Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have also found the older caps less likely to scratch film! An added bone-us! Dan >From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Okay, I'm being careful here... >Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:23:05 +0000 > > >>>> >i wonder if there is any remarkable difference of quality between lens >caps "made in canada" and german-made lens caps? could the quality of >lens >be improved, if they will be produced with a red dot? ;-) ><<<< > >Well, I certainly hesistate to bring up the old-vs.-new question again, >but there is (I believe) certainly a difference between the old metal >lenscaps and the new plastic ones (in my opinion). The older metal >lenscaps with "Leica" in beautiful script stamped in them and a strip of >velvet to provide friction seem (to me) to be better made, and >(personally, just me) I find metal to be a more pleasing material than >black molded plastic. > >***DISCLAIMER***DISCLAIMER***DISCLAIMER*** >DISCLAIMER: the above is the writer's opinion exclusively, and should >not be construed as an endorsement of metal, lenscaps, the word "Leica," >or the Way They Made Old Things In The Good Old Days; nor does it >constitute a claim that the reader should consider the old lenscaps to >be better than the new lenscaps, especially if the reader believes that >everything Leica does now is done for a reason and is therefore, by >definition, above reproach. > ><g> > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com