Rear caps for lenses

[DaveB]

Just received my Nikon 50mm/1.8 AF D lens today, and while it comes with a nice front cap, the only cap on the back is a push-on transparent plastic cover.
Doesn't Nikon ship proper rear caps as standard with their lenses?

[losfp]

My 50/1.8 also came with that plastic push-on cap. The only other lenses I have are the 18-70 (traditional black screw on cap) and the 70-300G (screw on cap, but I bought it second hand, so may not have come with it).

Doesn't REALLY bother me though, as I just about always have a lens on my camera, so I have enough screw ons to fit the other lenses.

[Andyt]

DaveB,

I had the same complaint / post when I received my 50 F1.8, thats the way it comes.

Not a good example of Nikon quality?...

[Zeeke]

Even my 50mm 1.4 came with the milky clear white push on cap.. just budget packaging i think, i just swap it with my kit lens rear cap when im not using it

Tim

[ozczecho]

Atleast the front lens cap is still good quality...

[birddog114]

Even my 50mm 1.4 came with the milky clear white push on cap.. just budget packaging i think, i just swap it with my kit lens rear cap when im not using it

Tim

Tim,
Not with all the 50/1.4 I have seen, it comes with proper black plactic rear lens cap.

[birddog114]

Just received my Nikon 50mm/1.8 AF D lens today, and while it comes with a nice front cap, the only cap on the back is a push-on transparent plastic cover.
Doesn't Nikon ship proper rear caps as standard with their lenses?

Dave,
Nikon provides you a milky lens caps on those cheap (consumer) lens for keeping all the small screws + nuts + bolts, once you need to disassemble it.

[huynhie]

I dont see anything wrong with the white push on caps.

[birddog114]

I dont see anything wrong with the white push on caps.

Yeah! me too! coz we can utilize it for many purposes

[Glen]

All mine came with black screw ons, but a member here lpv6ready sells the proper ones

[birddog114]

All mine came with black screw ons, but a member here lpv6ready sells the proper ones

Perhaps Nikon wants to "double sale" figure on the rear lens cap

[Greg B]

Dave, what are you doing buying Nikon lenses? Aren't you
a Canon man?

[gstark]

Just received my Nikon 50mm/1.8 AF D lens today, and while it comes with a nice front cap, the only cap on the back is a push-on transparent plastic cover.
Doesn't Nikon ship proper rear caps as standard with their lenses?

Dave,
Nikon provides you a milky lens caps on those cheap (consumer) lens for keeping all the small screws + nuts + bolts, once you need to disassemble it.

But you can use these for a white balance setting check.

[DaveB]

Dave, what are you doing buying Nikon lenses? Aren't you
a Canon man?

This is a test lens so I can check the focus (manual and AF) on Nikon bodies that I convert to dedicated infrared cameras.

So the push-on cap doesn't really worry me as I'm not about to use it in the field. Otherwise I'd be concerned about the cap popping off in a vest pocket, etc.