Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Claes Bjerner wrote: > > >> John Collier wrote: > >>> > >>> on 20/1/00 7:12 pm, John at bosjohn@mediaone.net wrote: > >>> > >>>> I am new to this group so if this question has been asked and answered > >>>> before, > >>>> my apologies. Why in the name of God, did Leitz and I presume Leica make > >>>> the > >>>> G---d---- filters slightly smaller in diameter than the lens so my lens cap > >>>> keeps falling off? > >>> > >>> Welcome! Which lens, filter and lens cap? > >>> > >>> John Collier > >> All my e-39 lenses the filters are slightly smaller in diameter than the lens > >> itself. All my lenses are from the fifties and sixties. > >> John > > > > Try using the later plastic cap (product code 14268). It is deep enough to > > fit over the filter on all the 42mm (39mm filter) front diameter lenses. > > > > John Collier > > It sounds like the fabric on the inside of your Leica lens caps has dried up > and thereby shrunken. Put the caps in a glass of water over-night and then > you bring them "back to life" with a hairdryer. > > Claes I tried that, and they still don't fit tightly. Only a small portion of the felt grips the lens because of the filter. I am convinced that E Leitz hated filters and this is his pay back. John