Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote, in part: > At 06:31 PM 2/11/2001 -0500, Martin Howard wrote: >> >> Sorry for the late message: Friday came and went in a mist of confusion. >> >> I'm looking for a metal lens hood for my 50mm f/1.5 Jupiter-3 lens. The >> model I'd like most would be a vented metal Hoya design that screws into the >> filter thread (which is 40.5mm). However, I'll consider other options too. >> If you have one -- or know of where I can find one -- please email me. > > Good God, man, why Hoya? Zeiss Ikon made a slew of these, readily > available, as did the SPS photo industries. And Nikon also made a bunch. I didn't know, but I suppose I could have figured it out given the history of the Juptier-3. And these Zeiss, SPS, and Nikon hoods don't come with collector's prices? > Me? In today's market I'd go for Harrison & Harrison, those fine purveyors > of fine lens accessories, inexpensive and, well, wonderful to deal with. Do they have a website? M. - -- Martin Howard | It's not who you are, it's who they Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | think you know that counts. email: howard.390@osu.edu | -- Anonymous namedropper. www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------