Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/05

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Summicron 35 hood question
From: Eric Welch <ewelch@gp.magick.net>
Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 07:37:08 -0700

At 06:37 PM 5/4/96 -0400, you wrote:

>do this for my 35mm f/2 (old type). The inventor of the angled
>hood, Bob Schwalberg (formally with E.Leitz, Wetzlar in the 1960s)
>informs me that the best way to prevent dust from collecting on
>the hood is to put it in your pocket when not in use. 

He invented it? Well, I'll be. And tell the guy he doesn't know my pockets! ;-)

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Eric Welch
Grants Pass Daily Courier


Replies: Reply from Edward Meyers <aghalide@phantom.com> (Re: Summicron 35 hood question)