Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Put the lenses in the old socks once they were dry. In reality, I changed socks at the top, shot pictures for about an hour and shot all the way down. The old socks were plenty dry by the time I took the lenses from my pockets and put them in the waist pack. Regards, Robert At 01:23 PM 1/20/2002 -0600, Sonny Carter wrote: >Robert said: > I had thought of wrapping the lenses in something, but decided since I had >a spare pair of socks in there, I might as well save the weight and use the >socks. > > > >And what would you have done if you needed the spare socks? > >Sonny > > > > BTW, pictures from this trip convinced me the 90mm thin Tele Elmarit >wasn't > > such a great lens for scenics. It flared too much and didn't have the > > resolution of the other two lenses. It was the same as the 135mm Hector I > > was playing around with last week. They are both great lenses for > > portraits and general photography, but shoot slide film and scenics with > > them it they aren't that great compared to the modern lenses. > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > At 01:05 AM 21/01/02 -0500, Steve LeHuray wrote: > > > > Jeffrey: > > > > > > > > Leica makes such a part. > > > > > > > > When I carried a M6 and some lenses in a waist pack, I put each lens >into > > > > my spare socks!. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Robert > > > > > >Socks are good. I use a small ZING pouch for my lenses, dirt cheap and > > >available everywhere. > > > > > >sl > > > > > > > > > > > At 10:42 AM 20/01/02 -0600, Jeffery Smith wrote: > > > >>I neat trick to prevent lenses from clacking against one another in >the bag > > > >>is to take two rear lens caps, sand their flat ends, and glue them >together > > > >>with a high quality epoxy (the kind that comes in two separate tubes >to be > > > >>mixed, not super glue). > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To unsubscribe, see >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html