Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> >>Would someone please tell me what is wrong with the rubber lens hood? >>Dan C. > >Well this is subjective I suppose, but I couldn't get a lens cap to fit the >lens while the hood was on it, which was not acceptable to me, and although >the lens takes 39mm filters, the hood takes series something filters, which >didn't make any sense to me at all, and I didn't feel it was a particularly >good hood anyway, and have read of them coming apart. But it was the lens >cap issue that did it. Having to unscrew the hood in order to cap the lens >meant that its collapsibilty was pointless, since I had to remove it anyway. >And after getting the metal hood I haven't looked back. > >Joe Berenbaum > Hmmm....I have the tele-elmarit with the rubber hood. It came with a snap-on cap that fits on the lens with the hood in the collapsed position. As far as filters go, yes there is a series 5.5 (?) adaptor ring, but I just screw the hood into the UV filter on the lens. I guess if I changed filters frequently, that may be a problem, but I don't. It does feel a bit flimsy, but I've had mine for about 6 or 7 years and it seems as good as new. Just MHO. Dan C.