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

[Sonny Carter]

Wilbur, if you use lock nuts and a lock washer, you'll never need
locktite.  If you use locktite, it might be forever!

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Wilbur Norman <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sonny, if you ever do that, use some Loctite on the nuts:
>
> Is that jingle I hear in your camera bag loose coins ….?
>
> Wilbur
>
>
>
> **************
>
> 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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Regards,

Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
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USA