Just a quick post about one of my peeves - companies that charge lots of money for plastic. If you look at how much Nikon charges for lens caps, body caps, hoods - it is outrageous. Apparently it sounds like Canon is no better according to a coworker.
I once bought a hood for my (former) 80-200mm 2.8 AF-D lens. It was somewhere around $30, for a solid piece of plastic (just a round hollow cylinder). How can they charge so much for plastic? The markup must be at least 3000%.
So I've pretty much given up on name-brand plastic. I wanted a couple lens hoods for some lenses. I went to eBay and bought them each under $5. One is an Opteka brand, the other I forget. So no they're not Nikon knockoffs. Wow, what a savings though.
A couple months ago I bought some Nikon body and rear-lens caps from Hong Kong. They look like my other Nikon caps but these only cost $1 a piece. Quite likely not the genuine article. I'm not a fan of buying counterfeit. I'd rather buy a off-brand like the Opteka hood.
So if anyone from Nikon, or Canon, or some other company ever reads this, please tell me how your plastic is better then the much cheaper eBay offerings.
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