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 p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Has anyone used the Camskns camera and lens covers | |
I use Lens Coats on my large lenses, but not on sections of lens barrel that slide inside other sections of the lens barrel. For example, my EF 100-400L IS II has covers on most parts, but not on the extending lens tube. Of course, LC doesn't provide a cover for the extending tube, as there's no way it would fit. OTOH, I'd probably tear it off, the first time a cover bunched up on me.
The Camskns look relatively thin, but I would not put them on a section of sliding barrel. The lens gasket between the sliding and fixed parts of the lens barrel, keeps out dust and is adjacent to (or part of) the zoom lock that prevents the barrel from sliding out 'on its own'. The skin around a sliding setion of the barrel may well fit inside the fixed barrel, but anything that increases the diameter of the sliding part will increase wear on the gasket. I can see two likely outcomes: (1) the gasket wears a bit, but still works with the slightly-increased lens diameter, or (2) the the gasket falls apart and then you have the legendary 'Dust Trombone'. So, it depends on how the gasket material wears; graceful degradation vs. falling apart. Time will tell. You could be part of the experiment. 
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