Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seriously, folks, if you're NOT going to use UV filters, DON'T leave caps on your lenses and carry them in the bag, unless they're the tight old metal caps.....a stray lens cap could damage the front element of a lens in your bag lots quicker than a padded pocket, which should be held away from the front element by its natural recess, anyway. If you have older lenses with non-retractible hoods, the hood should easily protect the front of the lens in the bag....contact with air ain't gonna hurt the glass, anyway! Walt On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Mark Rabiner wrote: > I leave my lens caps in the motel room so they don't scratch my lenes in > my camera bag. > Unless the camera bag has a nice place to keep them away from the lenes. > At night put the caps on the lenes to help them sleep. > Great for those motel rooms with the neon coming through the window. > They should make Leica Nightcaps for us people. We should rest easier. > Mark Rabiner > And Red Dot earplugs! >