Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam Throw lens caps away. Use UV or Skylight filters. Clean front element as last resort and do it gently. Spit on t-shirt and wipe filter to cleans lens. Happy shooting. ;-) Walt Adam Bridge wrote: > Well it's the one on the 50 summicron that has really irritated me - > and on the Noct. If I was in Ted's league I might be a little more > cavalier about how I care for it but that baby is precious to me. > > And to everyone who responded - thank you very much! Ted, as always I > appreciate your observations, I'm just not that brave, I guess! > > Adam > > On 8/14/06, grduprey@mchsi.com <grduprey@mchsi.com> wrote: > >> Adam >> >> The one on my 50 Summicron is a real pain. But the one on my 80 - >> 200 stays on just like it should. All the other lens caps are the >> old slide on over the end of the lens type, and they stay on with no >> problem. >> >> Gene >> >> >> -------------- Original message from "Adam Bridge" >> <abridge@gmail.com>: -------------- >> >> >> > Am I on the only person who really HATES the Leica lens caps that have >> > the squeeze to release tabs? They always seem to come off and leave my >> > lens vulnerable when it's most vulnerable - floating around in the >> > shoulder or camera bag. >> > >> > Are there better solutions for most common lenses? >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Adam >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >