Thread: SLR lenses - lens cap?

Quote: Originally Posted by chiefroastbeef If you mean lens hood, a lot of companies don't include lens hoods unless it is a high dollar lens, at least for Nikon. The difference is that Nikon doesn't provide hoods for lenses it doesn't make them for, where Canon sometimes doesn't provide them for lenses it does, but has them as an extra-cost accessory. In general, both companies make hoods for lenses which benefit from...

Quote: Originally Posted by compuwar The difference is that Nikon doesn't provide hoods for lenses it doesn't make them for, where Canon sometimes doesn't provide them for lenses it does, but has them as an extra-cost accessory. In general, both companies make hoods for lenses which benefit from them, though you can always get a third-party rubber hood that screws into the filter ring, but those aren't generally deep...

Quote: Originally Posted by P-Worm Nope, it's new. Came from Amazon. Guess I should send it back? P-Worm I would not send back the entire rig for a lens cap. I would contact them after you inspect the hell out of that rig to ensure it was not used. Make sure you check the shutter actuations as well.

Nope, it's new. Came from Amazon. Guess I should send it back? P-Worm

Quote: Originally Posted by compuwar I don't know, the OP mentioned a rear cap, so I just threw the hood thing out there because it's not a well-known fact (especially if you're used to purchasing Nikon glass!) Packaging errors happen, especially on Canon's scale, but so do unscrupulos vendors and returns and Amazon's relatively easy to hit "New and used from" and get into used territory. Paul I have...

Quote: Originally Posted by jbernie <...~snip~..> Maybe it is in fact brand new and Canon ran out of lens caps that day? Thanks for lightening up my day... that was too funny.

Quote: Originally Posted by P-Worm Nope, it's new. Came from Amazon. Guess I should send it back? Now, did you buy it on Amazon but from another vendor, or did you buy from Amazon itself? Big difference there. Basically did the invoice come from Amazon or some other company? I have concerns either way, maybe it was new, returned, they missed they lost the cap and resold it? Maybe it is actually a very good condition used item? Maybe it...

Quote: Originally Posted by compuwar Canon often does not supply lens hoods- they sometimes charge extra for them, but should always supply lens caps. If the lens is in otherwise great condition, then I'd just ask them for a cap or go get one- leaving an associated part out at the packaging stage for a brand new product is fine- but if it wasn't in a factory-sealed box and the cap was missing, and it was sold as new, then I'd...

Dude, we'll have to go out shooting sometime. Welcome to the world of DSLR photography! I'd send the lens back, and like someone else said check the shutter actuations on the camera body. Did you buy it from amazon directly, or some other reseller via amazon? And nice camera, I bought a Nikon D700 recently, the newer DSLR's are really starting to blow me away! SLC

Quote: Originally Posted by P-Worm Nope, it's new. Came from Amazon. Guess I should send it back? P-Worm The lens would come with a lens cap. I would send it back and ask to exchange it for another one. Who knows what else might be wrong with the lens if it is missing a lens cap.