Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Herbert Kanner OFFERED: Subject: Re: [Leica] OT Gotta Rant > 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.<<<<<< Good morning Herb, The flare thing is an item in what I beleive to be in "older type lenses?" Once again though I'm probably quite wrong when it comes to technical things of this nature. Usually I'm far to busy paying attention to the "CONTENT!" :-) But the Noctilux is an amazing "anti-flare lens" with or without lens shade. Night, no light, or lots of day light! :-) If I'm using a lens and notice any flare I just squiggle myself to a slightly different angle and the flare goes away.:-) My 35mm Summilux 1.4 hood could be screwed in half to place a filter inside the hood. But I rarely ever used filters. It was probably one of my most used lenses therefore the most bent and banged. The hood that is! :-) Glass is still beautiful. Finally I unscrewed the front half as it was bent in several contortions and threw it away. Thus leaving the back half still attached to the lens, I suppose giving a tiny bit of "hood action?" I realize and know without question, I'm one of the least knowledgable technical shooters on the list. :-( But then I rarely ever read any of the instruction manuals! I just picked it up and used a camera to shoot pictures. ....... "NO QUESTION A MAJOR ERROR IN THIS DAY AND AGE OF ELECTRONICS!!" :-( My old high school motto was "We learn by doing!" So that's always been one of my ways of life. "Quite frankly it doesn't and didn't always work! ;-) But if you screw-up enough times you eventually learn! ;-) However don't make a habit of it!! :-) Sometimes I think if you do not know about some technical things, then it doesn't happen. Maybe my good fortune?:-) Thank you for your post. cheers, ted > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information