Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> At 10:40 PM 8/19/03 -0500, Karen Nakamura wrote: > >What type of hood does the Summitar 50mm take? The lens thread screws > >are recessed, so would it be a push-on? > > The conic thread is E36.4. Leitz made a "barndoor" hood for the Summitar > but, frankly, I'd pick up an Ednalite Series VI adapter (601?) or a Tiffen > and use the adapter and a Series VI lens hood as these are a lot more > conventional than are the barndoors. > > Marc Seven years ago (9/26/96) Marc James Small wrote: "Ednalite and Tiffen both made Series VI adapters -- I recall that 608 is the Ednalite number, though I use the Tiffen one myself." The Ednalite adapter number is 608 (your earlier quote is the only reason I found out). You would obviously know better than I, but I read somewhere that the Tiffen Summitar to Series VI adapter number is 606. (Ednalite # 601 is a 40.5mm to Series VI adapter.) John Evensta - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html