Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Never knew the newer Summicron won't take a older 12585 hood. Kind of sucks. What about using the 50 Elmar/2.8 lens hood? It has a 39mm filter ring that the hood screws into. Leica should sell the hood by itself I would think.I prefer all the vented hoods for my lenses. Chris Williams www.zoeicaimages.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Beeching" Subject: [Leica] Lenses, lenshoods and filters > Dear Luggers, > > Amongst the LUG community the solution to this problem must be available. > > I have a new 50mm Summicron and a 90mm Tele-Elmarit. The pull-out lenshood on the Summicron is a poor apology for a lenshood that provides little shade or protection. So, I would like to use the 12585 (vented) lenshood on this lens. The question is, can this be made to fit without major surgery to the lens? Could it fit on a filter - I have a Leica UV filter that I use sometimes with the lens - would I have to file grooves in the filter mounting? The other, related, question is that while I have the 12575 lenshood, which fits perfectly on the Tele-Elmarit, I would also like to use it with filters on this lens. Any solutions? > > Thanks, > > John - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html