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

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: protect leica in backpack
From: John Straus <Mail@SlideOne.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 21:36:35 -0600

on 1/20/02 9:00 PM, Dennis Painter at dennis@hale-pohaku.com wrote:

> 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).

I wouldn't say overkill. Gaffers tape will breakdown and the 'glue' on the
tape hardens and deteriorates  making it a weak bond. Granted this may take
a couple years to happen but it WILL happen.

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John 
Chicago, IL 
http://SlideOne.com
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