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Subject: [Leica] Dent! Help Request.
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Thu Jan 11 15:18:14 2007
References: <7.0.1.0.0.20070111134903.01a33ec0@telus.net>

David, I know that companies such as http://www.micro-tools.com/4.html
sell specialist tools for straightening lens rings etc. Maybe worth a look?

Best of luck getting it sorted out. It's one of the most unpleasant sounds 
when good gear succumbs to that pesky gravity.
Cheers
Hoppy

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
David Young
Sent: Friday, 12 January 2007 07:55
To: leicareflex@freelists.org; leicareflex@freelists.org; lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] Dent! Help Request.

Finally got my R8+DMR back, from Germany, today; so I went down to 
the lake, to take some shots, both as a test of the camera and as 
exposure tests for this weekend's Pond Hockey Tournament.

While there, the lens (my 80~200/f4 Vario Elmar) flew off the camera 
- apparently on it's own!

I don't know whether I had not got it firmly mounted, when I put it 
on, or if my gloved fingers (it's -12  just now) accidentally 
released the lock.  No matter... either way it's my fault.

The lens hit the ice hard, but seems to be absolutely OK, except for 
a bad dent in the lens hood.

So, my question is... is there a good system to restore a lens hood 
to some semblance of round, while it's still on the lens?

All help greatly appreciated.

Thanks.
---

David Young,
Logan Lake, CANADA

Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/
Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt





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