Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/04

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Subject: RE: Odd little lens hood
From: creadick@mindspring.com (Nowell & Jennifer Creadick)
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 00:41:10 -0500

At 6:38 PM 2/4/97, Glenn A. Waterfield wrote:
>The 90mm Elmar-C is an f4 lens. It 'may' work on a 135/f4. Try it!  :-)
>The 5.5 refers to the filter type the lens was designed to use. The lens hood
>serves to hold a Series 5.5 filter in place. The Series 5.5 filters can be
>just a little difficult to find but they do pop up at camera shows from time to
>time. From what I understand the threads for the 90mm Elmar-C and the
>40mm Sumicron-C are just slightly different from the standard 39mm filter
>threads used on a lot of M series lenses. The two are close enough to allow
>them to screw together but different enough to make them bind before they
>are fully seated. Did you get the lens cap too? It is a nice flat cap that
>snaps

Thanks ( to all of you) for the help...the threads do seem to match, and I
did not get the cap.  I will use it on my collapsable 90/4 Elmar and try it
on my 135.  My reasoning is that you can go up like that but not down...in
general.

Chapel Hill, NC

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