Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>At 19:37 29/10/97 PST, Joe Berenbaum wrote: >I'm not sure, I may have dreamt this, but I have the vague recollection of >someone saying that the hood with fitting cap that comes with the 35mm >Summicron Aspherical can also be used on the pre-Asph 35mm Summicron. >Can anyone substantiate that? I'd like to know myself. Yes it can, I tried this this afternoon at a dealers.... but you have to be careful. As far as I can tell the new ASPH hood will only fit "later" pre ASPH Summicrons. The lens mount needs to have two small cut outs at the front top and bottom which accept two protruding locating lugs on the lens hood. The replacement part numbers, listed in the ASPH instruction book are Lens Hood 12 526 and Lens Hood Cap 14 043. I have a lens hood that looks identical to the Leica 12 526 except it is marked Leitz Canada and has a part number 12 524. Someone has cut the lugs off and I use it on an early Canadian 35mm Summicron without the cut outs. The ASPH hood with lugs will not attach properly to this lens, the lugs get in the way. Joe, you may be able to find a secondhand Leitz Canada 12 524 hood and use the Leica Cap 14 043 with it as a lower cost option. Bob Parsons.