Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or for the lenscaps obsessive you can have on custom made by Grimes. Click on "Best Lenscaps" at: http://www.skgrimes.com/ Michael Darnton wrote: > > If your cap is similar to the plastic one for my older Summicron, it has > four raised ridges on the perimeter, inside, which are what actually grab > the lens. After I got tired of that cap falling off I held a small nail with > a pliers, heated the nail, and dragged a couple of tracks down on either > side of each of the four ridges. This cut small grooves, and raised a wake > of plastic on each side of each groove, making more little gripper fingers > to hold the end of the lens. So far it's working well--almost too well--and > I'm glad I resisted the temptation to go all around the inside of the cap > because it really didn't take much! > > --Michael > > >>Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 16:46:20 -0400 > From: "Craig Roberts" <croberts@zoomtel.com> > Subject: [Leica] Highly technical lens cap question > [re: Summicron cap that falls off] >