[Leica] 50 summ shade

[Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)]

Roy:

I used to have an E type Nikon 70-210 zoom lens with a similar problem. 
  It wasn't a sliding shade, instead it was that the "zoomer" would 
slide up or down as I pointed the lens in those directions. Nikon folks 
called it zoom creep.

I mitigated it, (not a permanent solution) by putting a strip of shiny 
black electrician's tape, (aka black tape?) along the length of the 
bottom of barrel of the lens so that the zoomer part would have a little 
more friction.

It worked fine as long as I had the lens, and was far cheaper than 
having it fixed. The man who has it now remains happy with the "fix".

I just now took a look at my Summilux and think that you might be able 
to put a short strip, (1/2 inch) on the smooth part which is revealed 
when you have the shade in the "out" position.  If that's too thick, 
then try a piece of that translucent tape, I thinks it's called "magic 
mending tape".

Jim

Roy Feldman wrote:

> The built in slide up shade on my 50 will not stay slid up. It seems 
> that it
> creeps back whenever I really need it.
> Any tips that don't involve black tape?
> 
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