Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John, Thanks for the tip. Coming across an old Pentax cap seems much more likely around my part of the world than running across ANY Leica cap - let alone the proper one. :-(. No Leica dealers 'round here - at least none with any sort of stock. That's life I suppose. ;-). Frank On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 13:16:04 -0700 John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote: > No. > > The Leica ones have special weak springs that > help them to fall off > when you are not looking. They also have an > extra wide rim so that it > is easy for them to catch on the least little > thing. > > I replaced all my Leica caps with ones from > Canon, Nikon and Tamron. No > problems after that. Pentax for one uses E49 > caps so try one of theirs. > Old Canon FD lenses have the best caps with > very strong springs. > > John Collier > > On Monday, November 25, 2002, at 10:29 AM, > Frank Farmer wrote: > > > I suppose any 49mm cap would do - right? > > -- > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html