Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc-- I bought my skinny Tele-Elmarit circa 1987 and it came out of the box with the metal, reversible, clip-on hood. Same hood came with my similar vintage 135 Tele-Elmar. Buzz Hausner - -----Original Message----- From: Marc James Small [mailto:msmall@roanoke.infi.net] Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 8:42 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] tele-elmarit 90 At 05:41 PM 3/15/2000 -0700, Bruce M. Burnett wrote: >If it doesn't come with the hood, you can buy a new one from Leica. >They go used for 40 to 70. > The "skinny" Tele-Elmarit came with a collapsible rubber hood of rather crude design, though the standard 12575 hood will fit, and the 12575 new costs around $60 the last time I checked. Dealers do not realize these are still available, and often charge far more for used ones. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!