OP/TECH USA Fold-Over Neoprene Lens Pouch – Camera Lens Case for safe Lens Cover storage, Great for Photography & outdoor shoot, Keeps your Lens secure with No-Lose Lid-306 (Black) - Made in USA

Dropping a bare lens into your camera bag? No - not without this protective case! Neoprene construction offers padding and protection for your expensive lenses, without taking up much additional space in what is likely to be crowded bag already. I like that the cover is attached to the base - nothing to loose here! I keep my Canon FD and Nikon F lenses (yes, I shoot film) safely stored, owning 8 of these cases in various sizes. Hint: I use a Sharpie silver marker to write the lens size on the outside for easy identification.

I purchased this 251 and the 253 case for my Nikon V1 lenses. I keep the 10mm in this one and alternate the 10-30 and 30-110 in the other. They are well made and on and off is easy - one hand. This is perfect for protection and i can just toss the lenses in a purse or tote bag without worries. This 251 size is perfect for prime lenses but If I were purchasing again I would get the 253 for all my lenses. Too often I remove the 30-110 for the 10mm and of course can't fit the larger lens in this smaller case. If the case is too the large just use your thumb to dimple in the top. The lens will still be secure. I even store my Nikon v1 speedlight and lens filters in the 253. Op Tech products are top notch. I keep one of their wrist straps on my camera. Secure and comfortable.

Am using three of these - 251, 253, and 304, for my Olympus micro 4/3rds 14 - 42, 40-150, and 75-300 lenses respectively. The lenses all fit well into the pouches - circumferentially they are snug but you don't have to force the lenses into the pouches. Vertically they are all pretty close and the caps fold over easily to protect the lenses on all sides. These are good for what I am using them for - to keep the lenses from bouncing hard together and getting scratched up inside my camera bag. That is pretty much what they are designed for. They aren't going to do a lot if you drop a lens onto the concrete. Get a pouch with some structure to it if that's what you want to use them for. The only minor issue is that the caps don't really adjust precisely to the length of the lens since they are attached to the body of the pouch at a single point and fold over rather than screw down. But that's the way they are designed and it's clear from the pictures in the description that's the way they're going to work. In any case, they stay on and pad you lens a bit. I'm not a professional photographer by any means - I just like to have reasonable quality equipment that takes better pictures than most cell phones. I also like it to last - I still have my original OM-1 from the 1970s and it's doing fine when I want to shoot on film. These pouches will help me achieve that. Good quality for the price.

This is a review fore the 253 Pouch with stated dimension of 2.5" dia. x 3" L. I really like these pouches for a couple of reasons. They work great because you don't have to deal with zippers and they don't take up a lot of room. You can a leave the Pouch on when you throw it on your camera bag because it doesn't add much added space over the dimensions of your lens. After you swap lens, they crush down and can be placed into your bag into pretty much any available space you have left. I use it on an SLR Magic 50mm/F1.1 FE Lens for Sony Cameras. The dimension of that lens are 2.6" diameter and 3.5" Length including the backing cap. Both of these dimensions are larger than stated by OP/TECH USA. But it still fits. This is because the material is stretchy and the collar on the pouch cap is fairly long. The 253 has collar about 1.25 inches. So even though the lens actually sticks out over the lip of the bottom portion of the pouch the long collar allows you plenty of length to overlap the top and bottom by at least a 1/4". I state at least, because I like to keep the original lens cap at the bottom of the pouch as a spare, so there would be another 1/8" if I just left that cap at home. Mind you, this lens is at the upper end of what this lens will fit. Also, the 50mm/F1.1 has a simple 1/2" screw on ring for a lens hood. The hood is included in my dimensions, so reversible petal style lens wouldn't have worked. Without the spare lens cap and the hood removed, the lens actually fits perfectly. So I really like that the flexible design allows me to accommodate the accessories if I want to bring them along. I did buy a more traditional zippered pouch for this lens, but it ended up being over bulky to the point where I couldn't put it back into my bag after the lens swap, so I would just leave it at home. I like bring the pouch in the bag because it provides some organization during the lens swap. I'm mentioned, I like to have an extra lens cap, so I know exactly where to find it if I need it. Also, I have a place to put lens backing cap along with a spare body cap after the lens swap, so it's there when I do my next swap. For this lens, you can also insert the lens with the back to the top allowing you to leave the pouch on the lens during the swap. This might be a small thing, but it frees up your hands for a quicker swap allowing you to put the pouch into your bag last. So I just shove the backing cap along with the body cap back into the pouch and crush it and cram it into any available space I can find. This is extremely helpful when I've just swapped from a long telephoto zoom lens that is now taking up twice as much space as the 50mm lens. Pictures included show lens with and without the spare cap and lens hood. If I could have one thing fixed on this pouch, I would ask OP/TECH a bit more silk screening. We've all seen athletic T-Shirts that have an oval of silk screening. That oval allows you write a name in the oval to allow the managers who do the laundry to sort out who they should return the shirt to after they've been laundered. Well, a similar silk screened oval would allow you to write the focal length to help identify it without pulling the lens out. This is particularly helpful if you are placing the lens with the front of the lens at the bottom of the pouch. If you have 2 lenses from the same manufacturer, you can have a couple of lenses have the exact same dimension because the lens bodies are shared and only the internal optics are different. I have Sigma 19mm and 30mm that like this. If I had Pouches for these lenses, I would have to pull out the lens to actually know if I had the lens the desired focal length.

I wanted a neoprene or soft case with a lid for my lenses. In my past the lens came with a hard shell case when you bought them. Today camera lens come sometimes with a soft fabric cover case. It really does not provide the protection I want for my very expensive lens. I really like OP/TECH pouchs, I have bought two (2) of them and I would like it if they made all kind of shapes and sizes for various other lens. Very good quality and I live the fold over pouch lid. They fit snug around my lens and provide that protection I want.

I cannot rave about this product enough!!! I got some of these for my lenses and have never used lens caps again!

I like the simplicity and protection of this lens case a lot, but it's a little pricey at 10 bucks. WAIT A MINUTE...it's MADE IN THE USA! And the rubber doesn't smell like a chemical factory as overseas material often does. OK, forget what I said about price, assuming it suits your needs otherwise it's well worth it for a USA-made item that doesn't have to be placed outside for a few days while the fumes dissipate. This case probably does not offer as much protection against bumps as a typical cordura, zippered, full-blown lens case might, but is lighter weight and faster to access. As reviews differ a bit on what lenses will fit this particular "251" case, let me say that a 40mm f/2 Voightlander for Nikon will fit very nicely, even with a UV filter and front and rear caps in place. A 50mm Nikon f/1.8 with installed UV filter will also fit, with both caps in place, but just barely. The overlapping "lid" just barely overlaps the lower portion of the case and it's not an ideal fit, but still decent protection and sufficient for some users especially if this is in some other kind of case or carry bag. Removing the lens cap, but leaving the filter in place, improves the fit quite a bit. I'm going to try the next size up, the "253", for my 50mm Nikon and will review it there later.

Size 254 has dia that is a bit snug and length has approx 1/2" deeper than needed but darn close to perfect. If you prefer not snug with this lens then choose the size 304. For the Lumix 14mm f2.5 M43 choose size 251. 251 - 2. 5" Dia. X 1. 5" L 253 - 2. 5" Dia. X 3" L 254 - 2. 5" Dia. X 4. 5" L 301 - 3" Dia. X 1. 5" L 303 - 3" Dia. X 3" L 304 - 3" Dia. X 4. 5" L 306 - 3" Dia. X 6" L 354 - 3. 5" Dia. X 4. 5" L 356 - 3. 5" Dia. X 6" L