Customer Reviews

Cokin P252 Filter Lens Cap, Series P

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Not a lot to say about this cap. It's black plastic and it fits in any of the four slots on my Cokin "P" filter holder (the regular holder - I haven't tried the wide-angle holder). If you put it in one of the three filter slots, it's easily inserted and removed with one hand. It's held in place by friction and doesn't fall out. If you put it in the slot designed for round filters (the slot closest to the lens), it's a tight fit and it snaps in place. It takes two hands to remove the filter from that slot. The cap is square and is the same size as the Cokin filters. If you are using another brand of filter that is longer vertically, the cap won't cover the entire filter. But as another reviewer mentioned, this is designed as a lens cap, not a filter cap. Works good.

Another reviewer mentioned that his didn't look like the one in the photo. I just received mine from Amazon seller "Spotlight Photo", and mine looks identical to the photo above. Not sure why his is different.

If you use the Cokin P series filter holder, this slides right in to protect your lens is you are moving the camera about and don't want to take the filter holder off. Saves some time, and might save your lens.

The one I received does not look anything like the photo. In fact I wasn't sure I ordered it. It does serve its purpose to protect the lens with the P holder mounted.

I just got this item, but owing to its simplicity I feel safe in saying that I expect it to work very well for a long time. Construction is plenty rugged enough and it fits well with the series P holder/mount.

I think the main advantage to using this item is that it balances lens/filter safety with speed in switching lenses (at least that's why I wanted it). You can quickly insert the plastic lens cap into one of the holder's outer slots and then drop the lens into your camera bag without fear of head-on damage to your lens or any other filters you may have in the holder. There is still a gap on the sides where dust could come in contact with your glass, but you've saved the time of having to remove your filters or the holder from your lens. Alternatively, you could fit the cap into the inner-most slot of the holder to achieve nearly as good a seal as you could get with an EOM's lens cap. In addition, the tabs on the holder will engage the cap and physically hold it in place so it's very unlikely to be pushed out of position (in the outer slots the cap is held snugly in place by friction). The added security comes at a price in that it will be more difficult to remove the plastic cap later, enough to slow you down a few seconds. If you're like me and want to be able to change lenses very quickly while minimizing the risk of damage to your glass, you should get this item.

I have absolutely no idea why I bought this -- it doesn't serve any real purpose. It's a solution searching for a problem. It was bundled (but priced separately) with the Cokin graduated ND filters.

I can't see why anyone would ever use this cap. After all, dust is going to come in from the slots. And you're not exactly protecting a $1,000+ lens.

The price dropped 50% right after I bought this useless, unused piece of plastic. Shame on me for buying for the sake of buying.

I bought this to replace my old billfold I have used for years. This one has held up extremely well. Credit card pockets are great also.

I actually never bought this but what can you say about a lens cap. It protects the lens.