New Ricoh camera-related patent - yes, it's a lens cap!

Parallax · 02-10-2016, 03:54 PM

Actually, I rather like this. It might make putting the cap back on the lens with gloves on quite a bit easier.

**BigMackCam** · 02-10-2016, 04:07 PM

Originally posted by Parallax

Actually, I rather like this. It might make putting the cap back on the lens with gloves on quite a bit easier.

Define "like", Jim? As in, more or less than a significant K3II upgrade?

Parallax · 02-10-2016, 04:11 PM

Originally posted by BigMackCam

Define "like", Jim? As in, more or less than a significant K3II upgrade?

No, more like "What the heck. I'll add one of those to the cart before I click Check Out".

bertwert · 02-10-2016, 04:13 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by Parallax

No, more like "What the heck. I'll add one of those to the cart before I click Check Out".

Or my lens costs $149 and I need $150 to get free shipping...

**c.a.m** · 02-10-2016, 04:14 PM

If Ricoh implements this patent, the cap might prove to be a nifty innovation. How many of us have fiddled with caps - both older ones and modern? I certainly have. I'm keen on anything that advances user-friendliness.

- Craig

**BigMackCam** · 02-10-2016, 04:20 PM - **1 Like**

I'd like to see this added to the 18-50 kit lens as standard...

Excerpt from manual:

To begin shooting, simply remove the lens cap by pinching the tabs, then pressing on the Pentax logo (which is also the lens cap release button); next, twist and push the lens barrel until it extends. Now use the zoom ring to select the required focal length, and wait patiently for the subject you wanted to capture to re-appear...

bertwert · 02-10-2016, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by BigMackCam

To begin shooting, simply remove the lens cap by pinching the tabs, then pressing on the Pentax logo (which is also the lens cap release button); next, twist and push the lens barrel until it extends. Now use the zoom ring to select the required focal length, and wait patiently for the subject you wanted to capture to re-appear...

I don't think you need to press the button to remove it, just to put it back on.

DoubtingThomas · 02-10-2016, 04:22 PM - **1 Like**

Well...I didn't respond to the age poll yet but...when I was young and started photography at the age of 6 months, we never needed a stinkin' lens cap... we just went out and got shots, walking 30 km uphill (both ways), in a snowstorm with nothing but a candle-powered flash and a pin-hole camera, befriending wolves and forest creatures along the way...

**BigMackCam** · 02-10-2016, 04:23 PM

Originally posted by bertwert

I don't think you need to press the button to remove it, just to put it back on.

Ah, right. I completely missed the USP for this product. Sheesh... I'm in!

---------- Post added 02-10-2016 at 11:30 PM ----------

Originally posted by bertwert

I don't think you need to press the button to remove it, just to put it back on.

Hang on a minute... I think you duped me...

QUOTE: "if you pinch the tabs in order to remove the lens cap, they stay in the pinched position until you'd press a release button (doubling as a manufacturer badge)."

Seems I was right about the Ricoh "Speedshooter" Lens-cap!

bertwert · 02-10-2016, 04:34 PM

Originally posted by BigMackCam

Hang on a minute... I think you duped me...

QUOTE: "if you pinch the tabs in order to remove the lens cap, they stay in the pinched position until you'd press a release button (doubling as a manufacturer badge)."

Seems I was right about the Ricoh "Speedshooter" Lens-cap!

This doesn't slow taking it off at all...

**BigMackCam** · 02-10-2016, 04:35 PM

Originally posted by bertwert

This doesn't slow taking it off at all...

Hmph... OK... Hang on, are you behind the design of this thing?!?

bertwert · 02-10-2016, 04:36 PM

Originally posted by BigMackCam

Hmph... OK... Hang on, are you behind the design of this thing?!?

Nope, I would never design something as stupid as this.
See my first post in the thread (post #2).

BTW stop editing your posts!
Each time I read them they are different

**BigMackCam** · 02-10-2016, 04:38 PM

Originally posted by bertwert

Nope, I would never design something as stupid as this.
See my first post in the thread (post #2).

BTW stop editing your posts!
Each time I read them they are different

A classic example of "negative selling"

**WPRESTO** · 02-10-2016, 06:57 PM

Didn't Ricoh also file a patent for a extra-large wide-angle rubber lens hood that came with a pinch-mount handle that made is usable as a plumber's helper (for traveling)?

ABel · 02-10-2016, 07:15 PM

What about a PIN code protected lens cap?

02-10-2016, 04:23 PM	#24
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,674	Originally posted by bertwert I don't think you need to press the button to remove it, just to put it back on. Ah, right. I completely missed the USP for this product. Sheesh... I'm in! ---------- Post added 02-10-2016 at 11:30 PM ---------- Originally posted by bertwert I don't think you need to press the button to remove it, just to put it back on. Hang on a minute... I think you duped me... QUOTE: "if you pinch the tabs in order to remove the lens cap, they stay in the pinched position until you'd press a release button* (doubling as a manufacturer badge)."* Seems I was right about the Ricoh "Speedshooter" Lens-cap! Last edited by BigMackCam; 02-10-2016 at 04:31 PM.

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02-10-2016, 03:54 PM	#16
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	Actually, I rather like this. It might make putting the cap back on the lens with gloves on quite a bit easier.

02-10-2016, 04:07 PM	#17
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,674	Originally posted by Parallax Actually, I rather like this. It might make putting the cap back on the lens with gloves on quite a bit easier. Define "like", Jim? As in, more or less than a significant K3II upgrade?

02-10-2016, 04:11 PM	#18
Parallax Senior Moderator Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South Dakota Photos: Gallery Posts: 19,332	Originally posted by BigMackCam Define "like", Jim? As in, more or less than a significant K3II upgrade? No, more like "What the heck. I'll add one of those to the cart before I click Check Out".

02-10-2016, 04:13 PM - 1 Like	#19
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by Parallax No, more like "What the heck. I'll add one of those to the cart before I click Check Out". Or my lens costs $149 and I need $150 to get free shipping...

02-10-2016, 04:14 PM	#20
c.a.m Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Ottawa, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,189	If Ricoh implements this patent, the cap might prove to be a nifty innovation. How many of us have fiddled with caps - both older ones and modern? I certainly have. I'm keen on anything that advances user-friendliness. - Craig

02-10-2016, 04:20 PM - 1 Like	#21
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,674	I'd like to see this added to the 18-50 kit lens as standard... Excerpt from manual: To begin shooting, simply remove the lens cap by pinching the tabs, then pressing on the Pentax logo (which is also the lens cap release button); next, twist and push the lens barrel until it extends. Now use the zoom ring to select the required focal length, and wait patiently for the subject you wanted to capture to re-appear...

02-10-2016, 04:22 PM	#22
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by BigMackCam To begin shooting, simply remove the lens cap by pinching the tabs, then pressing on the Pentax logo (which is also the lens cap release button); next, twist and push the lens barrel until it extends. Now use the zoom ring to select the required focal length, and wait patiently for the subject you wanted to capture to re-appear... I don't think you need to press the button to remove it, just to put it back on.

02-10-2016, 04:22 PM - 1 Like	#23
DoubtingThomas Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Posts: 49	Well...I didn't respond to the age poll yet but...when I was young and started photography at the age of 6 months, we never needed a stinkin' lens cap... we just went out and got shots, walking 30 km uphill (both ways), in a snowstorm with nothing but a candle-powered flash and a pin-hole camera, befriending wolves and forest creatures along the way...

02-10-2016, 04:34 PM	#25
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by BigMackCam Hang on a minute... I think you duped me... QUOTE: "if you pinch the tabs in order to remove the lens cap, they stay in the pinched position until you'd press a release button (doubling as a manufacturer badge)." Seems I was right about the Ricoh "Speedshooter" Lens-cap! This doesn't slow taking it off at all...

02-10-2016, 04:35 PM	#26
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,674	Originally posted by bertwert This doesn't slow taking it off at all... Hmph... OK... Hang on, are you behind the design of this thing?!?

02-10-2016, 04:36 PM	#27
bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by BigMackCam Hmph... OK... Hang on, are you behind the design of this thing?!? Nope, I would never design something as stupid as this. See my first post in the thread (post #2). BTW stop editing your posts! Each time I read them they are different

02-10-2016, 04:38 PM	#28
BigMackCam Digitiser of Film Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: North East of England Posts: 20,674	Originally posted by bertwert Nope, I would never design something as stupid as this. See my first post in the thread (post #2). BTW stop editing your posts! Each time I read them they are different A classic example of "negative selling"

02-10-2016, 06:57 PM	#29
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,108	Didn't Ricoh also file a patent for a extra-large wide-angle rubber lens hood that came with a pinch-mount handle that made is usable as a plumber's helper (for traveling)?

02-10-2016, 07:15 PM	#30
ABel Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Middle of Siberia Photos: Gallery Posts: 212	What about a PIN code protected lens cap?