Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan When I removed a lens from the coupling ring, I always slipped a body cap in it's spot. Or the lens that was substituted. Jerry Daniel Ridings wrote: > I have one lying around in the house somewhere but I never really used it. > It assumes you have two lenses you don't want to use. I have enough bodies > to keep my lenses mounted most of the time with only one left-over. It got > to be a pain removing the gray ring and fumbling around for a rear cap. Two > rear caps glued together would have solved that problem. > > It was a good idea for traveling though ... in the actual transport phase > when you pack everything down as compactly as possible. > > Daniel > > At 10:19 13.03.2003 +0100, you wrote: > >Hi Nathan, > > > >Thanks for that info. I always thought the wide angle lens problem was the > >reason Leica stopped making this lens carrier. > > > >The fact that with only one lens in the holder, the rear of that lens is > >unprotected made me refrain from buying. > > > >I'll be gluing one of these days. Unless Leica does it for me. I'm still > >hoping. > > > >Chris > > > >>It is a much better solution. I have a couple of those Leica couplers, > >>but as you say, they cannot be used with two wide angle lenses (e.g. a > >>35mm and 24mm cannot be put together). The other advantage of the two end > >>caps is that when you take away one of the lenses, the remaining lens > >>remains protected against dust and dirt, while with the coupler there is > >>then an open path to the rear element. > >> > >>Nathan > >> > >>Oliver Bryk wrote: > >> > >>>Jerry, I bought individual end caps from a discounter and glued them > >>>together back to back. I understand that the Leica device, besides being > >>>pricy, presents a problem with some retrofocus lenses. > >>>Oliver Bryk > >>> > >>> > >>>-- > >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Nathan Wajsman > >>Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >> > >>e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch > >>mobile: +41 78 732 1430 > >> > >>Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm > >>General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm > >> > >>-- > >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > >-- > >Christer Almqvist > >D 20255 Hamburg and / or > >F 50590 Regnéville sur Mer > > > >please look at my NEW b+w pictures > >at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/dozen/ > > > >old pictures still at: http://www.almqvist.net/chris/new > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html