Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philip, The #12585 vented clip-on hood will work nicely, that is what I use on my Summitar and Summaron 35/2.8. Also I hope you are using the 50mm external finder. sl > First,as a lurker for the last 18 months, I want to thank the regular > posters to this list for the wealth of information and images that are > shared here. As an M2 user, the LUG has been energizing for me. > > I've just succumbed to temptation and am now the owner of a IIIf and a > Summitar 50. The Summitar came without a hood and I'd like to get one. From > searching the archives of this list and others, I've come up with three > choices: The SOOPD (barndoor) hood which I understand is effective, but > unwieldy. The second option that I've run across is a suggestion that the > IROOA hood might fit the later (763xxx) grooved Summitar rim. The third > option involves using a filter adapter ring + non-Leica screw-in hood. > > The Summitar has a pretty fair presence in the IIIf viewfinder without a > hood. What experience have others had with hoods for this combination? Any > other suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Philip Hart > > -- > 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