Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/08

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Subject: [Leica] Lens hood
From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <yaojkfdr@netvigator.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 1999 02:25:49 +0800
 
Mark Rabiner wrote:

> I agree and my lens (Summicron) has the separate lens shade but if it
> were built in couldn't I use a separate lens shade anyway if I liked it?
> Mark Rabiner

My Summicron 50/2.0 also has a built-in lens hood and the clip-on 12538
and 12585 hoods won't fit.  However, I have been using a 12549 (silver
chrome) hood from my Elmar 50/2.8 (current version) and it works
perfectly.  The Elmar hood is a 39mm srew-in type.  A less expensive
alternative is to get a 39->46mm step-up ring and use a generic 46mm
metal lens hood.  The whole combo will cost around $15.

Joseph