Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Summitar hood
From: "Steve LeHuray" <steve@icommag.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:02:41 -0400

Philip,

The #12585 vented clip-on hood will work nicely, that is what I use on my
Summitar and Summaron 35/2.8. Also I hope you are using the 50mm external
finder.

sl


> First,as a lurker for the last 18 months, I want to thank the regular
> posters to this list for the wealth of information and images that are
> shared here. As an M2 user, the LUG has been energizing for me.
>
> I've just succumbed to temptation and am now the owner of a IIIf and a
> Summitar 50. The Summitar came without a hood and I'd like to get one. From
> searching the archives of this list and others, I've come up with three
> choices: The SOOPD (barndoor) hood which I understand is effective, but
> unwieldy. The second option that I've run across is a suggestion that the
> IROOA hood might fit the later (763xxx) grooved Summitar rim. The third
> option involves using a filter adapter ring + non-Leica screw-in hood.
>
> The Summitar has a pretty fair presence in the IIIf viewfinder without a
> hood. What experience have others had with hoods for this combination? Any
> other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Philip Hart
>
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