Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, this is an easy one. Unless you have a special lens such as the Noctilux, it does matter that you have a hood on, for flare suppression. On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > Attn Uncle Ted: > > The hood isn't to protect the lens. It's to prevent flare when shooting > close to the sun. At least, that's what I've been taught. Never did a > controlled experiment to see if it really matters. > > Cheers, > > Herb > > > Hi Herb, >> Lens caps are a pain in the butt! I buy a new lens the first thing >> I put in the cupboard out of the way is the lens cap! >> >> My Noctilux hasn't had a lens cap on it since it was purchased and >> that had to be around 1970/ 71? It hasn't had a lens shade on it >> since 1980 when one of the pins in the lens fell out and the shade >> couldn't lock onto the lens. I asked Leica Canada at the time about >> putting a new pin in the outer ring of the lens and it was going to >> cost a fortune. >> >> So did my usual KISS treatment and took the other pin out so it >> wouldn't keep catching in my camera bag. :-) So the Noctilux has >> travelled the world and back a few times with neither a lens cap nor >> lens hood! :-) And the glass is as good as the day the lens was >> made! :-) >> >> cheers, >> ted >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 6:33 PM >> Subject: [Leica] OT Gotta Rant >> >> >> Everyone has to rant sometime. >>> >>> When I bought a 35mm Summicron from KEH, it include a hood and >>> plastic cap. The cap shortly afterward wound up on the floor of a >>> bus in Toronto. I asked on the LUG if anyone had one to sell, and >>> to my utter amazement, a letter from Burna arrived weeks later with >>> this piece of plastic within. >>> >>> I resolved to be very very careful with the new one, but in time, >>> it too vanished. I dropped in at Keeble and Schuchat to see if one >>> could be ordered from Leica, and the salesman just pulled one out >>> of a drawer and produced it for some price north of $30, close to >>> $35 with tax included. Cheez! That for a crummy hunk of flexible >>> plastic! >>> >>> So, I resolved to be very very very careful now. Every time I got >>> into or out of my car, I'd feel to be sure it was still there. So, >>> I park my car on the dirt at the side of Alpine Road, walk a couple >>> of tenths of a mile down a bike trail--no woods, no underbrush, >>> just a simple trail--realize that I'm on the wrong trail, turn back >>> to my car, feel before entering the car and find that the hood cap >>> is GONE. Move the car, check the ground where and around where it >>> had been. No cap! >>> >>> Sure as hell ain't gonna pay over $30 again. Just gonna carry the >>> standard lens cap in my pocket, and if I get into an environment >>> where I feel the open hood is not sufficient protection, I'll just >>> put the hood in my pocket and put the standard lens cap on. >>> >>> Grrrrr! >>> >>> Herb >>> -- >>> Herbert Kanner >>> kanner at acm.org >>> 650-326-8204 >>> >>> Question authority and the authorities will question you. >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See >>> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >>> more information >>> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See >> http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for >> more information >> > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>