Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Question about filters
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:18:42 -0700

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