Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/08/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that threaded hole in the grip is intended to attach a should brace rather than a tripod. At least this is my impression. kw >So I got this 400/5.6 Novoflex lens for $295 from Alkit Pro. Good >price, and the lens appears to be in excellent condition, but I can't >try it out until the mount I've ordered arrives from Germany. I was >thinking I'd go down to Ano Nuevo and take pictures of the molting >male elephant seals, which one can't get very close to for obvious >reasons. > >But I had a couple of questions. First, there is dust on the glass. >It's on the inside, down this very deep barrel. This lens is a >triplet, very similar to the Leica 400/.6.8 (which is however a >doublet) in that the elements are located at the front end and the >rest of the lens is hollow (well, there's a diaphragm, of course). >Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to clean it? My usual >approach to cleaning lenses is to do it as delicately as possible. >I do all those things like blowing on it first and then using a >camel-hair brush very lightly and only then using lens cleaner on lens >paper, again very lightly. But how do I get at this glass? The front >of the lens is removable, but it's still maybe ten inches long. > >Second, I see that there is a tripod screw in the bottom of the >follow-focus grip, but it seems a bit insecure to mount the lens on a >tripod through the grip. Is the grip removable? I don't see how it >would be, right off hand. > >Thanks for any advice you can give me. I do very much like the lens, >with its all-metal construction -- it feels as solid as any of my >Leica lenses. Perhaps slightly less refined. > >-Patrick Sobalvarro ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits Davison Middle School preferred---> <wilcox@umcc.umich.edu> 600 Dayton, Davison, MI 48423 <kwilcox@genesee.freenet.org>