Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Attn Uncle Ted: The hood isn't to protect the lens. It's to prevent flare when shooting close to the sun. At least, that's what I've been taught. Never did a controlled experiment to see if it really matters. Cheers, Herb >Hi Herb, >Lens caps are a pain in the butt! I buy a new lens the first thing >I put in the cupboard out of the way is the lens cap! > >My Noctilux hasn't had a lens cap on it since it was purchased and >that had to be around 1970/ 71? It hasn't had a lens shade on it >since 1980 when one of the pins in the lens fell out and the shade >couldn't lock onto the lens. I asked Leica Canada at the time about >putting a new pin in the outer ring of the lens and it was going to >cost a fortune. > >So did my usual KISS treatment and took the other pin out so it >wouldn't keep catching in my camera bag. :-) So the Noctilux has >travelled the world and back a few times with neither a lens cap nor >lens hood! :-) And the glass is as good as the day the lens was >made! :-) > >cheers, >ted > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Kanner" <kanner at acm.org> >To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 6:33 PM >Subject: [Leica] OT Gotta Rant > > >>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 for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you.