Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/12/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I use the "barn-door" shade on my collapsible Summicron. It's thin, light, and, to my mind at least, does not overwhelmingly obscure the vf. They go cheap on eBay, in the $20+ range, and they will completely amaze innocent bystanders. When I don't think that I'll need a shade, I don't use it. Chandos At 04:52 PM 12/5/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Regarding a recent question about New Yawk Photo Dealers, I can certainly >recommend Tamarkin and also Ken Hansen Photo, which I recently visited for >the first time: > Ken Hansen New York Incorporated 212-317-0923 > 509 Madison Ave (18th Floor) > [Madison @ 53rd Street) > >Hansen has a lot of Leica equipment, which *used* to include a nice 50mm >LTM Summicron, now mine. So, to tag along on another thread regarding lens >shades for these 50's -- I use the Summicron on a IIIf; to what degree does >a shade obscure the viewfinder on these cameras? I played with putting the >12504 shade from my 35mm M-Summicron on the LTM Summicron -- no way! > >I see from browsing eBay that an IROOA shade would seem to be proper, but >at the going rate of around US$100 for a shade and cap, I'd just as soon >pass... > >And, just to tap yet another thread -- the Summicron on the IIIf IS >liberating. I'm thinking of recording my New Year's festivities with the >IIIf loaded with TMAX 3200 and the Summicron... > >Best Holiday Wishes to All > >Steve Alred >Croom, Maryland > >PS: The office building housing Hansen Photo is under reconstruction, >ignore the disarray when you get off the elevator, a Leica fantasy-land >awaits behind the unassuming wooden door... > Chandos Michael Brown Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies College of William and Mary http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown