Anyone with a Nikon WC-E24 wide converter?

I lost the large lens cap on a plane. I thought trying to find a
replacement would be a lot easier if I had the number. So if you have this
converter, could you please post the part number on the large cap.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

In article <msa6k39phv4q8fu67v23etdh8udj0b0v8m@4ax.com>, Don Wiss
<donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote:

> I lost the large lens cap on a plane. I thought trying to find a
> replacement would be a lot easier if I had the number. So if you have this
> converter, could you please post the part number on the large cap.

the only number i see on the cap is 495. the lens has a 48mm filter
thread.

Don Wiss wrote:
> I lost the large lens cap on a plane. I thought trying to find a
> replacement would be a lot easier if I had the number. So if you have
> this converter, could you please post the part number on the large
> cap.

Take the converter to your favourite photo shop. If it has a standard filter
thread then it should be very easy to find a matching lens cap.

jue

Jürgen Exner wrote:
> Don Wiss wrote:
>> I lost the large lens cap on a plane. I thought trying to find a
>> replacement would be a lot easier if I had the number. So if you have
>> this converter, could you please post the part number on the large
>> cap.
>
> Take the converter to your favourite photo shop. If it has a standard filter
> thread then it should be very easy to find a matching lens cap.

It's not threaded.

Maybe check "http://www.2filter.com/prices/products/Lenscaps.html" for a
snap-on cap that would work.

Or buy the newer WC-E63 which is threaded.

In article <47435473$0$79939$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>, SMS ÊñØËíÇÊñá’Ä¢
夏 <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

> Jürgen Exner wrote:
> > Don Wiss wrote:
> >> I lost the large lens cap on a plane. I thought trying to find a
> >> replacement would be a lot easier if I had the number. So if you have
> >> this converter, could you please post the part number on the large
> >> cap.
> >
> > Take the converter to your favourite photo shop. If it has a standard
> > filter
> > thread then it should be very easy to find a matching lens cap.
>
> It's not threaded.

wrong. it is threaded.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:31:03 -0800, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>夏 <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>> Jürgen Exner wrote:
>> > Don Wiss wrote:
>> >> I lost the large lens cap on a plane. I thought trying to find a
>> >> replacement would be a lot easier if I had the number. So if you have
>> >> this converter, could you please post the part number on the large
>> >> cap.
>> >
>> > Take the converter to your favourite photo shop. If it has a standard filter
>> > thread then it should be very easy to find a matching lens cap.
>>
>> It's not threaded.
>
>wrong. it is threaded.

It is threaded, but at some point it got dropped and it is crimped in at
one point. I certainly am not going to buy a new lens for an eight year old
camera! But I would like to buy the push over lens cap that came with it.

Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Don Wiss wrote:
[]
> It is threaded, but at some point it got dropped and it is crimped in
> at one point. I certainly am not going to buy a new lens for an eight
> year old camera! But I would like to buy the push over lens cap that
> came with it.
>
> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Don,

Mine is only threaded to hold the front-element retaining ring.

The plastic front cap carries no part marking, but has two numbers moulded
internally "495" and "4". I suspect these are simply the sequence numbers
from the mould. The bottom cap has no markings at all. There's nothing
in the leaflet which came with the lens either.

Cheers,
David

In article <m_S0j.50953$c_1.34810@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> , David J
Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this-bit.co.uk> wrote:

> Mine is only threaded to hold the front-element retaining ring.

it looks that way but it actually has a usable 48mm thread, however,
the thread is *very* shallow (about a half-turn, total).

> The plastic front cap carries no part marking, but has two numbers moulded
> internally "495" and "4". I suspect these are simply the sequence numbers
> from the mould. The bottom cap has no markings at all. There's nothing
> in the leaflet which came with the lens either.

mine is 495 & 3.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:39:37 -0500, Don Wiss <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:31:03 -0800, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
>>夏 <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
>>> Jürgen Exner wrote:
>>> > Don Wiss wrote:
>>> >> I lost the large lens cap on a plane. I thought trying to find a
>>> >> replacement would be a lot easier if I had the number. So if you have
>>> >> this converter, could you please post the part number on the large
>>> >> cap.
>>> >
>>> > Take the converter to your favourite photo shop. If it has a standard filter
>>> > thread then it should be very easy to find a matching lens cap.
>>>
>>> It's not threaded.
>>
>>wrong. it is threaded.
>
>It is threaded, but at some point it got dropped and it is crimped in at
>one point. I certainly am not going to buy a new lens for an eight year old
>camera! But I would like to buy the push over lens cap that came with it.
>
>Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

Start experimenting with "inexpensive" alternatives. I have an Olympus
tele-converter for some of my cameras. It still has the original pressure-fit
lens cap. But then I read a post online where someone lost theirs. They found
that the cap from a canister of Lay's "Stax" brand of potato-chips was a perfect
fit (ID 79mm). So I purposely went and bought some just for the plastic lid. In
case I ever lose my lens cap for that lens and that product is no longer
available. It's a nice bright yellow too so if it happens to nudge off in the
brush or at dusk, I'll notice that it's gone right away. Unlike the original
which is black. I did have to hike a bit to hunt it down one time, having never
noticed that it was gone at first. Now I won't care as much if it happens again.
Black is nice, but not always. I have since learned to also put a large white X
on the label-free back of all my black micro-SD cards with a special white-ink
magic-marker for similar reasons.

David J Taylor wrote:
> Don Wiss wrote:
> []
>> It is threaded, but at some point it got dropped and it is crimped in
>> at one point. I certainly am not going to buy a new lens for an eight
>> year old camera! But I would like to buy the push over lens cap that
>> came with it.
>>
>> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
>
> Don,
>
> Mine is only threaded to hold the front-element retaining ring.
>

Right, by threaded, I meant threaded for a screw-on lens filter, which
it's not, AFAIK. The follow-up product is threaded for filters. Somehow
Nikon forgot to include this capability on the WC-E24.