My fotodiox back caps arrived today. I just made a lens carry plate using them, as the other caps I had been using didn't hold my lenses quite as securely as I'd like. It actually pretty much worked, and would be fine in a drawer or something.
One thing I realized was that I want the bayonet tabs all oriented the same. I marked them with a silver sharpie, in this orientation the lens will go on with the red dot facing "the bottom of the screen".
I apologize to my non-USAian friends for all of the measurements being in inches, but those were the measuring devices that I had handy. The base plate is cut for a Fastpak 350 (even though they have been discontinued there are still some left at good prices btw). The spacing of the caps is not even because my DA*55 has a rather large lens hood. For that matter, so does my DFA 50 macro.
And, yes, I know, the measurements are very rough, and don't necessarily all add up. Making the proper adjustments in the design is left as an exercise for the student.
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