Zeiss lens caps are the absolute worst! I think the only ones that can be considered well-built are the ones for the Hasselblad v-series film cameras. Outside of the older Hasselblad film camera lenses (made by Zeiss), almost all the modern ones, from the Otus family, to the ZM ones made for the Leica m-mount, have awful lens caps. The trade-off however, is that the Zeiss lenses have good image quality. And, as you say, are more affordable when compared to the Leica branded variants.
@@TylersPhotos I personally prefer bigger cameras, such as SLRs, because they have space to hold and tactile buttons, so I have been collecting Zeiss lenses to use on my Hasselblad v-series film camera (503cx), as well as the Otus family of lenses for the Nikon D850. I am unsure if you have ever had the pleasure of holding an Otus lens, Tyler, but it exudes a quality not often seen from other lens OEMs. Then you get to the lens cap, in order to look at the front element, and you just fall into despair at how poor and uninspiring the thing is. It is a tiny thing, I guess, but those of us with an eye for detail, do notice. Good luck with your ZM Planar 2/50mm!
(I have always used a B+W UV filter instead of a lens cap…much better…)
Not a bad alternative. I do use a step up ring for a diffusion filter sometimes so all the swapping could get a little annoying
Zeiss lens caps are the absolute worst!
I think the only ones that can be considered well-built are the ones for the Hasselblad v-series film cameras.
Outside of the older Hasselblad film camera lenses (made by Zeiss), almost all the modern ones, from the Otus family, to the ZM ones made for the Leica m-mount, have awful lens caps.
The trade-off however, is that the Zeiss lenses have good image quality. And, as you say, are more affordable when compared to the Leica branded variants.
Glad to know I’m not the only one that feels this way about the lens caps. Seems like such an odd part of the design to mess up
@@TylersPhotos I personally prefer bigger cameras, such as SLRs, because they have space to hold and tactile buttons, so I have been collecting Zeiss lenses to use on my Hasselblad v-series film camera (503cx), as well as the Otus family of lenses for the Nikon D850.
I am unsure if you have ever had the pleasure of holding an Otus lens, Tyler, but it exudes a quality not often seen from other lens OEMs. Then you get to the lens cap, in order to look at the front element, and you just fall into despair at how poor and uninspiring the thing is.
It is a tiny thing, I guess, but those of us with an eye for detail, do notice.
Good luck with your ZM Planar 2/50mm!