Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob and BD, Strange coincidence (well, it is a holiday for us drones, but not for the camera shops), but I too was pricing Leica front lens caps today. The Leica clerk was very serious, but the Nikon clerk was laughing so hard that he could not get his breath and was turning blue. Nikon users have long made reference to Nikon's "ultrasecret, miracle plastic from Mars" when they have learned the price for a little plastic piece: lens hood, the little screw-in cap that covers the electronic remote shutter port, etc. And Nikon owners regularly trade information about which plastic container lids will work on which lenses as caps. Pringles potato chip caps are a standard issue as are various Tupperware lids. After all the laughter died down, the Leica guy admitted that they had a box in the back (in the dark) that had 3rd party lens caps. These run under $10, but you have to sort of try them for fit to each lens individually. My question is: every Leica lens I look at (new or used) has a lens cap; but every Leica lens I buy is missing the lens cap. I want to know where they are all going. Or are Leica lens caps (front and rear) the larval stage of AOL CD's that come in the mail about 3 times a week? rp johnson