This automatic lens cap will change your life
Taking a lens cap off to snap a photo and then replacing it afterwards is such a chore. Is there any good reason we should have to do something so tedious in an age of Roombas and shoot-to-kill remote control drones? No. Which is why the folks at Japanese company Un-Ltd have come up with an automatic, retractable lens cover for the Olympus XZ1.
The cap assembly fixes onto the lens by way of Allen-wrench grub screws, and sits in place keeping dust and debris away from your precious glass. Then, when you switch the camera on, the lens extends and pushes away the three leaves that make up the front face of the cap. They sit off to the side and then spring back into place when the lens retracts.
And it costs $72.
The units are hand made, and surely fill a market niche, but why doesn't the XZ1 have this already? With interchangeable lenses, you can understand the use of lens caps. But surely a compact digicam should have it built in. Canon's G series manages it, and so do many others.
Still, if you do want one (and don't go for the alternative of leaving a UV filter permanently attached) then dust off your PayPal account and head over to the Un-Ltd site to spend your hard-earned ¥5,800, plus shipping.
Olympus XZ-automatic retractable lens cap [Un-Ltd via DP Review]
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