this is me wrote:
I’ve made the mistake of checking this lens out at the rental department of my LCS along with all the other super teles. I asked if they have a new one in stock and ended up coming home with it.
For those who have this lens, what lens coat you have on it? I’ve been using Lenscoat on my previous super teles including the 600E. But the reviews on BH is 1 star(mainly due to the covered of the buttons on the lens). What other lens coat option I have for this lens.
Rolanpro is much better than Lenscoat.
I have both on my 400/2.8s TC. Good thing about Lenscoat is that they are very very fast at getting their product out. As soon as a new lens is released, they will have their product out within a month or less usually. Rolanpro is much much slower. So sometimes I ended up with Lenscoat because I don't like to take my expensive lens out without some kind of protection usually.
Then I ended up replacing Lenscoat with Rolanpro eventually.
Lenscoat does not stitch the edge of material so after a year or so, the edge may curl a bit. The piece that cover internal TC toggle is useless and I leave it out as it has a thick plastic cover over the toggle so you can see it but you cant really manipulate the toggle easily. Rolandpro has a cutout hole there which is much more convenient. Rolanpro also made small holes over all the buttons on the lens where as I have to cut holes on Lenscoat myself. The piece that go over focus rings and programmable ring on Rolanpro has tight cross stitched all over so it has different texture and you can feel and find
focus ring much much easier. Very thoughtful on Rolanpro's part.
Material wise, I have no complain from either. It is a bit more difficult to put Rolanpro on the lens. Probably because of all the stitches on the edge so it is less stretchy but you only need to do it only once.
Jul 31, 2025 at 05:49 PM
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