Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 21/1/00 2:57 pm, John at bosjohn@mediaone.net wrote: > Claes Bjerner wrote: >> >>>> John Collier wrote: >>>>> >>>>> on 20/1/00 7:12 pm, John at bosjohn@mediaone.net wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I am new to this group so if this question has been asked and answered >>>>>> before, >>>>>> my apologies. Why in the name of God, did Leitz and I presume Leica make >>>>>> the >>>>>> G---d---- filters slightly smaller in diameter than the lens so my lens >>>>>> cap >>>>>> keeps falling off? >>>>> >>>>> Welcome! Which lens, filter and lens cap? >>>>> >>>>> John Collier >>>> All my e-39 lenses the filters are slightly smaller in diameter than the >>>> lens >>>> itself. All my lenses are from the fifties and sixties. >>>> John >>> >>> Try using the later plastic cap (product code 14268). It is deep enough to >>> fit over the filter on all the 42mm (39mm filter) front diameter lenses. >>> >>> John Collier >> >> It sounds like the fabric on the inside of your Leica lens caps has dried up >> and thereby shrunken. Put the caps in a glass of water over-night and then >> you bring them "back to life" with a hairdryer. >> >> Claes > I tried that, and they still don't fit tightly. Only a small portion of the > felt grips the lens because of the filter. I am convinced that E Leitz hated > filters and this is his pay back. > John Trust me the14268 works great! John Collier