Bought this
Nikon BF-1B SLR Body Cap for Lens Mount
after reading an article from
Photojojo
describing a body cap being used as a pinhole camera. As it turned out, I ended not using it for that purpose, because milling down the raised Nikon lettering seemed to be more of a hassle than I wanted to go through.
My older body cap was the Nikon BF-1, and owners of classic Nikon 35mm SLRs will remember that one in black plastic from the '80s and before. It has a small small white index dot for lining up on the camera body, and inside the cap it's marked "BF-1" and "MADE IN JAPAN" in raised letters. But using that cap on a contemporary Nikon DSLR is not recommended, as I understand, as it could damage the contacts, so I put it away among my collectables.
The new BF-1B DSLR Body Cap is a product of evolution. The original Nikon body cap from the 1960s had a "Nippon Kogaku Tokyo" logo embossed on the front, and that's the one that I had on my original Nikon F SLR. This was replaced sometime in the '70s with the Type 2, which looked similar to the current body caps, and fit far better. The original BF-1 (or Type 3) came later in the '70s and was still used in the '80s, as that's the one that came with my Nikon EL2. The BF-1A came in the mid-1980s, and evidently had a number of quiet changes.
Will probably go for one of the off-brand
Fotodiox Camera Body Cap for Nikon
models for my pinhole camera experiment, as those don't have raised logos. But this new
Nikon BF-1B SLR Body Cap for Lens Mount
fits perfectly on my DSLRs, so it will remain as just that: an excellent body cap.
8/29/2012
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As any wedding photographer knows it's always a challenge dealing with the various personalities you find in a wedding party. You have the doting mom, the grumpy dad, the problematic kid.That's where the Nikon BF-1B comes in.The Nikon BF-1B is the most awesome ice breaker of all time. I usually keep a handful of these babies in my pocket along with the matching BF-4 "end cap". There is no better way to keep things moving and get the shots than showing the magic of sealing up a camera body with the Nikon BF-1B. I mean I guess it's because most people have never seen a DSLR without a lens attached. Come up to a crowd of kids doing mischief and show them a D3 with a Nikon BF-1B on it and it stops them in their tracks. "Hey mister what's wrong with your camera?!?" "How are you going to take pictures with that!!!!" One twist on the BF-1B, another twist on a BF-4, and David Copperfield ain't got nothin' on me! I tell the kids I'll do the trick again if they get in line and behave themselves for the pictures and they fall right in!I can't emphasize enough how rare it is to find a piece of injection molded plastic which brings such joy to so many. I will definitely buy this product again...and again...and again...as I give them away.
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As any wedding photographer knows it's always a challenge dealing with the various personalities you find in a wedding party. You have the doting mom, the grumpy dad, the problematic kid.
That's where the Nikon BF-1B comes in.
The Nikon BF-1B is the most awesome ice breaker of all time. I usually keep a handful of these babies in my pocket along with the matching BF-4 "end cap". There is no better way to keep things moving and get the shots than showing the magic of sealing up a camera body with the Nikon BF-1B. I mean I guess it's because most people have never seen a DSLR without a lens attached. Come up to a crowd of kids doing mischief and show them a D3 with a Nikon BF-1B on it and it stops them in their tracks. "Hey mister what's wrong with your camera?!?" "How are you going to take pictures with that!!!!" One twist on the BF-1B, another twist on a BF-4, and David Copperfield ain't got nothin' on me! I tell the kids I'll do the trick again if they get in line and behave themselves for the pictures and they fall right in!
I can't emphasize enough how rare it is to find a piece of injection molded plastic which brings such joy to so many. I will definitely buy this product again...and again...and again...as I give them away.
That's where the Nikon BF-1B comes in.
The Nikon BF-1B is the most awesome ice breaker of all time. I usually keep a handful of these babies in my pocket along with the matching BF-4 "end cap". There is no better way to keep things moving and get the shots than showing the magic of sealing up a camera body with the Nikon BF-1B. I mean I guess it's because most people have never seen a DSLR without a lens attached. Come up to a crowd of kids doing mischief and show them a D3 with a Nikon BF-1B on it and it stops them in their tracks. "Hey mister what's wrong with your camera?!?" "How are you going to take pictures with that!!!!" One twist on the BF-1B, another twist on a BF-4, and David Copperfield ain't got nothin' on me! I tell the kids I'll do the trick again if they get in line and behave themselves for the pictures and they fall right in!
I can't emphasize enough how rare it is to find a piece of injection molded plastic which brings such joy to so many. I will definitely buy this product again...and again...and again...as I give them away.
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