Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Herb, I used to buy lens caps of all shapes and sizes at USD3-5 from a seller on Ebay India, whose shop does not seem to exist any more. However, you can shoot a mail to mona_chanana at yahoo.com<mona_chanana at yahoo.com?subject=You+Won+eBay+Item:+3+Nikon+EYe+Cups+++8+Leica-R+Caps++%287608001649%29>in case it works. Last purchase was 5 Leica R lens caps and 5 Leica R body caps at a grand total of USD40. Best of luck on this one. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > Everyone has to rant sometime. > > When I bought a 35mm Summicron from KEH, it include a hood and plastic > cap. The cap shortly afterward wound up on the floor of a bus in Toronto. I > asked on the LUG if anyone had one to sell, and to my utter amazement, a > letter from Burna arrived weeks later with this piece of plastic within. > > I resolved to be very very careful with the new one, but in time, it too > vanished. I dropped in at Keeble and Schuchat to see if one could be > ordered from Leica, and the salesman just pulled one out of a drawer and > produced it for some price north of $30, close to $35 with tax included. > Cheez! That for a crummy hunk of flexible plastic! > > So, I resolved to be very very very careful now. Every time I got into or > out of my car, I'd feel to be sure it was still there. So, I park my car on > the dirt at the side of Alpine Road, walk a couple of tenths of a mile down > a bike trail--no woods, no underbrush, just a simple trail--realize that > I'm on the wrong trail, turn back to my car, feel before entering the car > and find that the hood cap is GONE. Move the car, check the ground where > and around where it had been. No cap! > > Sure as hell ain't gonna pay over $30 again. Just gonna carry the standard > lens cap in my pocket, and if I get into an environment where I feel the > open hood is not sufficient protection, I'll just put the hood in my pocket > and put the standard lens cap on. > > Grrrrr! > > Herb > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information >