Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/26

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Subject: [Leica] how do you organize the lenses in your camera bag?
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 16:00:41 -0600
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I would guess then pop rivets might be the next logical non-chemical secure
step.

But then, I'm the sort of guy who never carries more than three lenses with
me; one on the camera and two in pockets, so I'm only speculating
now-a-days.

I once was a two or three camera and a bag full of lenses shooter, but I
just don't need all that any more.

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
wrote:

> I tried that.. it does not work.  The head of the screw as well as the nut
> on the other side, stick up too far to clear some of my WA lenses.  Tried a
> round head screw, a 6 sided machine bolt type, etc.
>
> And if you force a screw head into your lens' glass, well, maybe that
> explains why so many Leica lenses are sold with scratches on the back
> element!
>
> There was a guy on Ebay that was selling metal rear lens caps.  Really
> nicely made.  I bought a few.  The depth of the cap was not enough to fit
> the back of the lenses...another failure.
>
> I just finished epoxying the 2 caps together.  I first sanded off the back
> of both caps.  Thuis was done by sanding the backs against a flat plate (
> MDF) that had glued on sandpaper.  Took about 3 minutes to sand off the
> backs evenly.
>
> More to follow....
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at verizon.net
>
> I think if I were home-building a rig to hold two lenses worth several
> thousand dollars each together, I'd invest in drilling a hole between the
> two caps and poking a fifty cent stainless steel bolt through the hole, and
> secure it with a twenty cent stainless steel lock washer and a thity cent
> stainless steel lock nut.
>
> Just my two  cents worth of advice.
>
>
>
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Sonny
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Natchitoches, Louisiana
1714
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USA
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