Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actaully, his caps are very good. He made me a pair for my 12" Ektar. Just right. JDF - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps-The Last Word > http://www.skgrimes.com/caps/index.htm > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:16 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps > > > > Is it true that Leica will begin January 1, 2003 engraving serial numbers > in > > lens caps? > > > > Roland Smith > > Oakland, California > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 8:55 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps > > > > > > > Don Dory asked: > > > > Wasn't it Ted just a few days ago advising us to quote an outrageous > > price > > > > for photographing an event and then not blinking? So what is wrong > with > > > > Leica doing the same?<<< > > > > > > Actually I don't have a problem with the cost of the caps, shades and > > other > > > ancillary bits and pieces.... I don't buy them and that solves the price > > > whine factor! ;-) > > > > > > It appears there have been a number of options offered for other > > suppliers, > > > so what's the problem? If enough people weren't stupid enough to pay the > > > Leica prices for the bits and pieces, do you not think the prices would > > come > > > down to a common sense level? > > > > > > What happens is, too many people stay all hully gully twitch assed about > > > having the perfect leica look and will put out for the outrages prices. > > > Rather than what I did when I found out the lens shade for the 35 1.4 > > > Summilux was $90. bucks plus. I just screwed off the front portion and > > threw > > > it away as it was the only part kind of banged up. How about 20 years > plus > > > ago and the original back half of the shade is still on the lens and > > appears > > > to work fine. > > > > > > And how about the Noctilux where the two little pins that held the lens > > > shade in place finally fell out.... 30 years ago? and there hasn't been > a > > > lens shade on the Noctilux since. Hell it was going to cost some > > > astronomical price to replace the pins alone and I'd still have a kind > of > > > screwed-up lens shade that would eventually break off the pins again. > > > > > > Do my pictures look any worse for the wear? Nope! Have I endangered the > > > lens because I've not had a lens shade? Sure maybe, sometimes, but as > long > > > as I didn't think or worry about it, it didn't matter! > > > > > > See how easy life is when you don't get wrapped up in all this lens > shade > > > and caps crap. Forget it or use something else. > > > I mean if you're desperate, use plastic Saran wrap when you put the lens > > in > > > your bag.! Cheap and disposable! > > > ted > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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