Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My plastic lenses do not get scratched from photography. Maybe I don't press the shutter often enough. I know you can get the plastic lenses with a "hard" coating. Stasys On Aug 1, 2005, at 6:44 PM, Marc James Small wrote: > At 06:44 PM 8/1/05 -0500, Frank F. Farmer wrote: >> I was wondering what most folks use to keep from scratching their > eyeglasses with the metal eyepiece of older M's. I used a little > snap-on > plastic protector that I purchased from Don Goldberg for a while but > it was > knocked off my camera sometime this weekend and lost forever. I have > often > wondered about the little do-nuts that Stephen Gandy has at Camera > Quest > but have neither seen nor used one. What to ya'll use? Likes? > Dislikes? I > need to find a replacement. > > Wimps! Youse guys are wimps! > > I used to always use glass lenses but since the VA went over to plastic > lenses, I have been using these, for the past four or five years. > What is > the problem? My main cameras are Leitz or Leica vehicles, ranging > from a > IIIc to a Wetzlar M6, and I have not a problem with modern plastic > lenses, > or glass lenses, and the metal rim of the viewfinder on the cameras. > > Wimps use plastic or rubber rings and the like but these ought to be > unnecessary: modern lenses are REALLY tough and if you guys are buying > quality lenses, then Bob's your uncle. If you are relying on the > latest > designer models for $1.99 at your village Econo-Mart, well, you pays > the > cheap price and you runs the risk of failure. > > Marc > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > NEW FAX NUMBER: +540-343-8505 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >