Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, The few shallow "pancake" rear M lens caps I have are marked Leitz and are on lenses I bought perhaps 30 years ago. The outside depth is 13mm plus 1mm for three very small feet. Internal clearance between the back of the four locking lugs on the lens bayonet and the inside rear of the cap is 4-5mm. The caps are made of a polystyrene like material rather than the later polyethylene ones. I find carrying both old and new caps a problem, you can't put shallow ones on lenses with protruding rear elements. If you can't find any, contact me off list. Bob Parsons, bobp@dodo.demon.co.uk or bobp@ntlworld.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:59 AM Subject: [Leica] Shallow rear M lens cap? > I've got several black plastic rear lens caps, Leica part #14269. This cap > is 18mm deep. I believe I've seen, on pictures of some older telephotos, a > shallower rear lens cap. This would be useful. I've got a classic 90mm > Elmarit which, with the 14269 mounted and the hood mounted in reverse, is > just a little taller than convenient for my camera bag. With no protruding > rear element, the extra space of the 14269 is not needed. > > Does anybody have a sample of this shorter rear cap? I'd like to know how > deep it is (outside measurement), and how much it might cost to get > one. Used is fine. > > --Peter Klein - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html