RE: [Leica] FW: Lens carrying syggestions

[Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>]

For anyone who wants to try this with Leica rear caps, I use pairs of them
epoxied back to back, and they work a treat.  I did have to grind down the
flat back of each cap with very coarse sandpaper before it would work - this
removes a small ridge around the base of the cap to allow a flush contact,
and also roughens the plastic enough to let the epoxy grip properly.

Now I don't need three hands to change lenses any more!

Paul

P.S. This gizmo can also (obviously) be used to couplele two lenses together
for more compact storage, but I don't have enough lenses to need to do that
:-(

> -----Original Message-----
> From: B. D. Colen [mailto:bdcolen@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 1:38 PM
> To: Leica-Users@Mejac. Palo-Alto. Ca. Us
> Subject: [Leica] FW: Lens carrying syggestions
> 
> 
> Dr. Blacktape Forwards The Following, With The Comment...
> 
> ...What, and NOT pay Leica some outrageous price?!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-contaxg@datarev.com [mailto:owner-contaxg@datarev.com] On
> Behalf Of Pedro Baltazar Vasconcelos
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 3:04 PM
> To: contaxg@datarev.com
> Subject: Lens carrying syggestions
> 
> 
> 
> I thought I'd share think is a good idea to carry two Contax 
> G lens' in a
> small camera bag:
> 
> Take two lenses bottom caps and fix them together with one Tesa
> Powerstrip(TM)
> cut to the length of the smaller one; I used the bottom caps 
> from the 45mm
> and
> the 28mm (which is deeper than the 45mm).
> Be carefull so that the powerstrip does not protrude out the 
> shorter cap
> (the
> 28mm), otherwise it will be visible and gather dust.
> You may want to try this with the lens on the caps so that they align.
> 
> The result `double-cap' is *very* strong but removable (in 
> case you want to
> undo the operation --- I did that a few times!).
> 
> The advantage of the double-caps is that you don't have to 
> for a the bottom
> cap inside a bag: there's always a lens attached to it!
> 
> BTW, this idea was suggested to me by a friend of mine how 
> owns and uses a
> Leica M. He said Leica actually sells the special double caps...
> 
> --
> Pedro Vasconcelos.
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