Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Cardish wrote: > > At 02:23 PM 04-05-97 -0400, Marc wrote: > >At 05:48 PM 5/3/97 -0400, Dan Cardish wrote: > >>I just bought myself a DR Summicron for my M6. Accompanying the lens was a > >>IROOA lens hood which seems to differ somewhat ...[snip] > > > > > >This isn't an IROOA/12571 at all: it's an ITDOO, the earlier incarnation. > > Sorry, but what I have is definetly NOT the ITDOO. It IS an early IROOA, as > per pg 106 (illustration on page 107) of "Leica Accessory Guide", Hove Photo > Books. Except that mine appears very thin and appears useless as a lens > shade, except perhaps for a 35mm lens. I am also wondering about the > function of the thin ring that screws into the opening of the hood. > > Thanks > > Dan C. Dan, Perhaps your IROOA is missing the black hood part? Do you just have the engraved chrome ring with the clips? Perhaps a previous owner removed the main part of the hood to use the ring for something else. Maybe series 6 filters fit in it or something. That thin ring could be a retaining ring. Colin