Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps-The Last Word
From: "Jeffrey Fass" <happy.eyeball@verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 07:21:27 -0500
References: <000001c294db$c1e69ce0$0316fea9@ccasony01><00e901c294fa$f48b7430$9865fea9@delldesktop><000c01c294fd$ecbf6c40$6401a8c0@oemcomputer> <004101c29508$19230e40$9cad5018@gv.shawcable.net> <001501c2950b$04a50e20$02000003@dnai.com> <007001c2950e$32cf1c70$6601a8c0@sphillips>

Actaully, his caps are very good. He made me a pair for my 12" Ektar. Just
right.

JDF

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Phillips" <stuart.phillips@rcn.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps-The Last Word


> http://www.skgrimes.com/caps/index.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 12:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps
>
>
> > Is it true that Leica will begin January 1, 2003 engraving serial
numbers
> in
> > lens caps?
> >
> > Roland Smith
> > Oakland, California
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 8:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] lens caps
> >
> >
> > > Don Dory asked:
> > > > Wasn't it Ted just a few days ago advising us to quote an outrageous
> > price
> > > > for photographing an event and then not blinking?  So what is wrong
> with
> > > > Leica doing the same?<<<
> > >
> > > Actually I don't have a problem with the cost of the caps, shades and
> > other
> > > ancillary bits and pieces.... I don't buy them and that solves the
price
> > > whine factor! ;-)
> > >
> > > It appears there have been a number of options offered for other
> > suppliers,
> > > so what's the problem? If enough people weren't stupid enough to pay
the
> > > Leica prices for the bits and pieces, do you not think the prices
would
> > come
> > > down to a common sense level?
> > >
> > > What happens is, too many people stay all hully gully twitch assed
about
> > > having the perfect leica look and will put out for the outrages
prices.
> > > Rather than what I did when I found out the lens shade for the 35 1.4
> > > Summilux was $90. bucks plus. I just screwed off the front portion and
> > threw
> > > it away as it was the only part kind of banged up. How about 20 years
> plus
> > > ago and the original back half of the shade is still on the lens and
> > appears
> > > to work fine.
> > >
> > > And how about the Noctilux where the two little pins that held the
lens
> > > shade in place finally fell out.... 30 years ago? and there hasn't
been
> a
> > > lens shade on the Noctilux since. Hell it was going to cost some
> > > astronomical price to replace the pins alone and I'd still have a kind
> of
> > > screwed-up lens shade that would eventually break off the pins again.
> > >
> > > Do my pictures look any worse for the wear?  Nope! Have I endangered
the
> > > lens because I've not had a lens shade? Sure maybe, sometimes, but as
> long
> > > as I didn't think or worry about it, it didn't matter!
> > >
> > > See how easy life is when you don't get wrapped up in all this lens
> shade
> > > and caps crap. Forget it or use something else.
> > > I mean if you're desperate, use plastic Saran wrap when you put the
lens
> > in
> > > your bag.! Cheap and disposable!
> > > ted
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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