Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] Lens hood cover question
From: glehrer at san.rr.com (Jerry Lehrer)
Date: Fri Oct 24 17:03:16 2008
References: <382338.64431.qm@web55906.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

H. Ball,

I do believe that the cover that Brian needs,  is rectangular, not 
round.  I got mine from B&H.

Jerry



H. Ball Arche wrote:
> WTH. 
> First I'd go to the grocery store with the hood and see if there isn't 
> some similarly size tinned good that has a pop-off stay fresh cover, like 
> maybe one of those fancy teas. 
>
>
> --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>> Subject: [Leica] Lens hood cover question
>> To: LUG@leica-users.org
>> Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 2:08 PM
>> I've lost the flimsy rubber hood cap for the lens hood
>> on my beloved 35/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH, absolutely my favorite
>> Leica lens of all time.
>>
>> My local camera store doesn't have any in stock, and in
>> fact they weren't entirely sure what part to order.
>>
>> I see in catalogs some decent hood covers for the 35/1.4
>> Summilux-R (Leica part 14013). Does anybody know if the R
>> and M hoods are similar enough that the hood covers would be
>> interchangeable?
>>
>> If they aren't interchangeable, I fear I'll have to
>> order the entire hood assembly (part 12589) just to get the
>> cover, which seems wasteful. And the damn flexible rubber
>> cover will fall off again just like the first one did. 
>>
>>     


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