Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What are these "lens caps" you write about, and what are they used for? Are they little hats with pictures of lenses on them, or do your lenses wear clothing? ;-) On 1/26/06 10:07 AM, "John Collier" <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote: > Which version? The third version's hood is not bad as long as you get > the later one with the viewfinder portal. > > I find most Leica lens caps a little lacking in tenacity. I use the > old Canon caps for my Leica E55 lenses. They only come off when you > take them off. The Leica A42 slip-on caps are fine. I haven't found a > great replacement for the E46 cap on a 35/1.4A. While the Leica E46 > cap works well on the 50/1.4A, it significantly overhangs the front > of a 35/1.4A. The Contact G series E46 cap is only marginally better > in that it doesn't overhang but it is still willing to let go at the > least provocation. Some of the new "Zeiss" M lenses use E46 filters > but their caps look like Vivitar rejects. Still worth a look I suppose. > > John Collier > > On 25-Jan-06, at 9:08 PM, Ric Carter wrote: > >> Is the rectangular hood for the Elmarit 28mm the worst piece of >> crap Leica sold for the M? > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information