The quest for lens and port caps

[Greg Kubik]

After a few days of searching the internet and making phone calls it has been painfully difficult to locate camera body "port caps" for ENG B4 (2/3") cameras. This is the cap that covers the sensor so a pretty important part.

 

Sony's glorious parts department seems to think I'm speaking a different language even though I have given them the part number.

 

Can anyone please help me find these?

[Phil Rhodes]

Try MTF Services. They sell mount adaptors that take them, so they may be able to help.

[Kenny N Suleimanagich]

Here is one

[Tim Chang]

A last ditch option could be to measure up your camera and design and print your own custom lens cap with a 3D printer (the plastic seems to have just the right stiffness-flexibility for lens/body caps).

[Chris Millar]

I'm brushing up on Solidoworks skills (3D CAD) at the moment - cant imagine it being that complex, so if you send me the specs of the cap I can prob upload an .stl somewhere (3D printer file).

[Gregg MacPherson]

Chris,

Tried to send you a dwg that will make it easy to spec a cap for the snot printer. Give me a direct email and I will attach that.

[Gregg MacPherson]

Sorry, my dwg was not a B4 mount.

[Chris Millar]

First hit indicates there isn't much joy to be found: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?242895-B4-and-Micro-Four-Thirds-Mount-Specifications

 

... maybe a patent search

 

Anyhoos, other things to be done in the meanwhiles ^_^