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[fallout666]

not sure if good buy to by lenses covers. 

[nikdood17]

Do you mean lens caps? Some people don't like to protect their lenses with filters so in that case, a lens cap is pretty cheap protection.

[Merco_61]

What do you mean by lens cover? Lens cap, lens hood, lens coat, protective filter or rain sleeve? 

[fallout666]

lens coat 

[nikdood17]

Lens coat...hummm...sound a lot like a rain sleeve to me. It is good to keep rain and swirling dust, sand and dirt out of the innards of your camera. Back in the pre-digital, dinosaur days I'd use an olde pretty-much mechanical Nikkormat when rain or "dust devils" were in the air. As opposed to an auto-focus, auto-exposure camera. The Nikkormat never failed me and the area in which I worked had two schools nicknamed the Dust Devils.

I had a Nikkormat that came without a built-in light meter so it was very mechanical.

[Merco_61]

Those neoprene coats do protect the lenses, and they can be worth the cost and hassle on a long tele as the camouflage works and the long lenses can get some dings simply because of their size. What lenses do you want to protect? On something like a 70-300 consumer zoom, you won't get the benefits as the inner barrel won't be either protected or camouflaged. If you like the look, by all means go ahead but I wouldn't use one except for on long (over 300 mm) tele primes.

 

What I do use to protect both lens and camera when needed, is a cheap op/tech rain sleeve. https://www.bhphotov..._of.html?sts=pi

[esrandall]

I use one on my Tamron 150-600, and it's been helpful from a protection standpoint when poking the lens through bushes or branches.  They can be pretty expensive, though, so I would make sure the need justifies the expense.

[Wayben]

I have used the OpTech rain sleeves to keep a camera relatively dry in the rain.  They work pretty well and are cheap, so I keep an assortment of the three sizes on hand.  I haven't tried the neoprene covers, or anything else for dust.  I've been in the dust in East Africa and Egypt, including a pretty good dust storm in Egypt, but have never had an issue.  I just used a small brush to keep the dust cleaned off the best I could and cleaned them up well each night.

[fallout666]

i was looking at them since was going to save money up for 200-500 or get 150-600 lens so was looking for best way to protect lens since cost of them so high. also fact i live near beach CFL area and we get winds all time and sandy trails of nature walk trails might get cause issue. i like to do my research before i get something and want to make use protected for long time.