Robinhunter74
Senior Member
The camera having just arrived I can't get the rear lens cap off the 18 140mm lens, any ideas? Am afraid of damaging it.
Wow... This is a new one on me. The only thing I can suggest is my solution for things like stuck pickle-jar lids. We have an oven mitt in the house with soft, silicon rubber on the business part of the palm. Using this allows me to get super-solid traction on the stuck lid. If you don't have such an oven mitt, a rubber glove (a la Playtex Living Glove) could work, or even a rubber band around the stuck cap; anything to help you get a better grip.The camera having just arrived I can't get the rear lens cap off the 18 140mm lens, any ideas? Am afraid of damaging it.
That illustration is from the manual for the 18-140mm.P26 of my D5500 manual bears no resemblance to that image. No twist arrow for the rear of the lens.
But you're good with the rear cap removed, right? All lenses for Nikons that I've experienced require the twist to remove. I've seen some third party lenses that just slip straight on and off, but not many. Good luck with the camera and welcome to nikonites.com.I got the lens as a kit lens boxed up with the D5500, no separate lens manual.
...nikon lens caps are counterintuitive and loosen clockwise. Just a learning curve.