Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, Marc - Thanks, now I'll look for the better replacement for my 90/2.8. Tim K - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] 90mm collapsible sun shade At 06:58 AM 3/8/2000 -0700, John Collier wrote: >Marc is quite right. You can use the earlier 12575 hood. It shields the lens >from stray light much better than the folding rubber hood. John Ah! Some confusion! I had taken "90mm collapsible" to mean the 4/90 collapsible Elmar while I suspect you had thought the initial query was about a collapsible shade for the 90mm lens. The 11250 hood IS a collapsible hood, but it was marketed only for the 2.8/90 "skinny" Tele-Elmarit and then only for a brief period -- these are now fairly rare. The proper hood for the collapsible 4/90 Elmar -- and all later 4/90 rigid Elmar and all 2.8/90 lenses until the current one Elmarit - -- is the IUFOO/12575. The 12575 has been in constant production, with some variations, since 1954 or before: Laney says 1956, but it is listed in my 1954 catalog. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!