Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is an easier way to get rid of the 50.2 collapsible hood than drilling and screwing. Just find a screw on hood and mount it on the filter threads. Mine is a vented Walz screw on hood that used to live on my 50.2 collapsible, works perfectly. Steve Annapolis - ---------- >From: TTAbrahams@aol.com >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] focusing knob on Summmicron >Date: Thu, Jul 29, 1999, 8:17 PM > >Doug, Go to you local Leica dealer and get a focussing knob for a >pre-collapsible hood 50.2, then saunter over to the local camera technician >and have him drill two small holes in the barrel of the lens and also mix up >some good epoxy. Liberally scratch the surface with a sharp object, apply >epoxy and attach knob (the holes are for the little plastic pins on the knob) >and let it sit for 24 hours. It does work, but you still have that miserable >collapsible hood to contend with. Trade it back to a non collapsible hood >lens! You can also drill a small hole in the barrel, tap it and insert a >small metal pin with a largish head on it (similar to the screws that hold >the back plate on to stereo equipment), A bit nerve wracking but it works, >Tom A >