Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: protect leica in backpack
From: "Robert G. Stevens" <robsteve@hfx.andara.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 18:05:12 -0400
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020120145110.00a3ee70@hfx.andara.com>

Put the lenses in the old socks once they were dry.  In reality, I changed 
socks at the top, shot pictures for about an hour and shot all the way 
down.  The old socks were plenty dry by the time I took the lenses from my 
pockets and put them in the waist pack.

Regards,

Robert

At 01:23 PM 1/20/2002 -0600, Sonny Carter wrote:
>Robert said:
>   I had thought of wrapping the lenses in something, but decided since I had
>a  spare pair of socks in there, I might as well save the weight and use the
>socks.
> >
>
>And what would you have done if you needed the spare socks?
>
>Sonny
>
>
> > BTW, pictures from this trip convinced me the 90mm thin Tele Elmarit
>wasn't
> > such a great lens for scenics.  It flared too much and didn't have the
> > resolution of the other two lenses.  It was the same as the 135mm Hector I
> > was playing around with last week.  They are both great lenses for
> > portraits and general photography, but shoot slide film and scenics with
> > them it they aren't that great compared to the modern lenses.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> >
> > At 01:05 AM 21/01/02 -0500, Steve LeHuray wrote:
> > > > Jeffrey:
> > > >
> > > > Leica makes such a part.
> > > >
> > > > When I carried a M6 and some lenses in a waist pack, I put each lens
>into
> > > > my spare socks!.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Robert
> > >
> > >Socks are good. I use a small ZING pouch for my lenses, dirt cheap and
> > >available everywhere.
> > >
> > >sl
> > >
> > > >
> > > > At 10:42 AM 20/01/02 -0600, Jeffery Smith wrote:
> > > >>I neat trick to prevent lenses from clacking against one another in
>the bag
> > > >>is to take two rear lens caps, sand their flat ends, and glue them
>together
> > > >>with a high quality epoxy (the kind that comes in two separate tubes
>to be
> > > >>mixed, not super glue).
> > > >
> > > >
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