Vivitar FD Rear Lens Cap

I've had my Canon EOS Xti for awhile now. I don't change the lenses very much but it's straight forward.

I just got a Canon AE-1 with the original 50mm Canon FD lens, and an accompanying 28-135mm Vivitar FD lens. AE-1 seems to work well.




I love the viewfinder split rangefinder and microprism ring (wish modern cameras had this).

When I tried to remove the Vivitar's rear lens cap to change the lenses... I couldn't! I couldn't figure out for the life of me how to! I started searching forums, high and low to no avail. Finally I got so fed up, I simply entered "FD rear lens cap" into Google, and a little 'ol post from Yahoo questions poped up...

On the Vivitar FD lens, the ring with the red dot on it rotates clockwise, independent of the rest of the lens! Simple solution for a silly design. Attaching it to the camera, it doesn't lock down like the Canon FD lens; it just tightens.

Yahoo Lifesaver