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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: protect leica in backpack
From: Dennis Painter <dennis@hale-pohaku.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:00:46 -0800
References: <MABBJJLPMBEAOLKHGGIAEEAFDDAA.jsmith45@bellsouth.net>

Over kill. Just put the lens caps back to back and wrap gaffer tape around them.
Works like a charm!


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). If you do this, you can carry one camera body and
> five lenses (one on the body) in a Domke 803 bag that has three slots in it.
> I carry a Konica Hexar RF and 4 lenses in 3 slots with nothing hitting each
> other.
>
> If sanding and gluing genuine Leica rear caps seems like heresy, buy some
> Konica M end caps. They cost much less and work (although the lens may be
> .000000000235 mm further or closer to the end cap than with a genuine Leica
> end cap).
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
>

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