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Subject: [Leica] New Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH. #11663
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:48:23 -0600
References: <C7F54BCE.68783%joseph@yao.com> <034b01cae1db$4485fe80$cd91fb80$@net> <034c01cae1dc$db82d640$928882c0$@net> <k2l36172e5a1004220517xaf8527adp7b363958729f96f1@mail.gmail.com> <52C9D7B2-A7C7-4644-84FF-889FFF30F184@ameritech.net> <r2iee8fa51c1004241544s3727f217tc6a7bffbf6a9aedd@mail.gmail.com>
My 35 1.4 Asph (black) doesn't flare much such that I run it without a lens
hood, too.
John
On 2010-04-24, at 4:44 PM, Marty Deveney wrote:
>> Do these have the same vulnerable outside threads that the Tri-Elmar
>> 16-18-21mm has? Is there some kind of cover that >protects the threads
>> when the hood is off (the Tri-Elmar uses the hood for that purpose)? Of
>> course, the idea may be to leave >it permanently mounted (which is
>> curious - I never get flare with my current ASPH, using no hood).
>
> Yes and yes.
>
> Mine flares very readily. I wondered if something was wrong with it,
> so I sent it to Leica who said it was within spec. Mine is chrome and
> maybe something internally isn't as well blacked out as it should be.
In reply to:
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Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] New Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH. #11663)
Message from red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] New Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH. #11663)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] New Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH. #11663)
Message from dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella) ([Leica] New Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH. #11663)
Message from benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney) ([Leica] New Summilux-M 35/1.4 ASPH. #11663)