Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan Post wrote: > Gruppe! > Helfen Sie mir! > I have seen where the FIKUS shade- the one that adjusts, is tourted not only > for the 50-135mm Elmars- or more correctly, the 5 to 13.5cm Elmars, et al, > but I have heard of it touted as usable on the 35mm (3.5cm) Summaron.... > The 5cm mark is not the closest the outer hood with set- the 5cm mark is > about a cm from the litmit of it's movement, and looks like if it was pushed > all the way back that it would work great onthe Summaron- and it would mean > that I could carry just one shade with my LTM kit! > Anyone with first hand experience! I just got it, and even though I like the > VALOO on the 5cm Elmar- because of the ease of changing aperture, the FIKUS > is a great solution for the 90 Elmar, and 13.5cm Hektor. > Thanks for any thoughts on this! > Dan ( Who just loves all the neat old clamp-on stuff....Honey! I'M HOME!) > Post Dan, The FIKUS shade will work on a 35 mm Elmar lens, if you don't use a slip on filter,but it won't work on a Summaron. The difference is, the 35 mm Elmar has the front element very far forward, where the 35 mm Summaron has the front element further recessed. When Using the FIKUS with this lens, you will get vignetting. The Lens hood to use with this lens is the FOOKH. This lens hood accepts the lens caps for the 39 mm lenses (50 mm summicron etc.). Hope this helps, Horst Schmidt