[Leica] how do you organize the lenses in your camera bag?

Wilbur Norman coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com
Fri Dec 26 09:03:14 PST 2014


Sonny, if you ever do that, use some Loctite on the nuts:

Is that jingle I hear in your camera bag loose coins ….?

Wilbur



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On Dec 26, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:

> I think if I were home-building a rig to hold two lenses worth several
> thousand dollars each together, I'd invest in drilling a hole between the
> two caps and poking a fifty cent stainless steel bolt through the hole, and
> secure it with a twenty cent stainless steel lock washer and a thity cent
> stainless steel lock nut.
> 
> Just my two  cents worth of advice.
> 
> On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Wilbur Norman <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the glue tip, Mark.
>> Wilbur
>> 
>> ********************
>> On Dec 25, 2014, at 11:30 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>> 
>>> A&B Epoxy. And rough up the flat edges of the lens back caps first.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 12/25/14 12:38 PM, "Wilbur Norman" <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You can buy a purpose-built back-to-back Leica lens cap device for
>> about $8.
>>>> Many of them have no septum/solid wall between them, however, so you
>> always
>>>> need to have two lenses attached so as to not get dust into the back of
>> the
>>>> one lens. I usually only carry 3 lenses so one is on the camera and two
>> are
>>>> stashed back-to-back so an open wall between the rear of the lenses is
>> not a
>>>> big problem. If going to a dusty place the type with a wall will be
>>>> (obviously)  best.
>>>> 
>>>> I have glued two rear lens caps together but some glue tends to dry out
>> over
>>>> time. I once nearly dropped lenses when that old glue disintegrated. I
>> am
>>>> going to experiment with Gorila Glue on this next attempt (but for Fuji
>>>> lenses, not Leica ones as I already have two manufactured ones for the
>> Leica
>>>> lenses.)
>>>> 
>>>> Wilbur
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> **************
>>>> On Dec 24, 2014, at 3:13 PM, RicCarter wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> me, too
>>>>> 
>>>>> be sure to use one of the A/B epoxies to hold against the stress and
>> strain
>>>>> 
>>>>> ric
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Dec 24, 2014, at 5:05 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So I glued two M rear lens caps back to back (made 2 sets of them)
>> and now I
>>>>>> can easily stash them in the tall spaces without having to worry
>> about them
>>>>>> bouncing on top of one another
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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> 
> 
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> 
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