[Leica] Zippo was Doug Sharp's lens hood

[DouglasMSharp at netscape.net (Douglas M. Sharp)]

He is indeed,
a shot of lighter fuel cleared the problem at no expense whatever.
Give the man a medal !
Douglas

Jim Hemenway schrieb:

> You're a smart man Bob Cole!
>
> Thinkofcole@aol.com wrote:
>
>>     If you believe you can improve on the knife blades inside the 
>> lens hood, you might try. But I have destroyed expensive stuff by 
>> attempting to improve on it.     On the lens -- if I understand you 
>> correctly, I definitely would not attempt to put anything like resin 
>> in the ridge or anywhere on the lens that you can't remove, with say, 
>> nail-polish remover [acetone].    Someone suggested that you try 
>> plastic electricians tape inside the hood. I think that might be 
>> quicker than putting felt inside. The most you can lose if you tamper 
>> with the hood is the hood, worth about $50. That's as far as I 
>> personally would go.-- regards, bob cole
>