Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I got a 28-70 zoom with a big fat and kind of loose 60mm cap (no clamp). I lost/dropped it the second day I used the len :-( The sad part is that the size is so odd that I cannot find any similar replacement in the market. Next time, when I go to the supermarket, I check if the "Pringle" can lid can fit. Great len. Poor cap. My fault. Ben :( Andrew M. Moore wrote: > > Why cannot Leica make lense caps which stay on. I recently purchased a 50m > > F2 as a spare lense for my M6. > > Have people had the same problem > > I have an awful time keeping the 14038 cap (from current Summicrons > 50/2 and 35/2 ASPH) on the lens. Anything that bumps even one of the > two release tabs causes the cap to pop off. The good side is that > these caps don't rub the finish off the rim around the front of the > lens, as the plastic slip-on caps probably do (14268, from the latest > 35/2 non ASPH, and possibly others), but to me, that's not a very > great concern. Maybe these latest caps were intended for the > collectors' lenses. > > Andrew