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Lens Protection

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There are many times I wish I had some way of protecting

my lenses from knocks....serious knocks or simple knocks.

You know the kind....walk down a street...lens gets knocked

by anything from another human to a pole or a chair or table

or anything for that matter. Sometimes a pricey filter gets

broken in the knock or worse...the lens gets nackered

altogether.

After shooting Taipusam in Penang (17th this month) and

having me trusty 70-200 bang into nearly everything when

not up at my eye and a rather pricey Tiffen UV filter get

cracked (later replaced in Penang at a high price mind

you) I decided to peruse the internet and without much

difficulty I found the following web-site....

http://deluxgear.com/

I'm mainly interested in their Lens Guards & Lens Bumpers

plus they have a few other interesting items some may like.

So I thought I'd share this info..even though the closest

dealer is in Singapore and their stuff is not cheap....But

Hey....compared to buying a new filter or having a lens

repaired...their prices are quite reasonable.

Here's some of their stuff....

Lens Guards...

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Lens Cradles...

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Now those things are butt-ugly! Looks more like a lens condom for practicing safe shooting! I think having my lens hood and a lens cap is safe enough and not so UGLY! thumbsup.gifwai2.gif

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^^^ @ FS....Yup....they be butt ugly....but the reviews the people post are

really good...sooooo.....??????

^^^ @ FS....Yup....they be butt ugly....but the reviews the people post are

really good...sooooo.....??????

Soooo . . . No sale! biggrin.png My lenses refuse to wear those! Maybe they would look good on Nikon lenses! cheesy.gif

I find this to me much more effective plus . . . it enhances my stealthy approach to street photography.

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Here is a the perfect gift for the street photographer who not only wants to be stealthy but is also afraid to put the 'lens condom' on his/her camera lens.

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Sunshine brings up a good point since we're now all into this BlackRapid or CarrySpeed sling thing. Lenses are a bit more vulnerable as a. they hang down to the side and b. you tend to forget you're carrying a camera.

I reckon a couple of pairs of good quality golfing socks would do it, adapted of course.

Yep. reckon a pair of these wrapped round my big lens would do cheesy.gif

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Yep. reckon a pair of these wrapped round my big lens would do cheesy.gif

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Yup, those are the sort of socks. Leggings. That's right.

I won't have to get the sewing machine out now you've reminded me.

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It just so happened that while on Penang my koozie was wrapped

around a Tiger...canned variety...not the 4 legged ones! This is

a great idea though, however one would almost have to carry a

bag of koozies if they're like me as I usually always selflessly

leave a couple behind. Either that or they sprout wings & fly

off.

Note: It is essential that the koozie being used to protect a lens

is dry and not soaked with can or bottle sweat!

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^^^ @ FS....Yup....they be butt ugly....but the reviews the people post are

really good...sooooo.....??????

Soooo . . . No sale! biggrin.png My lenses refuse to wear those! Maybe they would look good on Nikon lenses! cheesy.gif

Everything looks good on a Nikon lens whistling.gif

^^^ @ FS....Yup....they be butt ugly....but the reviews the people post are

really good...sooooo.....??????

Soooo . . . No sale! biggrin.png My lenses refuse to wear those! Maybe they would look good on Nikon lenses! cheesy.gif

Everything looks good on a Nikon lens whistling.gif

Nope. Everything looks good from a Nikon lens.

I've joined quite a few Nikon D800e and Nikkor lens groups on Flickr to see the outputs. It's making me very horny.

^^^ @ FS....Yup....they be butt ugly....but the reviews the people post are

really good...sooooo.....??????

Soooo . . . No sale! biggrin.png My lenses refuse to wear those! Maybe they would look good on Nikon lenses! cheesy.gif

Everything looks good on a Nikon lens whistling.gif

Nope. Everything looks good from a Nikon lens.

I've joined quite a few Nikon D800e and Nikkor lens groups on Flickr to see the outputs. It's making me very horny.

You obviously have no idea what to use the Nikon for! cheesy.gif Better stick with "Point and Shoot"

^^ D800e and Carl Zeiss . . . coming to my camera bag in 2014 !!!!

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wish had ur $$$ MJP :-)

Haven't got 'em yet, that's why a. I'm waiting on a plane in Bangers right now to take me back to work and b. it won't be until the end of 2014 and may require a sale of all the Pentax kit first.

It's added up to around £7000. Which is about the same as all this crop stuff's cost but of course fewer lenses.

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MJP...but how will you protect that 800e and the

Zeiss lens(s) once you get it/them? Ahhhh...there's

the rub matey. Insurance will help but knocks & bangs

will only drive up your premiums. Then again...when

you're "horny" insurance goes right out the window

don't it? I've been there!

PS...Hope you had a lovely flight!

I'll need to insure this lot and I've found this sling thing is not good for knocks and bangs. You forget the camera thing is there.

Got to go to bed, up at 4am. Just been talking with the kids on Skype, it's really good.

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MJP....U still at Bangers or the UK?

MJP....U still at Bangers or the UK?

Now in UK. Got back 12 hours ago.

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