be adequately explained by delusion”.

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