Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 1/28/07, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: > Do you guys find that it needs a good shade, or does it even make a > difference? > > I've got one I haven't used a lot. The shade kinda defeats the > compactness of the collapsible. Ric, I don't use a lens shade (hood) with my Summitar. I haven't really felt the need for it and, like you say, it defeats the purpose of a collapsible. The shade I have for the Summicron and Elmar 50 (the one that slides on and them clips into the grooves that these lenses have up front) will fit on the lens. I have put it on to see, but that is what I didn't do ... "see". The whole thing takes up too much of the view through the viewfinder. So I quit trying. I've never really felt I am missing anything. Mine has good coating. My Elmars flare a lot, but not this one. Daniel