[Leica] Lens hood won't stay on

[Steve Barbour]

> On Mar 3, 2015, at 2:07 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, well Ted you may get better pictures than we do, but you don't look
> as cool without a proper lens shade.



and the coolness factor is so important, especially if it’s on the lens, not on the ground...

> 
> ;-)
> 
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:01 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> OK OK ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!! So THE lens hood wont stay on? GET OVER IT! Use
>> some gaffer tape and stick it on permanently and forget about it! And get
>> on with picture taking!
>> 
>> So it falls off? OK here's the lens shade story of lens shade stories. THE
>> NOCTILUX?
>> 
>> My Noctilx was close to the first one purchased in Canada around early
>> 70's or as soon as they became available in 1970.
>> 
>> Lens shade clicked on and off beautifully and stored in reverse position
>> on front same lock pins when mounted during shooting. No
>> problems............ UNTIL?
>> 
>> A little pin came loose on the lens mount and fell off somewhere on Planet
>> Earth! If anyone finds it please mail it back. Thank you. ;-)
>> 
>> OK me being me and all the bits and pieces the techies tell us that must
>> be used for perfect photos.......... "LENS SHADE BEING ESSENTIAL!" Well
>> yeah OK! But it isn't worth days and days of back & forth LUG e-mails we've
>> seen here.
>> 
>> OK on with the NOCTILUX STORY. So me wanting to be the all round good
>> equipment photographer user! YEAH RIGHT! :-)  I sent the lens to LEICA to
>> have this little pin replaced. Like screw in a new one. It can't be to
>> difficult... NOR COSTLY? Wouldn't you think so?
>> Well the service  rep returned my call with a "READY?" $245.00 for the
>> estimated cost! That's to screw in a little bitty pin and the "so called
>> never use a lens without a sun shade or death will happen! To the lens  and
>> it's recorded images!
>> 
>> I can't repeat here exactly what I told him to do with the pin! Be very
>> un-gentlemanly of me! And not really in my gentlemanly fashion.
>> 
>> "OK so send the lens back, thank you most kindly. FORGET THE LENS SHADE
>> LOCK PIN!"
>> 
>> So that little event was about 40/50 years ago and the NOCTILUX hasn't had
>> a lens shade on in all those years nor the other day on a NOCTI-SHOOT!"
>> PICTURE QUALITY? Always good if you know how to handle yer gear under all
>> kinds of light conditions!
>> 
>> So please ladies and gentlemen of the LUG? Do you think we could hang-up
>> all this "lens shade dialogue" now? Please and thank you..
>> 
>> That is unless someone has a better story than the "NOCTI story?" :-)
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Dr. ted :-)
>> 
>> 
>> 
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