Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the suggestion, Walt. I'll just have to suck it up and give it a try! :) Adam On 8/15/06, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > Adam > > Throw lens caps away. Use UV or Skylight filters. Clean front element as > last resort and do it gently. Spit on t-shirt and wipe filter to cleans > lens. Happy shooting. ;-) > > Walt > > > Adam Bridge wrote: > > > Well it's the one on the 50 summicron that has really irritated me - > > and on the Noct. If I was in Ted's league I might be a little more > > cavalier about how I care for it but that baby is precious to me. > > > > And to everyone who responded - thank you very much! Ted, as always I > > appreciate your observations, I'm just not that brave, I guess! > > > > Adam > > > > On 8/14/06, grduprey@mchsi.com <grduprey@mchsi.com> wrote: > > > >> Adam > >> > >> The one on my 50 Summicron is a real pain. But the one on my 80 - > >> 200 stays on just like it should. All the other lens caps are the > >> old slide on over the end of the lens type, and they stay on with no > >> problem. > >> > >> Gene > >> > >> > >> -------------- Original message from "Adam Bridge" > >> <abridge@gmail.com>: -------------- > >> > >> > >> > Am I on the only person who really HATES the Leica lens caps that have > >> > the squeeze to release tabs? They always seem to come off and leave my > >> > lens vulnerable when it's most vulnerable - floating around in the > >> > shoulder or camera bag. > >> > > >> > Are there better solutions for most common lenses? > >> > > >> > Thanks > >> > > >> > Adam > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Leica Users Group. > >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >