Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I must be doing something wrong. I don't have any of these problems. The hood locks on and snaps off with simple easy motions. The rubber hood cover has a little "hook" at the bottom that keeps it from falling or being accidentally pushed off. It works. ??? Jim At 06:39 PM 3/2/00 -0500, Andrew Moore wrote: > >> >I've just bought a s/h summilux asph and the shade mechanism does seem >> >awkward. Mine isn't quite on the horizontal - or maybe I'm leaning! > >Is it turned / locked all the way? If I remember correctly, you need to >turn >it until there is slight resistance, then force it a little harder in the >same >direction to lock it into place. When I say "force" remember that this >is one costly lens! Disclaimer: I may not be remembering correctly. > >Use a small thick rubber band to keep the hood cover in place, or it >will probably slip off. Probably designed by the same folks who designed >those plastic lens hoods that pop off :) > >--Andrew