Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 1/20/02 9:00 PM, Dennis Painter at dennis@hale-pohaku.com wrote: > Over kill. Just put the lens caps back to back and wrap gaffer tape around > them. > Works like a charm! > > > Jeffery Smith wrote: > >> I neat trick to prevent lenses from clacking against one another in the bag >> is to take two rear lens caps, sand their flat ends, and glue them together >> with a high quality epoxy (the kind that comes in two separate tubes to be >> mixed, not super glue). If you do this, you can carry one camera body and >> five lenses (one on the body) in a Domke 803 bag that has three slots in it. >> I carry a Konica Hexar RF and 4 lenses in 3 slots with nothing hitting each >> other. >> >> If sanding and gluing genuine Leica rear caps seems like heresy, buy some >> Konica M end caps. They cost much less and work (although the lens may be >> .000000000235 mm further or closer to the end cap than with a genuine Leica >> end cap). I wouldn't say overkill. Gaffers tape will breakdown and the 'glue' on the tape hardens and deteriorates making it a weak bond. Granted this may take a couple years to happen but it WILL happen. - -- John Chicago, IL http://SlideOne.com ==================== - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html